Updated 1:28 p.m., Monday, May 14, 2012
Baker & McKenzie— Aaron Scow joined the firm as a partner in Dallas. The 14-year veteran will be a part of Baker & McKenzie’s corporate and securities practice. Scow was previously with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where he was a partner.
Berenson & Co. — The investment bank named Jeffrey Sechrest a president. He begins his new post in June. Sechrest comes to Berenson from Lazard Freres LLC where he was a senior adviser. Before that, he held various leadership positions, including vice chairman at Merrill Lynch, senior partner at Evercore Partners and managing director at Lehman Brothers. At Berenson, Sechrest is expected to build Berenson’s advisory services and expand its capabilities in the technology, media and telecommunications space.
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP— The law firm hired five new partners, including John Klauberg and Frederick Lark in New York, Catherine McCarthy and David Poe in Washington, D.C. , and Charles Vandenburgh in Connecticut. Each partner was previously with Dewey & LeBoeuf, a law firm that is now essentially defunct after long-term pay contracts that were given to partners created a mounting debt load. Most of its partners have left for competing firms.
Duane Morris LLP— Pierfrancesco Carbone came aboard the law firm as a partner in London. His arrival marks the expansion of the firm’s private equity practice, already active in the United States and Asia, into Europe. Carbone joins Duane Morris from Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.
Proskauer Rose— Martin Bienenstock, yet another partner previously with Dewey & LeBoeuf, has joined the firm. In addition, Proskauer also poached five other partners from Dewey, including Philip Abelson, Irena Goldstein, Timothy Karcher, Michael Kessler and Judy Liu. Each partner’s expertise includes and corporate restructuring. Some of the companies they have worked with include Enron, General Motors, Texaco and M.F. Global Holdings. Bienenstock joined Dewey in November 2007 just after law firm Dewey Ballantine agreed to merge with LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae, which created Dewey & LeBoeuf.
Hein & Associates LLP— The tax advisory firm for private equity clients hired Brad Ross as a transaction services partner. Ross is working out of the firm’s Houston office. Prior to Hein, he was with FTI Consulting, and before that Ernst & Young, and Deloitte. Ross has worked on various transactions over the course of 13 years including cross-border deals between the United States and Canada, South America, Europe, India, China and Japan.
The Riverside Co. — The private equity firm announced Jamie Kiggen as president. He will be based in Riverside’s New York office, but is expected to travel between the firm’s 20 global offices and meet with investors and stakeholders to boost fundraising efforts. Recently, Kiggen was senior managing director at Blackstone. Prior to that, he was at AllianceBernstein, where he launched a late-stage venture fund. Earlier in his career, he was a research analyst at DLJ, where he also served as director of technology research.
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