McDermott Adds Commercial Litigators in New York and Washington, DC

Joel Haims and Jon Henry Enhance Securities and Accountant Legal responsibility Expertise, Respectively, for Shoppers Dealing with Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Worldwide legislation agency McDermott Will & Emery is happy to announce the addition of two companions to its Litigation Apply Group: Joel Haims in New York and Jonathan (Jon) Henry in Washington, DC. Joel is a extremely revered litigator with huge expertise dealing with securities and sophisticated business instances, whereas Jon represents among the largest accounting corporations throughout america and has served as first-chair trial lawyer in lots of influential business disputes.

“We advise our shoppers by way of all kinds of advanced litigation, offering strategic counsel from investigations by way of trial,” Steven Scholes, international head of McDermott’s Litigation Apply Group, stated. “Joel and Jon have achieved distinctive outcomes for his or her shoppers, and we stay up for their continued successes right here at McDermott representing shoppers within the skilled companies, actual property and oil and gasoline industries.”

Joel focuses his follow on securities litigation, together with class actions, shareholder spinoff instances and company management litigation. He additionally provides depth to our capabilities representing shoppers in US Securities and Alternate Fee (SEC) enforcement proceedings and inner investigations. Joel additionally has in depth expertise litigating advanced business instances, together with instances involving business actual property transactions, bankruptcies and non secular rights.

Joel joins from Morrison & Foerster LLP the place he served twice because the agency’s international co-chair of the Securities, Litigation, Enforcement and White-Collar Protection Group. He’s acknowledged by each Chambers USA and Authorized 500 for his work in securities litigation.

“I’m excited to affix McDermott due to its gifted group of legal professionals, its collaborative tradition and its momentum,” Joel stated. “I stay up for continued success representing my shoppers and to increasing the Agency’s current capabilities.”

Jon brings deep trial expertise representing massive accounting corporations and their professionals, efficiently defending them in quite a few excessive profile accounting instances. He additionally represents massive accounting corporations and their professionals in regulatory and monetary investigations by the US Division of Justice and US regulatory businesses, together with the Public Firm Accounting Oversight Board and the SEC. He additionally represents shoppers in high-stakes, advanced business litigation.

Jon joins from King & Spalding. He acquired his BA and JD from the College of Virginia.

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