Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced that Jonathan Drimmer has joined the firm as a partner in the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice, based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Drimmer was Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Barrick Gold, the world’s largest gold mining company. Prior to Barrick Gold, Drimmer was a partner at Steptoe and Johnson LLP, where he practiced with Matt Herrington and Tom Best, who recently joined Paul Hastings.

McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce that Stacie Trott has joined the Firm as a partner in its Real Estate practice based in New York. Her recognized industry savvy and extensive international experience will be an asset to McDermott’s clients as they continue to expand their global footprint.

Mayer Brown announced that it has expanded its global energy capabilities with the appointment of Bob Palmer, who joins the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice in London as a partner.

The Paris office of international law firm Simmons & Simmons has continued to expand its offering following the arrival of new partner, Sandra Esquiva-Hesse, who will head the new restructuring department.

Throughout her career, Sandra has gained extensive experience working with a multitude of clients, to include international companies, entrepreneurs and investors among others. She has significant experience in multinational transactions and litigations.

We are pleased to announce that financial lines specialists Maurice Pesso and Greg Steinberg have joined as partners in the US.

The duo join from White and Williams LLP where they were partner and counsel respectively. Maurice Pesso will be based in our New Jersey office and Greg Steinberg in New York.

DLA Piper announced that Jasmine Zacharias has joined the firm's Finance practice as a partner in the Miami office.

DLA Piper has appointed Will Seivewright as a partner and Head of Corporate for the Middle East.

Will joins the firm's Dubai office from Baker McKenzie. His practice focuses on M&A (both public and private), joint ventures, corporate restructurings, private equity and venture capital transactions in the UAE, broader Middle East and internationally.

The global law firm Jones Day has expanded and enhanced its worldwide tax law capabilities with the addition of a group of eight tax controversy lawyers, led by Dr. Niv Tadmore, who will join the Firm's Melbourne Office.

The group includes of counsels Steven Small, Simon Bowden, and Benjamin Lancaster; and associates Alexandra Fraser, Kipling Milton, Richard Keys, and Eloise Verbeek. All will be part of Jones Day’s Tax Practice.

Global legal business DWF has announced the appointments of banking and finance partner, Paul Cesar (Paris) and EU competition partner, Christian Peeters (Brussels).

Paul joins from DLA Piper France and specialises in banking, finance and debt capital markets. He brings in-depth expertise across debt restructuring, finance as well as in various regulatory and derivatives issues. At DWF, Paul will lead the banking and finance practice in Paris.

DLA Piper announced that Andrew Serwin has joined the Data Protection, Privacy and Security subgroup of the firm's Intellectual Property and Technology practice as a partner in San Diego.