King & Spalding LLP elected Evan C. Palenschat to partner.Palenschat specializes in complex financing transactions and his clients include financial institutions, private credit groups, alternative lending institutions, private equity groups and hedge funds, as well as public and private companies.• Robert H. Muriel, director of the Illinois Department of Insurance, will be leaving public service on Dec. 11 to join Hoke LLC as a partner in its policyholder recovery practice.• Polsinelli hosted a webinar …