Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Alexander Israel, who joins the firm as partner and chair of the European Competition Practice within the firm’s Global Antitrust Law Practice Group. He will be co-Office Managing Partner of the firm’s Brussels office. Israel brings nearly two decades of experience to Morrison Foerster, adding strength to the firm’s global antitrust and competition capabilities, across merger clearance, antitrust investigations, and civil litigation.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Alfonso de Marco as a partner in its transactions practice in Milan.

Alfonso advises clients on the acquisition, development, and sale of Italian multi-asset portfolios, particularly in the pharma and energy sectors. The strategic, commercial advice he provides international corporate investors and sovereign wealth funds will significantly enhance McDermott’s offerings in the Italian market.

Luis A. Reyes, a regulatory attorney and former high-ranking government official, has joined Troutman Pepper Locke as a partner in its nationally recognized Regulatory Investigations, Strategy and Enforcement (RISE) Practice Group. With more than two decades of experience providing counsel to clients and public service at the White House, Department of Justice, and other federal and state agencies, Reyes bolsters the firm’s service offerings in Texas and nationally.

King & Spalding announced that M&A and private equity lawyer James Connor has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice group in London.

Connor’s practice focuses on corporate transactions, including public company takeovers and private M&A, private equity, equity capital markets and IPOs, and a variety of English company law and listed company and corporate governance matters. In recent years, Connor has acted on multiple significant tech-focused exits in the UK as well as on several high-stakes public M&A takeovers.

Holland & Knight has bolstered its leading corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity practice with the addition of Ronnie Skloss as a partner in Austin. Mr. Skloss was previously a shareholder with Greenberg Traurig.

Haynes Boone is strategically enhancing its Fund Finance and Asset Securitization Practices with the addition of seven attorneys in the firm’s New York office. The attorneys come from Seward & Kissel LLP, including Partner Greg Cioffi, the head of their Asset Securitization and CLO Practice, and Partner Jeff Berman, who had practiced there for over 20 years. Together, Cioffi and Berman bring over 50 years of securitization and structured finance experience to Haynes Boone with an industry reputation for innovation across multiple asset classes.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces that Daniel Gitner has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group. Mr. Gitner, who served from 2021 to 2025 as Chief of the Criminal Division for the United States Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York, will advise corporations and institutions across a broad range of white collar matters—especially those involving complex, large-scale crises and those going to trial.

Alexander Kramer, a former assistant chief in the Department of Justice Criminal Division’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit, joins Crowell & Moring as partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Kramer brings more than 15 years of experience as a federal prosecutor and in private practice to the firm’s White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement Group.

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology, and life sciences law firm announced the addition of Ann Coffin as a partner in its Global Projects practice in Austin.

Award-winning national law firm TLT has announced it will be welcoming a raft of new hires, strengthening the service it offers clients in the future energy, infrastructure, public law and planning arenas.
This comes against the backdrop of the UK Government investing in infrastructure and clean energy to deliver growth, cementing the firm’s position as a leading adviser in these areas.