A team from the Financial Institutions Group of Debevoise and Plimpton LLP have contributed a chapter about U.S. banking regulation to the 14th edition of Banking Regulation published by Lexology Getting The Deal Through. The team includes partner Gregory Lyons, counsel Alison Hashmall, associate Chen Xu and law clerks Josie Dikkers and Amy Aixi Zhang. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced today that Sheena Paul has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as counsel in the Investment Management Group’s U.S. regulatory practice. Ms. Paul brings to the firm extensive experience advising asset managers and institutional investors on a broad range of U.S. regulatory matters, including on issues arising under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Securities Act of 1933. In her new role, Ms. Paul will broaden the Group’s ability to provide senior-level regulatory advice to asset managers, with a particular focus on our private fund sponsor clients. She will also provide regulatory guidance to the firm’s other practices related to domestic and cross-border corporate and capital markets transactions, and enforcement matters. Read More>

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced today that Johanna Skrzypczyk (pronounced “Scrip-zik”) has returned to the firm’s New York office as counsel in its Data Strategy and Security practice. Ms. Skrzypczyk, who rejoins the firm after serving as Assistant Attorney General in the Bureau of Internet and Technology at the New York Attorney General’s Office, complements the practice’s existing capacity to assist clients facing increased regulatory scrutiny around cybersecurity events. Ms. Skrzypczyk will also advise clients on AI matters and privacy-oriented work, particularly related to the California Consumer Privacy Act. Read More>

Twenty-one current and former Debevoise & Plimpton LLP lawyers have been named to the 2020 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll by the District of Columbia Courts, in partnership with the D.C. Access to Justice Commission and the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center, with 18 of the firm’s honorees earning the designation of High Honors. Read More>

Three partners from the Healthcare and Life Sciences group of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP recently discussed the healthcare sector’s increased pace and volume of M&A activity, the novel drivers of that activity and expected regulatory changes under the Biden administration in a feature Q&A with Law360. Read More>