Further strengthening its premier global litigation practice, Paul Hastings LLP announced that Ronald K. Anguas, Jr., has joined the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C.

Joining from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Anguas has more than a decade of experience in trial and appellate litigation, as well as advising clients in matters ranging from complex commercial disputes and consumer class actions to product liability, mass torts, and related appeals.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Project Development and Finance Practice and Global Energy Industry Group with the addition of Monica Hwang as a partner in Houston.

Greenberg Traurig Santa Maria continues to grow in Milan with the addition of a three-partners strong team led by Riccardo Agostinelli, a leader in the banking and finance sector—including leveraged, acquisition, corporate, real estate and sports finance—and special situations and debt restructuring sectors. The team comprises Shareholders Marco Leonardi and Daniele Migliarucci, and Senior Associates Alessandro Pallavicini and Cristina Cupolo.

Holland & Knight is pleased to welcome Ingrid McClintock as a financial services partner in Charlotte. Most recently, Ms. McClintock was a partner at McGuireWoods.

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Sarah Riddell as a partner in its Asset Management and Investment Funds (AMIF) practice. Riddell joins the firm’s Chicago office from Morgan Lewis.

Milbank LLP is pleased to announce that Gurbir S. Grewal, most recently Director of the Division of Enforcement of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, has joined the firm as a partner in New York. Prior to serving as Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, Mr. Grewal served as Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, Bergen County Prosecutor, and a federal criminal prosecutor for both the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York and the US Attorney’s Office for New Jersey.

Morgan Lewis is pleased to welcome Sarah Guske as a partner resident in San Francisco, adding to the firm’s bench of intellectual property (IP) litigators with deep technical knowledge. Sarah arrives from Baker Botts, where she most recently chaired the California IP department and previously served as co-chair of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Trials Group.

Linklaters has strengthened its market leading Financial Regulation practice with the appointment of Marc Perrone, who rejoins the firm as a partner in Paris, and Mariken van Loopik, who joins the firm as a partner in Amsterdam. The double appointment reinforces the firm’s top capabilities against the backdrop of an increasingly complex and multi-dimensional regulatory global landscape for clients.

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has continued its expansion in Australia with the appointment of partner James Stewart and special counsel Roger Hawkins to our corporate team.

James is a leading M&A and equity capital markets lawyer, with a focus on public company takeovers, private M&A deals and private equity. He has extensive experience acting on complex cross-border transactions across Asia Pacific. His experience has seen him appointed to the Australian government’s Takeovers Panel.

International law firm Bird & Bird strengthens its Finance & Financial Regulation practice in the Netherlands with the hire of new partner, Andries Doets, in The Hague.