Sidley Austin has welcomed James Lu as a partner in the corporate practice in Century City. He was previously a partner at Cooley LLP, as well as co-founder of its Shanghai office and the head of its corporate practice. Lu focuses on representing leading companies and their venture capital and private equity investors, especially in the life sciences and technology sectors. He also has extensive experience advising clients on private and public securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic transactions, especially cross-border transactions involving multiple jurisdictions.

Hailey Lennon has recently joined Brown Rudnick's Orange County office as a corporate partner in the firm's digital commerce group. She joins from the Los Angeles office of Irvine Anderson Kill where she was a partner. Lennon provides clients with front-end advice on regulatory requirements related to fintech and crypto companies, including the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She also handles SEC investigations and enforcement actions concerning the cryptocurrency space.