DUBAI, UAE – Reed Smith has appointed Amir Ahmad as a partner in its Financial Industry Group (FIG) in Dubai, an important hire intended to grow the firm’s finance presence throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
Charles A. Ognibene, Michael T. Grant, Robert J. Brener and William B. Dubon have joined Duane Morris LLP’s Boston, Newark and New York offices as partners in the firm’s Corporate and Trial Practices, the firm announced today. In addition, Michael R. Garcia has joined the Boston office as a Trial associate. The lawyers join the firm from LeClairRyan PLLC.
TLT has appointed corporate heavyweight and energy and infrastructure specialist Patrick Somers as a partner in London, supporting its growth ambitions in the capital.
The appointment continues the rapid growth of TLT's UK-wide corporate team in the last year, including the appointment of Damien Bechelli and Kirsty Smith from DWF in Glasgow.
Linklaters is pleased to announce that Roberto Egori will be joining the Italy office as partner and practice head for Tax. Roberto will lead the Italian tax team of Linklaters and will focus on advising clients on domestic and cross-border structured finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance deals, capital market transactions, private equity, real estate as well as pure tax-led mandates.
Andrea Arosio, Managing Partner of Linklaters in Italy, said:
Marily Paralika joins Fieldfisher Paris as a partner of 17 June 2019, to set up an international arbitration practice, bringing the number of partners in the Paris office to 18.
Marily specializes in international arbitration, and brings back 15 years of experience. She acts as counsel in arbitration proceedings governed by ICC, ICSID, LCIA, SCC arbitration rules, and ad hoc proceedings.
Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie continues to grown its London transactional practices with the appointment of Philip Thomson to the Energy, Mining & Infrastructure (EMI) practice, part of Corporate, later this month. Philip joins from Ashurst where he was partner and Global Co-Head of its Oil & Gas practice. His hire plays a key role in further enhancing the Firm's energy sector transactional offering.
Akin Gump has announced that private equity funds lawyers John Daghlian and Mary Lavelle will join the firm as partners in London. They will both come to Akin Gump from the London office of O’Melveny & Myers.
Together, they will join the firm’s investment management practice and transactional platform. They will work closely with partners Daniel Quinn and Aleks Bakic, who recently joined the firm from O’Melveny & Myers (read more here), as well as the firm’s established U.S.- and U.K.-qualified private equity funds lawyers in London, across the United States and in Asia.
Clifford Chance has announced that James Cotins and Matthew Lyons have joined the Firm's Structured Finance practice as partners in New York. They join from Alston & Bird and bring extensive experience in all aspects of the securitization of loans and securities backed by commercial real estate.
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Andrea G. Lovell as a shareholder in its Phoenix office. Lovell joins from Ryley Carlock & Applewhite where she led the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group.
Dechert has expanded its Global Finance and Litigation practices with the hires of structured finance partner John McGrath, and structured finance disputes partner Simon Fawell. The team joins Dechert’s London office.
John McGrath, a senior structured finance partner, primarily represents funds and other buy-side parties on a wide range of financial products often involving enforcement or restructuring of derivatives, securitizations and other structured financings. He works closely and with Simon Fawell on disputes involving structured financings.