Charles Russell Speechlys further strengthens its Middle East offering with the hire of corporate partner William Reichert. William will be based in the Dubai office and is the office’s third new partner in as many months, following the additions of construction and disputes partner Thanos Karvelis, and Mark Hill, a TMT and commercial partner.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Banking Practice with the addition of Fernando Navarro as a partner in Madrid.

Gilbert + Tobin has recruited Peter Doyle to its Banking + Infrastructure group, and Elias Stephen to its Real Estate + Projects group.

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Bethany J. Hills has joined the firm in the New York office as a partner in the Life Sciences Group. Ms. Hills has a full-service Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory and compliance practice. She brings to Morrison & Foerster extensive experience in the products and processes regulated by the FDA, including food, dietary supplements, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology, healthcare technology, diagnostics, and software. Ms.

Dechert has further expanded its market leading global finance practice with the hire of real estate finance partner Aparna Sehgal. Ms. Sehgal joins Dechert’s London office.

Ms. Sehgal’s appointment follows the recent hires of structured finance partner John McGrath and structured finance disputes partner Simon Fawell, with whom Ms. Sehgal works closely and are also based in Dechert’s London office. Ms. Sehgal is the fourth finance partner to have joined Dechert’s global finance practice in London within the last nine months.

This week, we have had the pleasure of welcoming Cathrine B. Hetland as a new partner at our Oslo-office. Cathrine is an experienced lawyer within oil and gas and will join the Energy & Renewables team at Wikborg Rein.

Wikborg Rein's Energy & Renewables team consists of several Partners and specialist lawyers in Oslo, Bergen and across our international offices. The team has recently experienced rapid growth and is in need of a Partner with broad experience in navigating oil and gas law's particular combination of commercial, technical and regulatory questions.

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has strengthened its German dispute resolution team with the hire of Christine Gärtner from US law firm Latham & Watkins. Christine will join Clifford Chance's Frankfurt office as partner.

Arnold & Porter announced that John Elwood, a former Assistant to the US Solicitor General, has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, DC office. Mr. Elwood will head Arnold & Porter's Appellate and Supreme Court practice.

Leading insurance risk and commercial law firm BLM has expanded its family law offering in London with the appointment of Grainne Fahy, who joins the firm from Hanne & Co. The family law group, part of BLM’s Commercial Advisory and Private Wealth team, will also welcome one associate and two solicitors to its Manchester office in the next month.

Paweł Samborski, advocate, joined the group of partners at Baker McKenzie's Warsaw office. Making use of his extensive experience, Paweł will be responsible for the development of the Dispute and Litigation Practice with a focus on construction and infrastructure disputes.