Gerald Francese has joined Locke Lord’s New York office as a Partner in the Firm’s nationally recognized Corporate Practice Group. Francese’s extensive experience in financial services, private equity, corporate finance and bank and investment adviser regulation will enhance the Firm’s corporate and transactional capabilities in New York.

In a further expansion of its intellectual property practice, Morgan Lewis today welcomes Hosang Lee as a partner resident in Washington, DC. Hosang, who focuses on patent prosecution, licensing, and litigation, has extensively represented clients based in Korea and other parts of Asia. He arrives from another global law firm and joins 16 former partner colleagues and many other lawyers—including of counsel Daniel Bucca, who joined Morgan Lewis last month—in broadening the firm’s technology and life sciences industry focus in IP patent prosecution and litigation.

Continuing its strategic expansion in London, international law firm Proskauer announced the arrival of corporate partner Elisabeth Baltay.

“We are pleased to welcome Elisabeth to our growing office. She will be instrumental in building Proskauer’s position in the restructuring space, and we look forward to her contributions to our clients across the asset class,” stated Mary Kuusisto, partner and head of the Firm’s London office.

With the addition of four partners, Orrick has created a destination practice supporting clients with the full range of advisory, litigation and enforcement needs in the growing area of cyber, privacy and data innovation.

New York – Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that John H. Butler has joined the firm as a partner in New York and will be a member of its global M&A and Private Equity practice. Mr. Butler, a sought-after deal lawyer who joins from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsels clients on high-profile mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, restructurings and general corporate representations.

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has announced that Dr. Hendrik Röhricht has joined the Firm as a Corporate partner, focusing on private equity and M&A transactions. He is based in Frankfurt and Munich.

“We are excited to welcome Hendrik to the Firm,” said Weil Executive Partner Barry Wolf. “He is known as an excellent deal execution lawyer in the market, and he will further strengthen our transactional capabilities in Germany.”

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Capital Markets Practice with the addition of Stuart Bressman as a partner in New York.

""Stuart's strong background advising clients on the full range of equity offerings builds upon the established expertise of our practice,"" said White & Case partner Stuart Matty, who leads the Firm's Global Capital Markets Practice. ""In addition, his strong experience and skill set in alternative financing deepens the bench of expertise available to our clients.""

DLA Piper has announced that J.A. Glaccum has joined the firm's Corporate practice as a partner in Washington, DC.

DLA Piper has announced the appointment of Jacques Wantz as a partner in its Tax practice, based in Luxembourg. He will be joined by associate Emre Akan.

Jacques joins the firm from Allen & Overy, where he has worked since 2008. He specialises in international and corporate tax law, focussing on the tax aspects of cross-border private equity, real estate and debt investments and the tax structuring of regulated and unregulated investment funds. Jacques also advises on the tax elements of corporate restructurings, securitisation and capital markets transactions.

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is delighted to start 2019 with the announcement that regulatory expert Dr Friedrich Maximilian Boemke joins the firm as a Partner in Hamburg. Prior to joining WFW, Maximilian was a Salaried Partner with respected local Hamburg law firm Corinius.