Shoosmiths is pleased to announce the appointment of Partner Kate Brimsted to the Privacy & Data team in London. Kate will enhance the team’s premier market offering, particularly with her real estate and financial services sector experience.
Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Ben Morgan as partner in its global Corporate practice in London. Mr. Morgan, who focuses on Equity Capital Markets (ECM), previously practised at Clifford Chance and most recently at Goodwin Procter.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is pleased to announce that Sonya Kalnin has joined the firm’s Bangkok corporate team as a partner, underscoring WFW’s continued commitment to providing exceptional legal counsel and expanding its presence in Asia’s energy and infrastructure sectors. Sonya is a distinguished legal expert with over two decades of experience, known for her strategic vision and exceptional client service.
Dentons’ national Employment & Safety expertise elevates threefold, with the addition, from Holding Redlich, of Partner, Jackie Hamilton and Special Counsel, Lara Hues and Christie Toy to its Brisbane office. The growth follows the appointment in Sydney of Employment & Safety Partners Justin Le Blond and Persephone Stuckey-Clarke, along with their team in March.
Leading Indonesian law firm Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung has hired Harris Toengkagie as a disputes partner, expanding its commercial litigation practice alongside its associate firm Herbert Smith Freehills.
Harris has nearly two decades of experience representing and advising national and multinational corporations in litigation and dispute resolution, employment matters, real estate, competition, and corporate compliance.
We are excited to announce that Nadine Zollinger has been appointed as new Partner.
Nadine Zollinger has extensive experience in the Technology, Media & Telecom industry and advises companies in this sector in all legal and regulatory matters.
Global law firm Clifford Chance announces that data and cybersecurity expert Patrice Navarro will join the firm as a partner in its Paris office. Effective October, Patrice Navarro’s appointment will further enhance Clifford Chance’s Global Tech Group capabilities.
Patrice Navarro joins from Hogan Lovells, where he was part of a practice specialising in data, cybersecurity, and technology law. He brings extensive experience spanning multiple sectors including healthcare, finance, automotive, telecommunications, media, and technology, and artificial intelligence innovation.
Leading charity lawyer Virginia Henley has joined Penningtons Manches Cooper to head its charities practice.
Virginia, who joins the firm as a partner, will be based in the firm’s Cambridge office, with a national remit. She was previously head of the charities team at HCR Law and has also worked at Bates Wells and Blake Morgan. She supports a wide range of not-for-profit organisations on legal, regulatory and governance issues.
Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie announces the hire of Khalid Alyafi as a partner in its Transactional Practice Group, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 1 October 2024. Khalid's arrival adds further bench strength to the Firm's transactional and capital markets capabilities globally and in the Middle East & North Africa region (MENA). He is one of more than 50 partners to have joined Baker McKenzie's global transactional team in key business markets over the past 18 months.
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced the addition of two lateral partners to the firm. Peter Skinner returns to the New York City office as co-leader of our investigations and white collar team, and Andrew Smith has joined as a partner in Washington, D.C., where his experience in government and banking will benefit clients on regulatory, commercial, and transactional matters.