Wake Up Call: Nicola Boyle to Take Over as Hausfeld’s London MP

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• Nicola Boyle will take over as Hausfeld’s London managing partner in the wake of the decision of the current incumbent, Lianne Craig, to step down early to attend to an illness in her family. Craig started in the new role of UK managing partner in early 2022, as part of a leadership shake-up at the firm prompted by its founder, Michael Hausfeld, announcing he was stepping down as chairman. (Global Legal Post)
• The law offices of University of Michigan regent Jordan Acker were vandalized with profane spray-painted graffiti messages that called for divestment from companies profiting from the ongoing Israeli military campaign in Gaza. Acker, who is Jewish, said the targeted vandalism goes beyond acceptable uses of free speech, and was an antisemitic attack intended “as a message to scare Jews.” (Michigan Daily)
• Former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer disputes and investigations partner Nicholas Tristan Williams faces a tribunal hearing over alleged “inappropriate and unwanted” conduct. Williams left the firm in 2019 after an investigation into allegations that were defined after a 2017 incident as “me too” related, referring to allegations of untoward, harrassing behavior. (Financial News)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Todd Welty and Andy Steigleder of Todd Welty PC are joining the tax and white-collar boutique Kostelanetz LLP as partners in a newly blended firm with locations in New York, Washington, and now Atlanta, effective June 1.
• Christopher Wilson has joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison as an antitrust partner in the firm’s Washington office.
• Andrea Griswold, the outgoing deputy US attorney for the Southern District of New York, will be joining Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in September as a partner in its white collar defense and investigations group in New York.
• Paul Severin, Kristin Bacchus and Patricia Whitten have joined Holland & Knight in Los Angeles as partners with its financial services practice. The trio joins from Loeb & Loeb.
• Luke Reid has joined Blank Rome as a partner with the firm’s maritime group and as a member of its transportation industry team in Boston. He joins from K&L Gates.
• Marc Krickbaum has rejoined Winston & Strawn as a partner in the firm’s litigation department in Chicago.
• Alexander Cohen has joined Cozen O’Connor’s securities litigation and SEC enforcement practice as a member in New York. He joins from Sidley Austin.
• Yael Fuchs and Meghan Biss have joined Loeb & Loeb as partners with the firm’s nonprofits and tax-exempt organizations practice in New York and Washington respectively.
• Andrea Martin has joined Locke Lord’s Boston office as a partner in the firm’s litigation practice. She joins from Burns & Levinson.
• Brian Wheeler has joined Foley & Lardner as a partner with the firm’s transactions practice in the firm’s Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices.
• Kris Kazmierczak has joined Frost Brown Todd as a partner in the firm’s business litigation practice in Indianapolis.