Law firm Browne Jacobson has announced a significant expansion of its Irish operations, introducing real estate and construction practices while bolstering its corporate team in response to growing client demand. This expansion includes the appointment of several senior hires across these key practice areas.
Kirkland & Ellis announced that H.T. Flanagan will join the Firm as a partner in the Debt Finance Group.
“H.T.’s deep private credit experience will bolster our leading liability management and opportunistic credit practices,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee. “We’re excited to welcome him to the Firm.”
The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Conrad Steele has joined the Firm as a partner in the Real Estate Practice. Mr. Steele, who previously worked as an associate at Jones Day from 2015-2019, is based in the Dallas Office.
Jenny Davies will join Cooley as a partner in the firm’s London life sciences partnering and licensing practice. Davies’ practice includes advising on complex, cross-border, and high-value licensing and collaboration deals. Davies arrives from Gowling WLG, where she was head of its life sciences practice.
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has announced that it has made two strategic partner hires of Cassandra Wee and Amit Jois and an internal leadership appointment. The hires support HSF’s energy, infrastructure and private capital practices which continue to drive firm growth.
Cassandra and Amit will join the HSF Projects, Energy and Infrastructure practice led by Melbourne-based energy and infrastructure M&A partner, Nick Baker, who was appointed to Managing Partner this month. Nick will succeed Toby Anderson following his term as Managing Partner.
We have bolstered our national real estate team with the appointment of Lee McBride as a partner at our Birmingham office.
Lee brings more than 30 years of commercial real estate and environmental law experience to the team. He joins following three years with Lodders Solicitors LLP, and prior to that spent 25 years at Gowling WLG. He was head of environmental law at both firms and has serviced a wide range of industries including retail, defence, automotive, residential and affordable housing, finance and industrial.
Winston & Strawn LLP announced that James (“Jamie”) Saeli has joined the firm’s Transactions Department as a partner in the New York office and a member of the Tax Practice.
Sidley is pleased to announce that Nima Mohebbi has joined the firm as a partner in the Commercial Litigation and Disputes practice in Greater Los Angeles. Prior to joining Sidley, he was a partner at Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles.
McGuireWoods continues the expansion of its nationally recognized digital health and technology team with the arrival of partner Jennifer K. Shanley, who brings more than 14 years of in-house and private practice experience to the firm’s New York office.
Mayer Brown announced that Blaise Latella has joined the firm as a partner in its Banking & Finance practice in New York, where he will focus on leveraged finance, private credit, and restructuring transactions, including complex syndicated asset-based lending transactions (ABL). Blaise joins from Winston & Strawn LLP, where he was a partner in its Finance Group.