Leading international law firm Proskauer is pleased to welcome Agnès Rossi and Marcela Moraru as partners in the Firm’s Private Funds Group in Paris. Agnès and Marcela bring significant experience in advising on the structuring and establishment of mid‑market and large private equity funds, infrastructure funds, private credit funds, real estate funds, carried interest/co‑investment arrangements and secondary transactions, including GP‑led transactions.

Eversheds Sutherland has invested further into its European corporate capability with the appointment of lateral partner hire, David Smith, to its Frankfurt office.

Eversheds Sutherland has invested further into its European corporate capability with the appointment of lateral partner hire, David Smith, to its Frankfurt office.

David, a Corporate and M&A partner, joins from global law firm White & Case LLP. Before joining White & Case in 2019, David spent several years at international law firm, Squire Patton Boggs.

International law firm BCLP announced the addition of Partner Emmet P. Ong to the firm’s Financial Services Disputes & Investigations Practice. He joins the firm’s San Francisco office.

Margaret Graham brings significant litigation and investigative experience to the firm’s leading White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice.

Arnold & Porter announced that Bill Efron, former Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Northeast Regional Office, has joined the firm’s Antitrust practice as a partner, resident in New York.

Morgan Lewis has expanded the firm’s leading technology, outsourcing, and commercial contracts practice with the arrival of partner Marina Aronchik in Chicago. Marina, who joins from Mayer Brown, advises multinational companies on critical technology and sourcing agreements.

Piotr Ciołkowski has joined Dentons' Warsaw office as a partner and Co-head of the Energy sector group in Poland as of November 1, 2024. In his new role, he will lead the team alongside fellow co-head, Christian Schnell. In addition, counsel Maciej Ziółkowski joined the Energy team earlier in October.

Vinson & Elkins announced that Thomas Knight has joined the firm as a Washington, D.C.-based partner in the firm’s Energy Regulatory practice.

Holland & Knight welcomes Kimberly Smith, an experienced transactional lawyer with a focus on New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC), commercial lending and real estate finance, as a partner in the firm's Tax Credit & Community Development Finance Practice in New York. Most recently, Ms. Smith was a partner at Butler Snow.

Gowling WLG is pleased to welcome Kim Walker as a partner in its Ottawa office. Working closely with colleagues in the firm’s Business Law Group, Kim will draw on her extensive experience in finance and regulatory matters—gained through her role as Director, Legal Services at the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC) and years of in-house corporate and commercial experience with Crown corporations—to help clients manage high-stakes lending transactions, regulatory compliance and financial restructuring.