Legal/Compliance

Goldman Sachs and a former managing director have asked the New York Supreme Court to drop a lawsuit brought by a Hong Kong-based private equity firm, on the grounds that the Court lacks jurisdiction to hear the matter.

After being hit with fraud charges by the SEC last year, Patriarch Partners founder Lynn Tilton is hitting back at the commission for a second time.

Stuart Bedford – who has led more than $40bn of transactions across Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe – joins the impact investment firm as general counsel from UK law firm Linklaters.

Ogier hires corporate head in Luxembourg; Dentons expands CLO practice; and more private fund lawyer moves.

A sneak preview of our upcoming in-house lawyer roundtable: BEPS, AIFMD and the private fund industry’s next big controversy.

Hamid Yunis has joined McDermott Will & Emery from Taylor Wessing to develop its healthcare practice outside the US.

The office will initially focus on M&A and dispute resolution.

As part of its new offering, the law firm has invested in technology and added a team of 13 lawyers and legal analysts bilingual in Mandarin and English to its Shanghai office.

The international law firm has established a presence in Johannesburg with nine-strong hiring spree.

Kathleen Russ, a private equity specialist who heads the law firm’s tax department, has joined the board of the Office of Tax Simplification.