Womble Bond Dickinson announced that Robert N. Hancock, Jr., has joined the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group as a partner in Houston. Hancock brings more than two decades of experience advising clients in complex construction matters, commercial litigation, arbitration, mediation, construction related legislation, construction contract drafting/negotiations, business strategy, risk management, OSHA citations, regulations, acquisitions, insurance, and construction project operations.

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Robert Leonard as a partner in its Asset Management and Investment Funds (AMIF) practice. Leonard joins the firm’s New York office from Dechert LLP.

Stephen Forster has joined Jones Day as a partner in its Health Care & Life Sciences Practice and is based in the Washington Office.

Haynes Boone is pleased to welcome Litigation Partners Gabriel Berg and Lauren Coppola to the firm’s New York office. Their arrival marks the 10th and 11th partners to join Haynes Boone in New York since the start of 2025.

Dechert LLP continues to grow its leading financial services platform with the addition of Rebecca Lee as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Joining the global tax practice, Ms. Lee bolsters the firm’s tax capabilities in the investment management and financial services sectors.

We are delighted to be growing our Milton Keynes office, welcoming six new team members across multiple specialisms as part of its ambitious national growth strategy.
The latest additions include two senior appointments – Brian West and Susannah Lloyd, both joining as partners – alongside residential conveyancing associate Carrie Sutton, commercial property solicitor Edward Moffat, restructuring and insolvency solicitor Imran Ilias, and paralegal Sonia Williams-Gwaga.

Pillsbury has bolstered one of the country’s leading State and Local Tax practices with the return of seasoned tax lawyer Annie Huang as a partner in San Francisco. Huang returns to the firm after three years as a solo practitioner, during which she remained co-counsel with Pillsbury on some of the firm’s biggest cases for multinational corporations and high-net-worth individuals.

King & Spalding announced that Matthew D. McGill has joined the firm’s International Disputes practice group as a partner. McGill is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

Goodwin announced that leading debt finance lawyer Matthew Ayre will be joining the firm’s Private Equity practice as a partner in its London office.

With 27 years’ experience in private practice, Matthew joins Goodwin from Travers Smith, where he was head of the Leveraged Finance team and has served as a partner since 2007. He is widely recognized in the acquisition finance market for advising private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers, and lenders on complex financings and restructurings.

Four litigation attorneys have joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP in the Commercial Litigation group in New York, the international law firm announced. Jeremy Deutsch, Christian Cangiano, and Elliot Coz join Dorsey as partners, while Christopher Paolino joins as of counsel. All four attorneys join Dorsey from Cozen O’Connor in New York.