International law firm Trowers & Hamlins recruited partner Neil Biswas to its real estate team in London.

Neil has extensive experience in commercial property development and the housing development both within the private and public sectors. He also has significant experience in the housing investment sector, advising some of the largest investors in the social housing investment and development market where he is regarded by many clients as a leading individual in legal sector.

Sara Bailey, partner and head of Real Estate at Trowers & Hamlins LLP commented:

We are pleased to announce that international arbitration specialist Celine Abi Habib Kanakri has joined our Dubai office as a partner.

Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced today that Ann C. Kim, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in its Litigation practice.

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is delighted to welcome two leading dispute resolution (DR) experts to the partnership, as the firm bolsters its offering in response to the evolving dispute resolution landscape.

Damian Lovell and Hamish Macpherson are recognised as preeminent in their areas of expertise.

Damian joins the firm from National Australia Bank, where he was a litigation consultant. Prior to that Damian spent 6 years as the Vice President of litigation at BHP and 12 years as a Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills.

As part of its strategic effort to grow its team of highly talented, solution-driven corporate lawyers, global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has welcomed Patrick F. Rice, Doron Lipshitz, and John S. Kim as Corporate Practice shareholders in its New York office.

Herbert Smith Freehills has further strengthened its disputes offering in Europe with the hire of new Madrid Partner David Arias, who will join the firm with a team of four litigation and arbitration lawyers.

The new team will join the firm's Madrid office on 7 May, 2019, from disputes boutique Arias SLP, which was founded by David in 2014. Prior to founding Arias, David Arias spent 16 years as a partner at Pérez-Llorca, where he established its dispute resolution practice.

MIAMI - Reed Smith announced that a four-person team has joined its Insurance Recovery Practice in Miami, led by partners R. Hugh Lumpkin and Matthew B. Weaver.
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Before joining Reed Smith, Lumpkin and Weaver were shareholders and Camilla J. Cohen and Christopher T. Kuleba were associates in the Miami firm of Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, which Lumpkin joined in 1999.

Arrival of Peter Rooney further strengthens Morrison & Foerster’s global M&A platform and enhances its private equity offerings on the East Coast

Morgan Lewis welcomes Joel Seow, who advises sponsors and investors throughout Asia on private investment fund formation, as a partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and director of Morgan Lewis Stamford. Before joining Morgan Lewis, Joel was a legal consultant for several Singapore private fund managers and served as counsel in the investment funds practice of another global law firm, resident in Singapore.

Gregory J. Krock, an accomplished national energy litigator with significant experience in major oil and gas disputes, has joined McGuireWoods’ commercial litigation practice as a partner in Pittsburgh.