International law firm Simmons & Simmons has boosted its Italian and international energy, natural resources and infrastructure (ENRI) capabilities through the hire of partner Tommaso Tomaiuolo in its Milan corporate and commercial practice with a team composed by Andrea Pototschnig, Giulio D’Argento and Gianluca De Donno.
Experienced family lawyer Terina Kiss has joined Knights in Exeter as the business’ South West growth continues.
Terina, who joins Knights as a Partner, offers premium legal advice on complex family law issues including divorce law, matrimonial financial remedy, private Children Act matters, pre and post nuptial agreements, co-habitation agreements, separation agreements and civil partnerships matters.
DLA Piper is pleased to welcome partner Brian Janovitz to the National Security and Global Trade Practice. He will be based in the Washington, DC office.
International law firm BCLP announces its expansion into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with plans to open offices in both Riyadh and Al-Khobar. The move is an important next step for the firm’s growth strategy in the Middle East, where BCLP has been established for nearly twenty years.
Gerald “Jay” Konkel, a highly accomplished litigator regularly recognized by Chambers USA for his track record of success in significant insurance recovery matters, has joined Pillsbury as a partner in Washington, D.C. Before joining Pillsbury, Konkel was a partner at Morgan Lewis, where he has spent essentially his entire legal career.
Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Dan Harris as a partner in the firm’s Emerging Companies + Venture Capital (ECVC) Group, based in its San Francisco office. Harris brings nearly two decades of experience working closely with a wide range of innovative food system and consumer technology, consumer products, software, hardware, and marketplace-based companies throughout their lifecycles. He advises on general corporate and commercial matters, equity and debt financings, and mergers and acquisitions.
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Jerome McCluskey has joined the firm as a partner in the Banking and Private Equity Finance Practices. He is resident in the New York office and looks forward to expanding his practice to Boston. McCluskey brings extensive experience advising private capital firms and their portfolio companies in complex domestic and cross-border leveraged finance and private credit transactions, including leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, bridge and mezzanine financings, and debtor-in-possession (DIP) and exit facility financings.
Marc Berger, a leader of the SEC’s Enforcement Division and New York Regional Office between 2017 and 2021, and former Chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force in the SDNY, brings vast experience to the firm’s market-leading White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice.
Womble Bond Dickinson announced that Veronica Renzi has joined the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group as a partner in Washington, D.C. Veronica represents corporations and individuals in congressional investigations, white-collar criminal matters, government investigations, and high-stakes civil litigation. A former federal cyber prosecutor, she also counsels clients on social media, cybercrime, and emerging technology issues.
Global law firm Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the addition of partner Marc Rawls who will serve as deputy Corporate Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Atlanta office. He joins from Eversheds Sutherland, where he served as Deputy Practice Group Leader of the US Business Practices Group.