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Mark Gordon
Firm:
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
New York
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Edmond Frederic Grieger
Firm:
Von Wobeser y Sierra
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Project finance
Project development
Jurisdiction:
Mexico
Industry Sector:
Energy
Utilities
Natural resources
Bar Admission:
Mexico
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Matthew Guest
Firm:
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
New York
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Mercedes Haddad
Firm:
Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez
Rating:
Highly regarded
Women Leaders
Practice Area:
Banking
Capital markets
Jurisdiction:
Mexico
Bar Admission:
Mexico
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Arlene Hahn
Firm:
White & Case
White & Case
Rating:
Highly regarded
Women Leaders
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
New York
Industry Sector:
Technology and telecommunications
Bar Admission:
New York
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Lloyd Harmetz
Firm:
Ashurst Perkins Coie
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Capital markets
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Capital markets : Derivatives
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
New York
Industry Sector:
Banking
Financial services
Bar Admission:
New York
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Thomas Heather
Firm:
Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez
Rating:
Market leader
Practice Area:
Restructuring and insolvency
Jurisdiction:
Mexico
Industry Sector:
Technology and telecommunications
Bar Admission:
Mexico
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Edward Herlihy
Firm:
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Rating:
Market leader
Practice Area:
Banking
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
New York
Bar Admission:
New York
District of Columbia
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Timothy Hodge Jr
Firm:
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Rating:
Highly regarded - State
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Maryland
Bar Admission:
District of Columbia
Maryland
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Michael Hollingsworth II
Rating:
Highly regarded - State
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Georgia (US)
Bar Admission:
Georgia (US)
Alabama
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Rupert Hüttler
Firm:
Von Wobeser y Sierra
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Mexico
Bar Admission:
Mexico
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Alejandro Isaac
Firm:
Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Banking and finance
Jurisdiction:
Mexico
Bar Admission:
Mexico
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Frederick Jenney
Firm:
Morrison & Foerster
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Project finance
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
District of Columbia
Industry Sector:
Banking
Energy
Bar Admission:
New York
District of Columbia
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John Jennings
Firm:
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Rating:
Highly regarded - State
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
South Carolina
Bar Admission:
Illinois
North Carolina
South Carolina
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Emily D Johnson
Firm:
Latham & Watkins
Rating:
Highly regarded
Women Leaders
Practice Area:
Banking
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
New York
Bar Admission:
New York
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H C Jones III
Firm:
Cole Schotz
Rating:
Rising star
Practice Area:
Restructuring and insolvency
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Bar Admission:
Maryland
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Miguel Jáuregui
Firm:
Cannizzo Ortiz y Asociados
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Banking
Capital markets
Jurisdiction:
Mexico
Bar Admission:
Mexico
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Davina Kaile
Firm:
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Equity
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
California
Bar Admission:
California
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David Karp
Firm:
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Bar Admission:
New York
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Charlie Katz
Firm:
King & Spalding
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Banking and finance
Restructuring and insolvency
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United States (National)
Industry Sector:
Technology and telecommunications
Bar Admission:
District of Columbia
Virginia
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How Willkie turned a team hire into a capital markets platform
Two years after adding an 11-lawyer team from Mayer Brown, Willkie’s capital markets practice is converting a deeper bench into mandates it may once have struggled to win
Noemi Distefano, August 11 2026
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Arnold & Porter expands Seattle team
Ken Miller joins as a partner in the firm’s life sciences and technology transactions teams, taking the firm’s Seattle headcount to 40 just over a year after launch
August 03 2026
Corporate
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This week’s top moves: M&A and corporate hires span US, UK and Hong Kong
Among top moves, Freshfields and Baker McKenzie strengthened their corporate benches, while Sidley added a former Ashurst partner in Hong Kong
July 30 2026
Capital Markets
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Cleary returns to Goldman Sachs for partner hire
Lin Yu’s move marks Cleary’s second Goldman Sachs partner hire in New York in 14 months
Noemi Distefano, July 27 2026
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This week’s top moves: Dealmakers land in New York, Chicago and Paris
Additions at King & Spalding, Latham, White & Case and Norton Rose Fulbright spanned fund finance, capital markets, M&A, energy and data centres, while Orrick added a Willkie partner to lead French project finance
Noemi Distefano, July 23 2026
Corporate
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AI in big law: ‘We didn’t start with technology’ – Morgan Lewis
The firm’s chief AI officer and two corporate partners tell IFLR why its AI strategy is less about tools and more about the structures needed to make them matter for clients
Noemi Distefano, July 22 2026
Corporate
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This week’s top moves: Simpson Thacher dominates transatlantic hiring
Additions from Clifford Chance, Mayer Brown, Akin and Freshfields headlined a week that also included an M&A hire for Paul Weiss and Cleary’s hire of a PE-focused debt finance partner
Noemi Distefano, July 16 2026
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Simpson Thacher makes fresh ‘Y’all Street’ play with new Dallas office
The firm has hired three former Akin partners across US offices to strengthen its hybrid capital practice
Noemi Distefano, July 15 2026
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