Leading national law firm Mills & Reeve appoints new corporate restructuring partner Neil Smyth.

Corporate restructuring specialist Neil Smyth has joined Mills & Reeve from Taylor Wessing. Neil specialises in all forms of corporate recovery matters, including corporate restructuring, acting for lenders, venture capitalists, private equity, distressed debt purchasers, specialist solution teams and insolvency practitioners.

This is the latest in a number of recent hires that includes Anne Petijean, Thierry Tomasi and Antoine Juaristi in Paris, and Jonathan Ripley-Evans in Johannesburg

International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has announced the appointment of market leading real estate lawyer and transaction specialist Sven Wortberg to join as partner, based in Frankfurt.

Sven will join from King&Spalding, where he is a partner in the Real Estate practice. Sven is bilingual in German and English.

Gateley Plc, the legal business of law-led professional services group Gateley, has continued to expand its Residential Development team in London by appointing partner Andrew King.

Andrew has more than 23 years’ experience in property law and previously headed up the Residential Development practice at Rawlison Butler LLP.

Partner Petra Brenner and counsel Verena Etzel join the Frankfurt office.

Global law firm Dentons has further strengthened its Frankfurt office with the recruitment of partner Petra Brenner and counsel Verena Etzel. Both will be part of the renowned Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice team, headed by Andreas Ziegenhagen. Furthermore they will work closely with the Banking and Capital Markets teams, led by Dr Arne Klüwer and Robert Michels, on capital structuring issues.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft LLP has strengthened its Corporate offering with the appointment of Partner Graeme Bell.

Graeme will be joining DAC Beachcroft's Corporate team in London, which completed 50 deals in 2017, spanning sectors including insurance and financial services, healthcare, real estate, technology and natural resources.

A&O welcomes Eve Giles as a partner in the white-collar crime team. Eve joins from Kingsley Napley where she has been a partner since 2009.

AG is reinforcing its position in both Doha and the GCC, announcing the appointment Ahmad Anani, as Partner and Qatar Office Head.

Previously, Office Managing Partner Middle East and Dubai at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Ahmad, a Corporate & Capital Markets specialist, brings with him a wealth of expertise, which significantly bolsters the Firm's already strong GCC corporate practice, led by Andrew Johnston.

Norton Rose Fulbright has announced that Lior Nuchi, a versatile corporate, M&A and securities lawyer, has joined the global law firm as a partner in its San Francisco office. He comes to Norton Rose Fulbright from McGuireWoods LLP.

Nuchi advises leading technology companies, investment banks and venture capital firms on public offerings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance, SEC reporting and FINRA and exchange matters.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Japan-headquartered Canon Medical Systems Corporation  on its acquisition of Fysicon B.V., which is based in the Netherlands.

Fysicon is a leader in healthcare information systems and equipment for obtaining physiological information.

Baker McKenzie has advised Computer Task Group (CTG), an American group listed on NASDAQ, in connection with the acquisition of Soft Company, an IT services company specialising in consulting and digital transformation.

With more than 200 consultants, Soft Company offers services in the banking, finance and insurance sectors. It also proposes solutions in the development of complex applications and in very specific Data Intelligence domains.