World regulation agency Reed Smith has introduced the members of its new Senior Administration Workforce, following a companion vote on the suggestions of the agency’s international managing companion, Casey Ryan.
Along with Ryan, the seven-member Senior Administration Workforce (SMT) is comprised of three new members and three present members.
The brand new members are Julie Hardin as managing companion, Americas; Gregor Pryor as managing companion, Europe and the Center East (EME); and James Tandler as chair of the Enterprise and Finance Division.
Doug Cameron, beforehand managing companion, Americas, will assume the position of worldwide head of authorized personnel.
Returning members are Peter Ellis as chair of the Litigation and Dispute Decision Division and Nick Bagiatis as chief working officer.
In media and leisure, primarily based in London, Gregor Pryor has been the co-chair of the Leisure and Media Trade Group since 2015.
Reed Smith notes that he’s “widely known as one of many world’s main attorneys in digital media”.
He has been a member of the Government Committee since 2022 and chairs its Innovation and Technique Committee.
Pryor will succeed London-based structured finance companion Tamara Field.
In the meantime, Ryan assumed the position of worldwide managing companion in March 2023. She has been on the agency since 1996 and held quite a few earlier management positions, together with international apply group chief of the Labor and Employment Group, vice chair of the agency’s Litigation Division and international head of authorized personnel.
Doug Cameron, World Head of Authorized Personnel, a Pittsburgh-based business and insurance coverage restoration litigator who has spent his total profession at Reed Smith, has served on the SMT since 2016, first as chair of the Litigation Division and extra not too long ago as managing companion, Americas. Earlier than becoming a member of the SMT, he served as apply group chief of the Insurance coverage Restoration Group for 13 years and on the Government Committee for six years. Cameron succeeds Ryan on this position.
“This workforce has a wealth of management expertise, robust enterprise acumen, distinctive shopper expertise, and a deep dedication to the agency and its individuals.”
Casey Ryan, Reed Smith
Peter Ellis, Chair, Litigation and Dispute Decision is a Chicago-based business litigator, and has served on the SMT since 2019. Earlier than becoming a member of the SMT, he was chair of the World Business Disputes apply, a member of the Government Committee and chair of the Shoppers and Markets Committee. Ellis will proceed in his position as chair of the Litigation and Dispute Decision Division.
Julie Hardin, Managing Accomplice, Americas, is an skilled trial lawyer targeted on the vitality and life science sectors. Hardin is without doubt one of the founding companions of Reed Smith’s Houston workplace and has served on the Government Committee since 2016. A former chair of the Expertise Committee, Hardin is dedicated to expertise improvement and strategic development. Hardin succeeds Cameron on this position.
Primarily based in New York, James Tandler, Chair, Enterprise and Finance, has served as chair of the U.S. Company Group, a workforce of over 150 attorneys in 18 U.S. workplaces, specializing in company and securities, tax, advantages, government compensation and wealth planning. He was additionally co-chair of the World Company Group, a task he held since 2020. Tandler will succeed Washington, D.C.-based transactional and regulatory companion Carol Loepere.
Nick Bagiatis, Chief Working Officer
Cameron and Hardin will assume their roles successfully instantly. Pryor and Tandler will assume their new roles on July 1.
Appointed chief working officer in 2018, Bagiatis supplies oversight of the day-to-day operations of the agency’s international operations. Earlier than changing into COO, Bagiatis was a senior member of the Enterprise and Finance Division management workforce for greater than 10 years.
“This workforce has a wealth of management expertise, robust enterprise acumen, distinctive shopper expertise, and a deep dedication to the agency and its individuals,” Ryan mentioned.
“Each member of our Senior Administration Workforce has deep information of the agency’s operations, the profound worth we place on our shopper relationships, and our dedication to wonderful lawyering, innovation and our individuals. I’m grateful to our international partnership for his or her expressed help of this workforce.”Music Enterprise Worldwide
