Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces that Gordon Moodie, a senior mergers and acquisitions lawyer, is joining its New York office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group and Public Company Advisory Group. A broad-gauged dealmaker and a sought-after advisor to corporate boards, Mr. Moodie will advise the firm’s clients, including public companies, boards, special committees and private equity sponsors, on the full spectrum of M&A transactions, including those in the technology and AI sectors and with complex corporate governance aspects. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP intellectual property litigation partner Lindsay Cooper Hayman has been named to The Daily Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 2024 list, which recognizes the top lawyers in California under 40. In her profile, she is recognized for her successful representation of companies’ patent and technology trade secrets cases, her active pro bono practice and her work in commercial litigation in the technology industry.Read More>

Eric Dinallo, litigation partner and chair of the insurance regulatory practice of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is featured in The American Lawyer as chair of the American Institute for Stuttering (AIS), an organization that provides specialized therapy for stuttering and offers community support. As chair, Mr. Dinallo works to raise funds for the organization to provide therapy for those who need it. AIS recently held its annual gala, hosted by actress (and stutterer) Emily Blunt and honoring real estate entrepreneur Will Blodgett (who also has a stutter). Mr. Dinallo has chaired the AIS since 2020, and participated in a Q&A with The American Lawyer that year about the role stuttering has played in his development as a leader who is a stutterer. Mr. Dinallo said, “I’ve received the most amazing support from Debevoise as I’ve worked with the American Institute for Stuttering and on my public speaking.” Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner John Gleeson has been recognized as “Litigator of the Week” by The American Lawyer for helping overturn a billion-dollar trial judgment against BMO Bank N.A. (f/k/a BMO Harris Bank N.A.), as successor in interest to M&I Marshall & Ilsley (“BMO”), resulting in a remand with instructions to enter judgment in BMO’s favor. This ruling marks the culmination of a years-long legal battle involving allegations that BMO, as successor-in-interest to M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank (“M&I”), aided and abetted one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history. Debevoise represented BMO Bank with Mayer Brown LLP, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP and Stinson LLP. Read More>

On September 12, Rick Sofield, Co-Head of the National Security Group and the former Justice Department's CFIUS representative, joined the Bloomberg Law Podcast and host June Grasso to discuss the White House's opposition to the Nippon Steel's proposed deal to take over US Steel. Listen here. Read More>