NEW YORK, May 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that John E. Sorkin will join the Firm as a corporate partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice in New York. Previously he was a partner in the Corporate Department of Latham & Watkins LLP in New York.
"We are delighted to welcome John to our firm. He has valuable experience and market background in M&A and private equity," said Valerie Ford Jacob, Fried Frank's Chairperson.
"John adds depth to our growing corporate practice allowing us to broaden our scope of client service and capitalize on new business opportunities," added Justin Spendlove, Fried Frank's Managing Partner.
Mr. Sorkin focuses his practice on domestic and cross-border merger and acquisition transactions and leveraged buyouts as well as corporate advisory work related to corporate governance. His experience spans corporate transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, acquisitions of assets in bankruptcy, proxy contests, spin-offs, exchange offers and representation of financial advisors in a wide range of corporate transactions. He has represented private equity funds and their portfolio companies in numerous transactions.
Mr. Sorkin received his JD from the University of Chicago Law School, with Honors, and his BA, magna cum laude, from Yale University. He is admitted to the bar in New York.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 600 attorneys in offices in New York, Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Frankfurt and Hong Kong. Fried Frank lawyers regularly represent major investment banking firms, private equity houses and hedge funds, as well as many of the largest companies in the world. The firm offers legal counsel on M&A, capital markets and corporate finance matters, white-collar criminal defense and civil litigation, securities regulation, compliance and enforcement, government contracts, environmental law and litigation, real estate, tax, bankruptcy, antitrust, benefits and compensation, intellectual property and technology, international trade, and trusts and estates. The firm has an association with Huen Wong & Co. in Hong Kong. More information on Fried Frank can be found at http://www.friedfrank.com .
