In an effort to grow its corporate practice, which it cites as a generator of business and client relationships across the firm, Cozen O’Connor has brought on a new practice group leader from a fellow Philadelphia-based law firm.

Katayun “Kathy” Jaffari has joined Cozen O’Connor as a partner and chair of the firm’s corporate governance and securities group in Philadelphia. She joins from Ballard Spahr, where she was a partner for eight years.