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Haynes Boone said Chris Acton joined its London office as a partner and chair of its UK derivatives platform. The firm said he would work with its New York team to develop a coordinated U.S.-UK offering covering structured finance, derivatives and trading relationships for private capital clients.
Haynes Boone said Chambers UK 2027 ranked seven of its practice groups and 16 attorneys. The firm said it gained four new practice rankings and that partner Lesley Gregory and its Venture Capital Practice Group received Band 1 recognition in the directory.
ArentFox Schiff announced that Gabriel Levinson had joined as its real estate litigation practice leader in New York. The firm said he previously chaired the corresponding practice at Haynes and Boone and represented property owners, developers, investors, landlords and tenants in commercial real estate and business disputes.