Nixon Peabody Appoints Senior Counsel and Team Leader

Nixon Peabody has appointed William Lasher as senior counsel in the New York City office and Boston partner Robert Coughlin as team leader of the firm’s corporate trust practice. Lasher previously worked for Dorsey & Whitney.

Nixon Peabody is one of the largest general practice law firms in the country with 17 offices in the United States in addition to locations in London, Paris and Shanghai. The firm has more than 800 lawyers in 25 different areas of practice and clients including emerging and middle-market businesses, national and multinational corporations, financial institutions, public entities, educational and non profit organizations, and individuals. The firm was formed in 1999 by a merger of two firms: Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle LLP and Peabody & Brown.