Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces that Erik Andrén, Natascha Born, Carter Burwell, Benjamin Collins-Wood, Nick Kaluk, John Love, Robert Maddox, Michael McGuigan, Ali Nierenberg, Jillian Wright and Gregg Young will become partners of the firm, effective July 1.

Erik Andrén is based in the New York office and a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group. His practice focuses on advising private equity firms and corporate clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions across a broad range of industries. Mr. Andrén received his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2016 and his B.Sc. from Stockholm School of Economics in 2013.

Natascha Born is based in the New York office and is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group. Her practice focuses on complex, high-stakes litigation and arbitration, including cross-border disputes, class actions, litigation involving mergers and acquisitions, and shareholder derivative litigation across a range of industries. From 2014 to 2015, Ms. Born clerked for the Hon. Steven M. Colloton on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and in 2016 she clerked for the Hon. Douglas H. Ginsburg on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Ms. Born received her J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2014 and her B.A. with honors and distinction from Stanford University in 2010.

Carter Burwell is based in the Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group. His practice focuses on representing corporations and individuals in white collar criminal defense, congressional and other government investigations and national security matters. Prior to joining Debevoise, Mr. Burwell served as Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Finance Intelligence, as one of the top lawyers on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, and as a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia and the Eastern District of New York. From 2002 to 2003, he clerked for the Hon. John Gleeson in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and from 2003 to 2004, for the Hon. Karen Henderson on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Mr. Burwell received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2002, his M. Phil. from the University of Cambridge in 1998 and his B.A. from Columbia College in 1996. He is admitted to practice in Washington, D.C., Virginia and New York.

Benjamin Collins-Wood is based in the New York office and a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Private Funds Transactions Groups. His practice focuses on advising public and private companies, especially private equity clients, in connection with mergers and acquisitions and other significant corporate matters, including private equity buyouts, cross-border transactions, corporate carve-outs, joint control transactions, joint ventures, debt and equity investments, restructurings, continuation funds and fund secondaries. Mr. Collins-Wood received his J.D. and LL.M. from Duke University School of Law cum laude in 2013 and his B.A. summa cum laude and with distinction from the University of Washington in 2009.

Nick Kaluk is based in the New York office and a member of the firm’s Restructuring and Special Situations Groups. His practice focuses on advising debtors, investors and other stakeholders in complex Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings, and he also advises on insurance insolvencies, securitizations and structured financings. From 2011 to 2012, Mr. Kaluk clerked for the Hon. Allan L. Gropper on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. He received his J.D. magna cum laude from Brooklyn Law School in 2011 and his B.A. from Columbia University in 2005.

John Love is based in the New York office and a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group. His practice focuses on advising public and private clients, including private equity firms and their portfolio companies, on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and other corporate transactions across a broad range of industries. Mr. Love received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2013, where he was a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and his B.S. magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 2008.

Robert Maddox is based in the London office and a member of the firm’s Data Strategy & Security Group. His practice focuses on advising clients on a wide range of high-stakes multi-jurisdictional cybersecurity, privacy and artificial intelligence matters, including incident response and regulatory defense. Mr. Maddox received his L.P.C. with Distinction from the College of Law in 2011, his LL.M. from the National University of Singapore in 2010 and his B.A. from the University of Cambridge in 2009.

Michael McGuigan is based in the New York office and a member of the firm’s Finance Group. His practice focuses primarily on representation of fund sponsors in a wide range of fund finance transactions, and of project companies and other private sector sponsors in connection with the development and financing of major U.S. infrastructure projects, including the redevelopment of JFK International Airport, LaGuardia Airport and the World Trade Center in New York City. Mr. McGuigan received his J.D. summa cum laude from New York Law School in 2004 and his B.A. from Fordham University in 1999.

Ali Nierenberg is based in the New York office and a member of the firm’s Investment Management Group. Her practice focuses on advising sponsors of private investment funds, co-investment vehicles and separately managed accounts, covering numerous sectors and strategies, including buyout, infrastructure and real estate. Ms. Nierenberg received her J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2017 and her B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2014.

Jillian Wright is based in the New York office and a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Her practice focuses on advising corporate clients and private equity firms in connection with mergers and acquisitions and other significant corporate transactions across a broad range of industries. Ms. Wright received her J.D. from the University of Windsor in 2015, graduating with the highest academic standing in the J.D. program, and her B.A. honors, with distinction, from Queen’s University in 2012.

Gregg Young is based in the London office and a member of the firm’s Finance Group. His practice focuses on advising corporations, private equity sponsors, funds and financial institutions on a range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including acquisition financings, restructurings, refinancings, fund finance, asset finance and debt capital markets. Mr. Young received his LL.M. from Columbia Law School in 2007 and his LL.B. (Honors) from King’s College London in 2004. He is admitted to practice in both England and Wales and in New York.