Debevoise & Plimpton announced that San Francisco attorney Joe Binder will become a partner of the firm, effective July 1. Binder is a member of the firm’s investment management group. His practice focuses on advising sponsors of private investment funds across a range of strategies, including venture capital, growth equity, buyouts and secondaries. Binder’s experience includes acting for clients such as Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, HarbourVest Partners, Crescent Capital Group, Stone Point Capital, Morgan Stanley, and One Rock Capital.

Blank Rome announced that Leslie A. Horwitz has joined the firm’s Orange County office in the labor and employment practice group. Horwitz joins Blank Rome from Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch. Focusing on a wide range of labor relations and employment law matters, Horwitz has notable experience counseling employers on various legal issues related to employment classification; wage and hour law; minimum wage, overtime, meal, and break compliance issues; and complaints of harassment, discrimination and retaliation.