Lateral Partner Watch for the Week of June 16th, 2025

• Private funds attorney, Debra Franzese, has joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s Asset Management Department in New York after her departure from Seward & Kissel.

• Faegre Drinker announced the addition of partner Daniel Smulian to their product liability and mass torts practice in New York. Daniel was previously with Greenberg Traurig.

• Former US Deputy Attorney General and King & Spalding partner, Rod J. Rosenstein, has joined Baker McKenzie in their DC office as the chair of the their National Security Practice.

• M&A partner, Joshua La Vigne, and investment management partner, Jessica Pan, joined Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld after their departure from Mayer Brown in Chicago.