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— Movers and Shakers —
Tardy-Joubert (pictured) was a managing director and head of European technology investment banking at Merrill Lynch & Co. He held the same role at Credit Suisse Group and started his banking career at Deutsche Bank AG in 1993. Frank Quattrone, who built technology investment banking franchises at Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse, formed San Francisco-based Qatalyst in March.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Mary Schapiro announced that David Becker will return to the agency later this month as its general counsel and senior policy director. Becker held the post from January 2000 to May 2002 after joining the SEC staff as deputy general counsel in 1998. Becker returns to the SEC from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where he was a partner in Washington. Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group Inc. said president and co-founder Edward Rubin will succeed Michael Lacovara as CEO. BMO Capital Markets Corp. enlisted Brian McGough as a managing director in the Chicago debt products group. McGough arrives from Fifth Third Bancorp, where he led the healthcare investment banking practice. He also worked at RBC Capital Markets Corp. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. Sheryl Wood, a former federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice, joined Venable LLP's Baltimore office as a partner in the firm's Securities and Exchange Commission and white collar defense groups. She will also work from Washington. Wood joins Venable from the Baltimore office of Saul Ewing LLP, where she was a partner in the litigation department and co-chair of the white collar and government enforcement practice. The firm also named six partners: Robert Babayi, intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution; Ashley Craig, legislative and government affairs; David Farnum, IP litigation; David Karceski, state and local government; Christopher Pate, business transactions; and Jason Rose, commercial litigation. In Los Angeles, Venable tapped labor and employment lawyer Rebecca Aragon as a partner. Aragon comes in after two decades at Parker, Milliken, Clark, O'Hara & Samuelian. Hausfeld LLP launched a Washington office as its headquarters and plans to open offices in Philadelphia, San Francisco and London. It already has one in New York. The firm is chaired by Michael Hausfeld, formerly head of Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll PLLC's antitrust and international practice groups. Seventeen of his colleagues joined with him, including partners Richard Lewis, Robert Eisler, Michael Lehmann, Charles Tompkins, Brian Ratner and William Butterfield. Additionally, Hausfeld elevated eight associates to partner: Megan Jones, James Pizzirusso, Hilary Ratway, Andrew Bullion, Brent Landau, Steig Olson, Chris Lebsock and Jon King. Genstar Capital LLC, a middle-market private equity firm, promoted James Nadauld to principal. Nadauld, who focuses on investments in the healthcare services sector, joined Genstar in 2004 as a senior associate. Paul Rachmuth will chair Gersten Savage LLP's bankruptcy and corporate reorganization practice as a partner. Rachmuth was previously of counsel in the corporate restructuring and bankruptcy group at Reed Smith LLP. Jon Dudas joined Foley & Lardner LLP as a partner in Washington, working with the intellectual property and public affairs practices. Dudas has been under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Nixon Peabody LLP created an Israeli business practice, covering high-tech, life sciences, interactive entertainment and digital media, and cleantech. The group is co-chaired by partners Sam Feigin and Mark Kass. Separately, the firm named seven partners: Christopher Gegwich and Eric Paley, labor and employment; Aleks Frimershtein, syndication; Charles Wolf and Katherine Baynes, public finance; Todd Toral, financial services and securities litigation; and David May, intellectual property. Sullivan & Worcester LLP hired James Duffy III in New York office as of counsel in the corporate group. Duffy was a senior partner and founding member of Berg and Duffy LLP. He was also minority counsel and staff director of the U.S. Senate select committee on small business during the 92nd Congress. Duane Morris LLP added John Friskey as a manager in the tax accounting group, based in Philadelphia. He was a manager at public accounting firm Fishbein & Co. PC. Trial firm McManis Faulkner of San Jose, Calif., made Elizabeth Pipkin a partner. She covers civil litigation. |
Technology-focused merchant banking boutique Qatalyst Group hired Jean Tardy-Joubert as a partner and head of European investment banking. He will open the firm's London office and also work with the global communications technology and semiconductor practices. 
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