McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the arrival of an experienced team of transactions partners including Edward Zaelke, Carl Fleming and Lloyd MacNeil. With decades of industry experience among them, the group will advise clients on complex investments in the renewable energy sector, focusing on project finance and private equity.
Global law firm Clyde & Co has announced the appointment of Alan Joaquin as a partner in its global insurance practice.
Alan joins the firm's Washington, DC office from Drinker Biddle, having previously been a prosecutor with the US Department of Justice.
Alan brings 25 years' experience of coverage litigation in the professional liability, D&O, fidelity bond and cyber areas. In recent years, cyber risk, privacy and cyber extortion has grown to become a key element of his practice.
Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Anne Salladin, a former Senior Counsel in the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Assistant General Counsel for International Affairs, has joined the firm’s International Trade practice as a partner in its Washington D.C. office. Salladin will advise clients on issues relating to international business and national security, particularly as they relate to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
Thekla Fellas joins to lead a group specialising in the “Telecoms Code”
Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the appointment of Thekla Fellas as a new Partner in the Real Estate Litigation team. Thekla will join the team on 1 April 2019.
A prominent real estate disputes lawyer, Thekla joins from Fladgate LLP where she was head of real estate litigation for six years, and previously was a partner at DAC Beachcroft. She holds dual qualifications, having initially been called to the Bar in 1992 before qualifying as a solicitor in 1999.
International law firm Hogan Lovells announced that Greg Junge has joined the firm’s Washington D.C. office as a partner in its Energy and Global Regulatory practice.
Junge joins the firm from Van Ness Feldman, a boutique energy and environmental firm, where he has been a leader in the firm’s pipeline regulatory practice and earned national recognition for his commitment to delivering exceptional client services.
O’Melveny announced that Lisa Monaco, former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor to President Obama and former Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Justice Department, has joined the firm as a partner.
Garrigues has strengthened its team in Portugal by bringing on board Tomás Pessanha as partner in charge of the Corporate and M&A practice at the Oporto office. Pessanha has had a lengthy professional career as adviser to domestic and foreign businesses and institutional investors on corporate law, commercial contracts, M&A, private equity, venture capital and restructuring processes.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Cristina Arumi, one of the most respected REIT Tax lawyers in the United States, is rejoining our firm. She will be head of our U.S. REIT tax practice and will work alongside David Bonser, who heads up our market-leading REIT practice. Arumi joins from Ernst & Young, where she was a leader in the REIT and pass-through group from the national tax office.
International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Mark Barges as a partner in its global project finance practice in Paris.
Mark joins from Linklaters where he worked for 13 years in its banking & projects practice in London and, since 2010, in Paris. Mark has extensive experience in advising on projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors. He advises sponsors and lenders on French and international projects, in particular in Africa. Mark is dual-qualified in France and England and Wales.
Colin Bumby, a highly regarded deal lawyer who advises private equity firms and public and private companies in multibillion-dollar transactions, has joined McGuireWoods’ M&A practice as a partner in New York.
Bumby represents companies and private equity funds in mergers and acquisitions, complex investments, carve-outs, joint ventures, recapitalizations and other corporate matters. His practice spans many industries, including energy, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and food and beverage. He joins the firm from Latham & Watkins.