Armando Rivera Jacobo Leaves Debevoise for White & Case
And other announcements of recent hirings and promotions of New York attorneys.
July 26, 2019 at 01:50 PM
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Lawyers On the Move
• White & Case has added Armando Rivera Jacobo as a partner in the firm's global project development and finance practice. He was previously counsel at Debevoise.
• Carter Vance has joined the NYC lottery startup Jackpocket as general counsel. He was previously with the Churchill Downs racetrack organization, which hosts the Kentucky Derby.
• Tarnetta Jones has joined Thompson Hine as senior counsel in the firm's commercial & public finance practice. Prior to joining, she was at Otterbourg P.C.
• Adam Cantor has joined Jackson Lewis as a principle in the firms employee benefits practice. He joins the firm's White Plains office from Brown Rudnick.
• Thomas Slome and Jil Mazer-Marino have joined Cullen and Dykman as partners in the firm's bankruptcy and creditors' rights practice. Previously, Slome was chair and Mazer-Marino was a partner of the bankruptcy practice of Meyer Suozzi.
• Allen & Overy has added Jin Hee Kim as partner in the leveraged finance practice Prior to joining, he served as counsel in the corporate practice at Cahill Gordon & Reindel.
• Gabriel Levinson has joined Polsinelli as a shareholder in the firm's commercial litigation practice. He was formerly with Blank Rome.
• Lucas Charleston has joined Akin Gump as a partner in the firm's corporate practice. He joins from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan.
• Shane Stroud has joined Pryor Cashman as partner and co-leader of the firm's executive compensation, ERISA + employee benefits group. He joins from Hughes Hubbard & Reed.
• Sidley Austin has added Oren Gertner as a partner in its investment funds practice. He joins from Davis Polk & Wardwell, where he was in the firm's corporate department, practicing in the investment management group.
• Sheppard Mullin has named partner Kari Rollins co-managing partner of the firm's New York office. She joins existing office managing partner, Paul Garrity.
• Ariel Holzer has joined Cozen O'Connor as counsel in the firm's national real estate practice group. He joins from GoldmanHarris.
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