Pedro Velasco (’01) Named 2026 Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year by Legal500
Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year: Pedro Velasco , Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C. Read more.
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Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year: Pedro Velasco , Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C. Read more.
The Student Deak Award is sponsored by Oxford University Press for the best international law student article in a student-edited law journal. The award honors Francis Deak, a WWII veteran who wrote extensively on international law. The award is the student equivalent of the prize separately awarded by the American Journal of International Law to […]
Binghamton University announced that alumni Nana Banerjee, William H. Groner, and Susan Marenoff-Zausner will receive State University of New York (SUNY) honorary doctorates this year during the University’s Commencement, May 14-16, 2026. William H. Groner ’77 will be awarded the Doctor of Laws during the Harpur College of Arts and Sciences Commencement ceremony at 8:30 a.m. on […]
Most business leaders will never stand inside a courtroom. But every single one of them will face moments that feel exactly like it, a moment when the pressure is immense, the stakes are real, the information is incomplete, and the decision cannot wait. I have spent 23 years as a criminal defense attorney in Tucson, Arizona. I […]
Ardelyx, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARDX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative medicines that meet significant unmet medical needs, today announced the appointment of Felecia W. Ettenberg, a seasoned leader with more than 25 years of legal experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, as Chief Legal Officer (CLO). She will oversee Ardelyx’s legal, […]
Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) announced today that Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer & Head of Public Sector Mark Hacker will retire to pursue a vocation in ministry, entering formation for the diaconate. Jennifer Hodges, currently serving as Senior Vice President of Corporate Governance, Securities, Transactions and Litigation, has been named Executive Vice President […]
Governor Maura Healey today nominated Vince DeMore to serve on the Massachusetts Parole Board. If confirmed by the Governor’s Council, DeMore will fill the vacancy created when Tonomey Coleman was confirmed as an Associate Justice on the District Court. Read more.
Global investigations and advisory firm Nardello & Co. announced today that Mark Kronfeld has joined the firm’s New York office as Managing Director and Head of the firm’s expanding Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Special Situations Practice. Kronfeld brings three decades of experience as a bankruptcy lawyer, restructuring advisor, independent fiduciary, prosecutor, and professor, with significant expertise in high-stakes […]