Legal/Compliance

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.

If you have an off-the-shelf compliance program or ask one of your executives to wear a second ‘hat’ as compliance officer, you’ll want to review Fortius’ recent SEC settlement.

The NY-based law firm has been expanding its private equity practice in London, having named a PE real estate partner earlier this month.

Proskauer nabs a finance lawyer from Reed Smith; Holman Fenwick Willan adds to Geneva; and more private fund lawyer moves.

We asked readers to guess which books top private fund insiders have at the top of their summer reading lists this year. How many did you get right?

Private equity expert John Pollack has joined the rival law firm’s New York office as a partner.

We asked a handful of top private fund insiders which books they have at the top of their summer reading lists this year. Can you guess which book belongs to which expert?