Adam Chernichaw
Partner
A&O Shearman
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Adam Hakki
Partner, Co-Chair of the Executive Committee and Board and U.S. Chair.
Adam Kupitz
Partner
Adam Sofen
Partner
Adam Schwartz
Partner
Agnès Dunogué
Partner
Alain Dermarkar
Partner
Alan Goudiss
Partner
Alejandro Gordano
Alejandro advises corporations, governments and investment banks on corporate finance transactions, including SEC-registered and exempt debt and equity offerings, credit facilities, restructurings, liability management and structured finance transactions, including diversified payment right securitizations.
He also provides SEC-disclosure and corporate governance advice, and has knowledge of the banking, transportation, TMT, biotech, retail and energy sectors.
Alejandro has been at the forefront of ESG capital market deals across Latin America, leading a number of ESG “firsts”, including the first emerging-market sustainability-linked bond, the first sustainability-linked bond by a sovereign worldwide, the first international sustainability-linked bond out of Peru, and the first exchange offer in Argentina replacing standard bonds with green bonds.
Alexander Touma
Partner
Alicia Rose
Associate
Ally de Padua
Partner
Andreas Piepers
Associate
Andrew Meiser
Associate
Andrew Maryan
Counsel
Andrew Trahair
Partner, Global Head of Merger Integration
Anna Salek
Partner
Anna Rudawski
Partner
Anthony Mansfield
Partner
Antonia Stolper
Of Counsel
Austin Grossfeld
Associate
Azam Aziz
Global Head of Corporate and a partner in the Derivatives & Structured Products practice
Barbara Zylberg
Counsel
Barbara Stettner
Partner
Benjamin Klebanoff
Associate
Beth troy
Partner
Bijal Vakil
Partner
Bill Satchell
Of Counsel
Bjorn Bjerke
Partner
Bradley Pensyl
Partner
Bradley Pensyl
Partner
Brian Jebb
Partner
Brittany Brudnicki
Associate
C.Wallace DeWitt
Senior Counsel
Caroline Lapidus
Partner
Carter Michael Nelson
Associate
Charles Akinboyewa Jr.
Associate
Charles Weinstein
Senior Counsel
Charles Gittleman
Of Counsel
Chris Gaine
Associate
Chris Jackson
Partner
Chris Newcomb
Counsel
Christine (Xiaoyu) Ding
Associate
Christopher Jackson
Partner
Christopher Glenn
Associate
Christopher Ryan
Partner
Christopher Forrester
Partner
Christopher LaVigne
Partner
Claire Rajan
Partner
Clare O'Brien
Partner
Corey Reis
Associate
Creighton Condon
Partner
Cynthia Urda Kassis
Partner
Dan Gold
Partner
Daniel Litowitz
Partner
Daniel Kachmar
Associate
Daniel Kahn
Associate
Daniel LaGuardia
Partner
Daniel Guyder
Partner
Daniel Margolis
Partner
Daniel Lewis
Partner
Daniella Villatoro
Associate
Daren Orzechowski
Partner
Dario De Martino
Partner
Dave Lewis
Partner
David Ingle
Counsel
David Ingles
Partner
David Lucking
Partner
David Esseks
Partner
David Higbee
Partner
Denise Grant
Partner
Dennis Kitt
Associate
Derek Kershaw
Partner
Derek Poon
Partner
Derrick Lott
Partner
Donna Parisi
Global Co-Head of International DCM, Derivatives & Securitization and Financial Institutions Sector Lead
Doreen Lilienfeld
Partner
Dorina Yessios
Partner
Drew Elphick
Associate
Dustin Plotnick
Counsel
Eileen Maguire
Counsel
Eitan Morris
Associate
Elaine Johnston
Partner
Elaine Hughes
Partner
Elizabeth Leckie
Partner
Elizabeth Taraila
Counsel
Elizabeth Holland
Partner
Elizabeth Stewart
Associate
Emanuel Grillo
Partner
Eric Lucas
Counsel
