• Lowenstein Sandler has added David Posner and Gianfranco Finizio as partners in its bankruptcy & restructuring department. Posner will serve as a department vice chair. They both join from Kilpatrick.

Gillian Deutch, partner at Venable. Courtesy Photo.

• Venable has hired Gillian Deutch as a partner in the firm's real estate finance group. She was formerly with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough.