Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces that Abigail Lane has joined the firm as a partner in the Executive Compensation & Benefits Group in New York. Ms. Lane advises private equity sponsors, portfolio companies and public companies on executive compensation, corporate governance and disclosure matters. Her arrival expands the firm's senior advisory capabilities and further strengthens its market-leading private capital platform and public company advisory practice. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced today that leading secondaries practitioner Mary Lavelle is joining the firm as a partner in its Private Fund Transactions and Investment Management Groups in London. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced today that leading secondaries practitioner Mary Lavelle is joining the firm as a partner in its Private Fund Transactions and Investment Management Groups in London.Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced today that Carolyn Sarif-Killea has joined the firm’s New York office as counsel in the Fund Finance practice. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Kate Taylor has been named a 2026 Rising Star by Law360 in the Private Equity category. Law360 recognizes attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age. Read her profile here. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Catherine Amirfar, Co-Chair of the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group and the Public International Law practice, has been named a finalist for Litigator of the Year by The American Lawyer. The 2026 Industry Awards will take place on November 12, 2026. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces that Mari Grace and Kendall Howell are joining the firm’s Data Strategy & Security practice, based in the New York and Washington, D.C. offices, respectively. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP litigation partners Catherine Amirfar, Helen Cantwell, Susan Gittes, Maura Monaghan, Maeve O’Connor, Ina Popova, Shannon Rose Selden, Erica Weisgerber and Mary Jo White have been named to Benchmark Litigation’s “Top 250 Women in Litigation” list for 2026. The annual list recognizes “the most distinguished women in the world of litigation. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Vadim Avdeychik and associates Sam Scarritt-Selman and Andrew M. Friedman of the firm’s Investment Management Group authored a chapter entitled, “Tender Offer Funds,” for the Practising Law Institute. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partners Lindsay Cooper Hayman, Ina Popova and Zachary Saltzman have been named to Benchmark Litigation’s “40 & Under List,” which highlights the most accomplished litigation partners across the U.S. Ms. Popova and Mr. Saltzman have again been named to the list, while Ms. Hayman has been recognized for the first time. Partners named to the list are recognized as the “best and brightest” in their field and for handling high-stakes and precedent-setting cases. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP today announced that Karen Chao has joined the firm as a partner in its Investment Management Group in New York. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP was featured in Bloomberg Law for its approach to developing client-facing AI tools, highlighting the firm's Suite of Tools for Assessing AI Risk (STAAR) and its strategy for leveraging curated legal knowledge to help clients navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape. Read the article here. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has been recognized by Managing IP and World IP Review in their 2026 intellectual property rankings and awards, highlighting the firm's leading intellectual property practice and the accomplishments of its lawyers. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces that Daniel Kasell has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Real Estate Group. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP today announced that Edward Rishty has been appointed Chair of the Real Estate Group, effective immediately. He succeeds Peter Irwin, who will become the firm’s next General Counsel as of October 1. Chris Tahbaz, who has served as General Counsel for the past eight years, will retire at the end of the year. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Rachel Ehrlich Albanese and associate Emily MacKay of the firm’s Restructuring Group authored an article entitled, “1) Read the Statute, 2) Read the Statute, 3) Read the…Local Rules!*” for the Creditor Rights Coalition. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced today that Zahra Sowder has joined the firm as a partner in its Fund Finance practice in New York. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces today that Josh Lerner has joined the firm as a partner in the Commercial Litigation Group, based in the San Francisco office. Mr. Lerner will focus on high-stakes commercial and intellectual property disputes for technology and life sciences clients. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces that Michael Godbe, Molly Maass, Eric Olmesdahl, Justin Rassi, Adam Saunders and Amy Zimmerman have been named counsel, effective July 1. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces that Andrea Hwang has joined the firm as a partner in the Leveraged and Corporate Finance practice in New York. Her arrival further strengthens the firm’s private capital finance platform, consistent with the firm’s strategic priorities. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP intellectual property litigation partner Lindsay Cooper Hayman has received the Woman Leader In Tech Law (Intellectual Property) Award at the 2026 California Legal Awards. The award recognizes the go-to attorneys for leading tech companies and groundbreaking tech startups, focusing on the top women whose recent achievements have contributed to progress at technology companies and in the law. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces that Megan Arrogante, Fatema Al-Arayedh, Tom Berry, Konstantin Bureiko, Jake Grandison, Anne-Mette Heemsoth, Samuel Krawiecz, Matthew Parelman, Felix Paterson, Anne-Lise Quach, Aseel Rabie, Sergio Torres, Dominique Trudelle, Wendy Widman, Chen Xu and Guang Yang will become partners of the firm, effective July 1. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton partner Veronica Aroutiunian has been named by Law.com International to its annual list of European women rising stars. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP was featured in Legaltech News for its approach to AI innovation and transformation, highlighting the firm’s integration of internal experimentation, governance and client collaboration through its proprietary Suite of Tools for Assessing AI Risk (STAAR). Read the PDF of the article here. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has won the "Best Law Firm Advisory Team: Business and Human Rights" category at the Legal 500 UK ESG Awards. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partners Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Erez Liebermann, Robert Maddox and Jim Pastore have been named to Cybersecurity Docket’s “Incident Response Elite List” for 2026. With five lawyers recognized on this year’s list, Debevoise is tied for the most of any firm, underscoring the depth of its incident response bench and market-leading transatlantic capabilities. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces that Rebekah T. Scherr has joined the firm as a partner in the Antitrust and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups in Washington, D.C. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is pleased to announce that litigation partner Megan K. Bannigan has been named "Trademark Litigator of the Year (Northeast)" at the 2026 Managing IP Americas Awards, which recognizes firms and practitioners for their outstanding intellectual property achievements in the past year. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partners Jonathan Levitsky, Simone Hicks, Benjamin Pedersen and Peter Schuur have been named “Dealmakers of the Year” by The American Lawyer. The partners were recognized for advising Warner Bros. Discovery in its sale to Paramount Skydance Corporation at an enterprise value of $110 billion, the second largest media deal ever and the largest all-cash transaction in corporate history. The American Lawyer’s annual Dealmakers of the Year list recognizes the leading corporate lawyers and transactions of the previous year. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has been named International Arbitration Firm of the Year at the 2026 Benchmark Litigation USA Awards for the third consecutive year. The awards celebrate the leading firms and most distinguished litigators across the country. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has augmented the firm’s restructuring capabilities through a series of strategic appointments, which will be effective February 16, 2026. Rachel Ehrlich Albanese, Sam Newman and Daniel Shamah will join the firm as partners in the Restructuring Group, and Ms. Albanese will be appointed Co-Chair of the Group. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice has once again ranked in the gold band for the United States and New York in the World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000, an annual guide that identifies the top trademark professionals in key jurisdictions. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP today announces the appointment of litigation partners Maeve O’Connor and Michael Schaper as co-chairs of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group, joining co-chair Maura Monaghan. Together, they will lead one of the firm’s largest and most prominent practices, guiding clients through their most complex and high-stakes disputes. Mark Goodman, who has served as co-chair of the Group for over ten years, will remain active in client work as he steps down from the Group’s leadership role. Read More>

London-based partner Samantha J. Rowe has again been named in The Lawyer magazine’s annual Hot 100 list, which recognizes the profession’s most innovative and inspirational lawyers. Read More>

Debevoise partner Edwin Northover and counsel Jan Buschmann have been named in China Business Law Journal’s (“CBLJ”) A-List: Visionaries and A-List: Growth Drivers respectively. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces that Julia Ahn, Emily Austin, Daniel Hoborough, Anna Moore, Veronika Polakova, Rachel Stables and Heng (David) Wan have been named counsel to the firm. Their promotions became effective on January 1. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced that Juliet Han has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as counsel in the Investment Management Group. Ms. Han brings substantial experience counseling investment advisers and fund managers on matters under the Investment Advisers Act, the Investment Company Act and other federal securities laws. At Debevoise, she will advise private equity and private credit fund sponsors, as well as other asset managers, on a broad range of regulatory and compliance issues. Read More> 

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces that London partner Jeffrey Sullivan KC has been appointed co-chair of the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group. Mr. Sullivan KC will lead the practice alongside existing co-chairs Catherine Amirfar and Mark Friedman. Read More>

In the 2026 edition of Lexology Index: Arbitration, previously Who’s Who Legal, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP lawyers have again been recognized as leading arbitration practitioners for their exceptional work resolving complex international disputes. Read More>

Debevoise partners Peter Furci, David Grosgold, Andrew Levine and counsel Sergio Torres have contributed a chapter, “Private equity funds and institutional investors in Latin American M&A,” to the sixth edition of Latin Lawyer’s The Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions. In the chapter, the authors discuss the evolving landscape of private equity and institutional investment in Latin American M&A, highlighting how market activity rebounded in late 2024 before moderating in 2025 amid global uncertainty. Read More>

As part of the latest edition of Americas Restructuring Review, published by Global Restructuring Review, Natasha Labovitz and Erica Weisgerber have authored a chapter on the growing use of mediation in U.S. Chapter 11 cases, including cross-border matters. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP lawyers have contributed to the tenth edition of Global Investigation Review’s “The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations,” a practical guide for external and in-house counsel, compliance officers and accounting practitioners. White collar & regulatory defense counsel Nicholas Folly, and partners Josh Cohen and David Sarratt, contributed a chapter to the guide entitled, “Beginning an internal investigation: the US perspective.” Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces that funds partner Patricia Volhard has been appointed European Chair of the firm’s Investment Management Group. Ms. Volhard will lead the practice across the firm’s London, Paris, Frankfurt and Luxembourg offices. Ms. Volhard succeeds Geoffrey Kittredge, who continues as a senior partner in the practice. Read More>