Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Guiping Lu as a corporate/capital markets partner in its Hong Kong office. Lu joins K&L Gates from the Hong Kong office of Beijing-based Haiwen & Partners.
Lu focuses his practice on equity and debt capital market deals and cross-border M&A transactions, in addition to advising clients on private equity, pre-IPO, venture capital financing, and various U.S. securities law matters.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Kimberly Schlanger has joined the firm as a partner. At Gibson Dunn, she will continue her national commercial real estate practice from the firm’s Houston office.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Edward S. Wei has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Wei, previously a partner with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, joins as a member of Gibson Dunn’s Tax Practice Group.
Squire Patton Boggs has launched an International Trade Practice in Madrid with the appointment of José María Viñals, the former head of the Madrid office of Lupicinio Abogados. Mr. Viñals has joined the firm with experienced associate Tania Esparza.
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has enhanced its real estate practice with the arrival of a new partner, Elisa Bocianowska. Her arrival follows the recent appointment of partner Sandra Esquiva-Hesse, who joined the firm’s Paris office in early May as the restructuring department lead. Elisa’s arrival in the Paris office highlights the firms ongoing commitment to strengthening both the practice and the firm’s overall offering.
International law firm Pinsent Masons has hired Valérie Blandeau to lead the firm's Employment & Reward team in France, based in Paris.#
Valérie is a highly experienced employment lawyer with more than 20 years’ experience, and joins from Gowling WLG in Paris, where she established the firm's employment practice in 2011 and has led it ever since. She has also previously worked at Eversheds in Paris.
She regularly advises a large number of clients from different industries - particularly international companies in the new technologies sector.
We are pleased to announce that we have strengthened our marine and energy capabilities with the hire of a 12-strong insurance coverage and disputes team based in our London office.
The market leading team, joining us from Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF), comprises three partners, Patrick Foss, Chris Zavos and Jo Ward, along with seven other lawyers and two support staff. The team represent Lloyd’s syndicates and global insurers.
Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that John J. Busillo, a 30-year real estate veteran, has joined the New York office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice group. Mr. Busillo joins Eversheds Sutherland from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer.
Dentons Boekel has strengthened its Banking and Finance practice in Amsterdam with the recruitment of Jacqueline Bell as a partner. She joined the Firm on June 1, 2019.
Allen & Overy has appointed Pallavi Gopinath Aney as a capital markets partner based in its Singapore office. Pallavi brings over 15 years of experience advising issuers, underwriters and investors in a wide range of debt and equity capital markets transactions in India and Southeast Asia.