Seyfarth Shaw LLP has bolstered its highly-recognized Government Contracts practice with the addition of Zohra Tejani as partner.

A recognized leader in public sector procurement and technology licensing, Tejani brings more than 25 years of experience advising technology providers – from startups to global enterprises – on driving revenue and managing risk with federal, state, and local government contracts.

David Brenneman’s proven track record clearing complex M&A transactions enhances the firm’s growing Antitrust & Competition Practice.

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that David Brenneman has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Practice and a member of the Litigation & Trial Department. Brenneman’s practice focuses on the antitrust aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and other business combinations and collaborations.

Kirkland & Ellis announced that Thibaut Partsch is joining the Firm as a partner in the Investment Funds Group in London.

“Thibaut is one of the most prominent investment funds lawyers in Europe,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee. “We’re thrilled to welcome him to our market-leading investment funds practice and to add first-class Luxembourg capabilities for the benefit of our global investment fund sponsor client base.”

King & Spalding announced that private equity and M&A lawyer Jason Osborn has joined the firm’s Corporate practice group as a partner in its New York office.

Global law firm K&L Gates welcomes Tanya Denning as a partner in the Energy, Infrastructure, and Resources practice. She joins the firm’s Brisbane office from Baker McKenzie, where she was the Brisbane office managing partner and co-head of the Australian Energy team.

Firm strengthens its regulatory and transactional offerings in the fintech and payments space
Baker McKenzie announced that Todd Beauchamp and Charles Weinstein, highly regarded lawyers in the fintech and payments space, have joined the Firm's Washington, DC office. With an extensive background in regulatory, commercial, and transactional matters across payments and fintech, the pair brings with them a robust set of capabilities and experience in this dynamic and important area for the Firm.

Global law firm Baker McKenzie is pleased to announce the return of María Angélica Burgos de la Ossa as a Dispute Resolution partner in Bogota, and the promotion of Sebastián Quintero to partner within the same practice group.

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is delighted to announce that leading energy law experts Carolyn Dong, Neil Macdonald and Russell Wilkinson are joining the firm in Hong Kong.
Carolyn has over 35 years’ experience advising on cross-border transactions involving China, most notably with major Chinese state-owned enterprises (“SOEs”) and private companies on outbound M&A transactions, acquisition financing, joint ventures with international partners and project development, including large-scale and complex oil and gas, petrochemical and mining projects worldwide.

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is pleased to announce that maritime disputes expert Andrew Rigden Green has joined the firm as a partner in Hong Kong. He was previously at Stephenson Harwood in the same city.
Andrew has over 20 years’ disputes experience having begun his career focussing on arbitration and London High Court litigation. In 2012, he relocated to Hong Kong to grow Stephenson Harwood’s maritime disputes practice and establish its international arbitration practice.

As part of our ongoing strategic expansion, we have appointed experienced higher education disputes specialist Nicola Bradfield as a partner in our Birmingham based dispute resolution team.

Qualifying as a solicitor in 2003 and with 24 years’ sector focused experience, Nicola will head our contentious education practice.

She joins from Coventry University, where she was associate pro vice chancellor and general counsel, and before that founded and led the contentious universities team at Pinsent Masons.