Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Lena Sandberg as a partner in its Antitrust, Competition, and Trade Regulation practice. Sandberg joins the firm’s Brussels office from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Haynes Boone is delighted to welcome Patent Partner Brian Gustafson to the firm’s San Francisco office. Gustafson spent more than two decades at Fish & Richardson P.C., where he was a principal for over a decade.
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has continued the expansion of its Australia business and international construction practice with the hire of disputes partner Sean Marriott in Perth.
Eversheds Sutherland is delighted to announce that Anthony Del Giudice has joined the firm’s Litigation Practice Group as a partner in its education team.
Mr. Del Giudice will be advising colleges and universities on regulatory, compliance, contractual, and litigation matters pertaining to college sports and athletics. Mr. Del Giudice joins the firm from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), where he served as Associate Director of Enforcement.
Ireland’s largest and most established global law firm, Eversheds Sutherland LLP, is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Partner in its Intellectual Property, Technology and Data Protection (“IP, Technology and DP”) practice.
David Kirton joined as a Partner in IP, Technology and DP, based in the firm’s Dublin office.
David is a highly experienced technology, intellectual property and commercial lawyer, and his appointment further enhances Eversheds Sutherland’s established and growing practice in this pivotal area.
Charles Russell Speechlys announces the appointment of James Stewart as a Partner within the Firm’s Corporate Tax and Incentives team.
Further strengthening its preeminent Chambers Band 1-ranked employment practice, Paul Hastings LLP announced that the premier four-partner employment team of Paul Evans, Krissy Katzenstein, Blair Robinson, and Jeffrey Sturgeon has joined the firm in New York.
Kirkland & Ellis announced that Jared Axelrod and Suril Patel are joining the Firm as partners in the Debt Finance Group, where they will be part of the Structured Finance & Structured Private Credit Practice. Mr. Axelrod will lead the build out of the Firm’s global collateralized loan obligation (CLO) practice, and Mr. Patel will be Kirkland’s first structured finance lawyer in London.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced that financial regulatory lawyer Revathi Raghavan will join the firm as a partner in the Investment Funds Group of the Corporate Department, resident in London. Raghavan advises on the regulatory aspects of fund formation, as well as on M&A in the financial services sector and on regulatory change projects.
International law firm Gowling WLG has strengthened its UK Tax team with the appointment of Kate Featherstone as a partner.
Kate specialises in all aspects of business related and transactional tax, regularly advising on mergers and acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, reorganisations, lending and investments. Her clients commonly comprise corporates, management teams, banks and other financial institutions.
Kate joins the firm from Irwin Mitchell, where she was a partner in the corporate tax team. She will operate from the firm's offices in Birmingham and London.