O’Melveny Retools Leadership in Major Offices, Practice Groups

O’Melveny & Myers has retooled its leadership by elevating at least 15 partners to roles that include office managing partner and practice group chair.

It named new office leaders in Los Angeles, New York, Newport Beach, Calif., and San Francisco.

Practice groups with new chairs or co-chairs include mergers and acquisitions, securities litigation, and white collar defense and corporate investigations.

The promotions come about six months after the Los Angeles-based firm and Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy ended late-stage merger discussions.

These are the new office managing partners: Dawn Sestito in Los Angeles; Allen Burton in New York; Amy ...