Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), and Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired senior lawyers from Freshfields and Kirkland & Ellis to build its European restructuring practice in London. Adam Gallagher and James Watson join as partners from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Kirkland & Ellis respectively with Simpson Thacher betting on more distressed companies seeking legal help following the pandemic, Brexit and
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On January 27 and 28, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two successful operations to disrupt two different strains of malware, Netwalker ransomware and a banking Trojan known as Emotet, which have affected victims around the globe and caused millions of dollars in damage in recent years. The law enforcement actions against Netwalker and Emotet are the
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Stefan He Qin Stole and Dissipated Nearly All the Assets of His $90 Million Flagship Hedge Fund and Attempted to Steal Millions of Dollars from a Secondary Fund to Pay Back Investors Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of the New
Anna Cartwright, a partner in Jones Day’s London Office who serves as co-leader of the Firm’s global Real Estate Practice, is among the diverse mix of legal professionals chosen by The Lawyer for its “Hot 100” list for 2021. The “Hot 100” recognizes lawyers in Britain with significant accomplishments in the prior year, who meet The Lawyer‘s criteria
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LawFuel’s law jobs network has continued to attract a wide range of legal jobs for New Zealand lawyers, including positions with the Government Communications & Securities Bureau, seeking an intermediate lawyer, to a range of other roles. The LawFuel law jobs are unique in that they are posted across the entire network, which includes not
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Specialist corporate and commercial law firm Morrison Mallett has announced the appointment of Victoria Anderson as partner based in Auckland effective 1 February 2021. Anderson is a leading corporate law and M&A specialist and has advised on some of New Zealand’s largest transactions in recent times, including the acquisition of Westland Milk Co-operative Dairy Company by Inner
A new arbitration boutique law firm to have offices in Paris, London and New York has been started with eight of Shearman & Sterling’s arbitration partners, including global arbitration heads Emmanuel Gaillard and Yas Banifatemi. The departure of more than 38 lawyers is believed to leave the Big Law heavyweight with an estimated $30 million
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The departures from leading legal boutique Boies Schiller Flexner have been significant, after more than 60 partners departed in recent times, including the co-managing partner Nicholas Gravante and the litigators Karen Dunn and Bill Isaacson. LawFuel has previously reported on the troubled firm and its partner departures. Bloomberg Law reports that name partner David Boies
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New York – Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Michael Homison will join the firm as a partner in its New York office. Mr. Homison will be a member of its global Insurance practice, and will support clients in a wide range of domestic and international insurance and reinsurance transactions. Previously, Mr. Homison was
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