Erika Kent
Partner
Eugene Ingoglia
Partner
Fatou Waggeh
Associate
Felise Cooper
Partner
Frank Oliver
Partner
Fredric Sosnick
Partner
Geoffrey Goldman
Partner
George Karafotias
Partner
George Cannon
Partner
Gideon Wiginton
Partner
Gordon Mak
Partner
Grace Lee
Partner
Grace Song
Associate
Gregory Taylor
Associate
Gregory Mocek
Partner
Gus Atiyah
Partner
Harald Halbhuber
Partner
Heiko Schiwek
Partner
Helen McKinney
Counsel
Helen Christakos
Partner
Henry Weisburg
Of Counsel
Hilary Sunghee Seo
Partner
Hugh Hollman
Partner
Hyunsok Lee
Associate
Ian Roberts
Partner
Ilir Mujalovic
Partner
Ilona Potiha Laor
Partner
Ilya Mamin
Associate
Israel Augenstein
Associate
J. Ignacio Saldana
Associate
Jack Heinberg
Partner
Jackson Murley
Associate
Jacob Mezei
Associate
Jai Garg
Associate
Jake Mincemoyer
Partner
James Bryson
Senior Associate
Jason Rothschild
Senior Counsel
Jason Pratt
Counsel
Jason Lehner
Partner
JB Betker
Associate
Jean Lee
Partner
Jeff Hoschander
Partner
Jeff Quinn-Cane
Counsel
Jeffrey Pellegrino
Partner
Jeffrey Resetarits
Partner
Jennifer Morton
Partner and leader of firm's broker-dealer regulatory practice
Jerome Fortinsky
Partner
Jesse Debban
Partner
Jessica Delbaum
Partner
Jillian Ashley
Partner
John Cannon
Partner
John Opar
Partner
John Gueli
Partner
John Nathanson
Partner
John Hwang
Partner
John Hibbard
Counsel
John Bennett
Partner
Jonathan Cheng
Counsel
Jonathan Tompkins
Counsel
Jonathan Newman
Partner
Jonathan Cho
Counsel
Jonathan Dunworth
Associate
Jonathon Flynn
Counsel
Jordan Wishnew
Counsel
Joseph Furst
Counsel
Joshua Ebersole
Associate
Judy Little
Counsel
Julian Moore
Partner
Justin Cooke
Partner
Justin Ormand
Counsel
Kaja Niewiarowska
Associate
Karen Hart
Associate
Karen Buzard
Partner
Karen Seward
Partner
Katherine Stoller
Partner
Katherine Teng
Associate
Katherine Wright
Associate
Katie Butler
Associate
Ken Rivlin
Partner
Kent Rowey
Partner
Keren Livneh
Partner
Kfir Abutbul
Partner
Kirsten Cunha
Of Counsel
Kuang Chiang
Counsel
Kyungwon (Won) Lee
Partner
Lara Aryani
Partner
Larry Bambino
Of Counsel
Larry Crouch
Partner
Lavelle Simmons
Associate
Lawrence Berkovich
Partner
Lawrence Rouslin
Senior Counsel
Leila Rashida Siddiky
Associate
Lena Kiely
Partner
Linda Rappaport
Of Counsel
Lisa Brill
Partner
Lona Nallengara
Partner
Lorenz Haselberger
Partner
Lucas Wherry
Associate
Luke Maiman
Counsel
Magnus Wieslander
Associate
Manuel Orillac
Partner
Maria Nudelman
Associate
Maria Christopher Bell
Counsel
Mark Shapiro
Partner
Mårten Olsson
Counsel
Matt Modell
Counsel
Matthew Nesburn
Partner
Matthew Craner
Partner
Matthew Behrens
Associate
Maura Rezendes
Partner
Maura O'Sullivan
Partner
Maxmilien Bradley
Associate
Melisa Brower
Associate
Michael Chernick
Partner
Michael Sykes
Partner
Michael Steinberg
Partner
Mitchell Menlove
Associate
Natalie Montano Young
Senior Counsel
Nathan Meredith
Partner
Nhung Pham
Counsel
Nicholas Mitrokostas
Partner
Nick Ognibene
Associate
Nicolas Usandivaras
Associate
Nicole Daley
Partner
Nik Krylov
Associate
Noah Brumfield
Partner
Noni Nelson
Associate
Olivier Souleres
Associate
Parul Bhatia
Associate
Patrick Pearsall
Partner
Patrick Hein
Partner
Paul Schreiber
Of Counsel
Paul Epstein
Partner
Paula Anderson
Partner
Peter Tolson
Counsel
Porter Wiseman
Senior Counsel
Puja Patel
Partner
Rachel Mossman Zieminski
Partner
Randall Martin
Counsel
Reade Ryan, Jr.
