Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Tsuguhito Omagari as a corporate/M&A partner in its Tokyo office. Omagari rejoins K&L Gates from local Tokyo firm Sonderhoff & Einsel.

Omagari focuses his practice on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private investment in public entities (PIPEs), private equity, domestic and international joint ventures, real estate investment transactions, and various other corporate and related regulatory matters. He also advises international companies on investing and doing business in Japan.

International law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed Robert Vidal as a partner in its Competition, EU & Trade Group in London.

Robert joins from Taylor Wessing where he was Head of Competition, EU & Trade in the UK. A highly respected expert in his field, Robert has significant experience advising on competition law across a variety of sectors, with specialist expertise in the life sciences, pharmaceuticals and technology sectors.

Gowling WLG is pleased to welcome real estate partner, Nick Mumby, to its commercial development and investment real estate team (CDI).

Nick brings with him years of experience specialising in commercial real estate work with a particular focus on complex development transactions. During his career, he has acted for clients including institutional investors, private real estate companies, real estate funds, offshore private trusts, banks, retailers and other occupiers.

GOWLING WLG WELCOMES TAX LAWYER TED THIESSEN

Gowling WLG is pleased to announce that Ted Thiessen has joined the firm’s Tax Group as a partner in Calgary.

Thiessen’s tax practice focuses on transactions involving the resource sector, where he has represented a number of clients with upstream- and midstream-related assets and investments.

DLA Piper Argentina announced the addition of Mariana Lozza as a partner in the International Arbitration practice and Nicolas Teijeiro as a partner in the Corporate Finance practice. Both will be based in the firm's Buenos Aires office.

International law firm CMS is pleased to announce the appointment of partner Matthew Davies who will be joining the firm’s Corporate practice in Manchester. Matthew joins the firm from Addleshaw Goddard.

Global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has announced the recent appointment of Dominic Gregory as partner strengthening the firm’s global banking and infrastructure finance practices in Asia. Gregory will join BCLP’s Singapore office but his finance practice will span Asia, with a particular focus on Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and Indonesia.

WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Regina (Gina) M. Rodriguez—a highly respected litigator whose years of success and reputation, both in private practice and as an assistant US attorney, led to her nomination as a US district court judge—has joined the firm as a partner in its Denver office.

DALLAS – Six years after entering the Texas legal market with an office in Houston and a year after opening in Austin, Reed Smith today announced that it has opened an office in Dallas with the arrival of eight partners and eight other lawyers from three major law firms. The new group of partners has a broad range of transactional and litigation practices across an array of industries. Reed Smith now has 29 offices worldwide.

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm’s growth in Europe is continuing with the addition of tax partner Bruno Leroy to the Paris office. Bruno joins from Dechert, where he focused on M&A and private equity tax structuring, as well as general tax advice to corporate clients.