King & Spalding announced that Carla Christofferson has joined the firm’s trial and global disputes practice group as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Christofferson has trial experience and has handled a broad range of complex business litigation over the course of her career, including commercial disputes, consumer class actions, Proposition 65 and litigation involving unfair trade practices, natural resources and environmental contamination. Prior to joining King & Spalding, Christofferson served in several in-house legal roles. Before her in-house positions, she was a partner at O’Melveny & Myers, where she was managing partner of the Los Angeles office.

Foley & Lardner announced that Rishi Sodhi has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in its taxation practice group, bolstering its transactional tax capabilities for a broad range of transactions. Sodhi is a transactional tax attorney whose practice focuses on advising clients on the tax aspects of a wide range of business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, and strategic investments. He represents private equity funds and public multinational corporations on numerous complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, serving as the deal lead on all tax-related matters.