Of Counsel
Rebecca Stubbs
Counsel
Richard Hauser
Associate
Richard Alsop
Partner
Richard Schwed
Partner
Robert O'Leary
Counsel
Robert Bucella
Counsel
Robert Giannattasi
Associate
Robert Mundheim
Of Counsel
Robin Spigel
Partner
Roger Morscheiser
Partner
Romain Dambre
Partner
Ronan Wicks
Of Counsel
Rory O'Halloran
Partner
Samantha Peppers
Associate
Sami Mir
Partner
Sapna Palla
Partner
Sara Coelho
Partner
Sara Raisner
Partner
Saralyn Cohen
Pro Bono Counsel & Director
Saul Perloff
Partner
Scott Petepiece
Partner
Sean Finley
Partner
Sharon Trulock
Counsel
Shawn Dogra
Associate
Sheyla Soriano
Associate
Simon Clark
Partner
Sonia Khandekar
Associate
Sophia Zander
Associate
Soumya Sharma
Senior Counsel
Stanimir Kostov
Partner
Stella Sun
Associate
Stephanie Li
Associate
Stephen Fishbein
Partner
Stephen Ross
Associate
Stephen Savoca
Associate
Stephen Janick
Associate
Stephen Besen
Partner
Stuart Baskin
Of Counsel
Susan Loeb
Associate
Susan Gault-Brown
Partner
Susan Hobart
Partner
Tarek Raucci
Associate
Taylor Pugliese
Associate
Taylor Landry
Partner
Thad Behrens
Thad Behrens is a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice. His practice focuses on the representation of companies, boards of directors, executives or underwriters in high-stakes commercial disputes, including securities actions, shareholder derivative cases, M&A litigation, tender offer litigation, proxy contest lawsuits and internal investigations. He also has extensive experience in defending class actions involving consumer protection, environmental issues, healthcare and telecommunications.
He has obtained major victories for some of the most recognizable companies in the U.S. For example, Thad recently obtained dismissals for two matters on behalf of Tenet Healthcare, a securities case and the other a medical care case. He also won a putative environmental class action lawsuit for AT&T by first obtaining denial of class certification and then securing voluntary dismissal of the lawsuit. Thad led the successful defense of the National Football League (NFL) in a consumer class action brought by ticketholders to Super Bowl XLV—first obtaining a denial of class certification and then winning the subsequent federal jury trial against the remaining individual plaintiffs. He also obtained summary judgment for the NFL in two different lawsuits brought in Texas state courts by a fantasy football convention company. Thad has also led BP Products North America, Inc. to victory by defeating class certification and securing a voluntary dismissal in a $10 billion environmental litigation brought by property owners who claimed to have been harmed by alleged air emissions from one of the company’s oil refineries.
Ranked by Chambers USA for securities litigation, sources tell the directory that Thad is “the smartest lawyer I’ve ever worked with and 100 steps ahead of most counsel” and “one of the smartest lawyers you will find in the securities area,” noting that he “is thought of really highly and is really good on his feet.” Clients also describe him as “trusted,” “very client-friendly, very smart and very strategic in his thinking” an “excellent writer, thoughtful and cost efficient” who “works well with other law firms” and “always has in mind the overarching goal and our broader interests, as opposed to just trying to win litigation.”
Thad is also recognized by The Best Lawyers in America of Woodward/White, Inc. for Litigation – Securities, by Thomson Reuters as a “Texas Super Lawyer” and by D Magazine as a “Best Lawyer in Dallas” for Class Actions and Securities Litigation and Enforcement. In addition, Thad was named “Litigator of the Week” by Texas Lawyer in recognition of his successful representation of client AT&T in a federal class action suit.
Prior to entering private practice, Thad served as a law clerk for the Honorable Garland E. Burrell, Jr. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Thad is also a recognized leader in the community. He is a Master of the Bench in the esteemed Patrick E. Higginbotham Inn of Court, a former president of the Dallas Federal Bar Association and an alumnus of the Dallas Regional Chamber’s famed Leadership Dallas program.
Thomas Makin
Partner
Thomas Majewski
Counsel
Todd Koretzky
Partner
Todd Beauchamp
Partner
Todd Fishman
Partner
Vinod Aravind
Counsel
Wendy Suh
Associate
William Holste
Associate
William Schwitter
Bill is Global Co-Head of Sector Strategy and has a diversified practice covering mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and securities law, and he is a recognized long-standing leader in the US debt capital markets.
He has extensive experience advising clients on domestic and cross-border transactions, which frequently involve complex structuring and financing arrangements, as well as on corporate governance and other strategic advisory matters.
Bill’s clients range from global public corporations to famous restaurateurs and their investment funds, and he regularly represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in their M&A and finance activities. His broad-based experience includes advising on leveraged buyouts, private placements, public equity offerings, bond issuances, special purpose acquisition companies, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and board of director and special committee fiduciary matters. His work covers a variety of industries, including technology, media and entertainment, hospitality, consumer retail, telecommunications and manufacturing.
William James
Partner
William Schwitter
Partner
William E. White
Partner
William J. F. Roll, III
General Counsel
Xueqing (Ashley) Shan
Associate
Yi Zhou
Associate
Zach Deaton
Associate
Zeeshan Ahmedani
Partner
Zhaohua (Josh) Huang
Associate