DLA Piper is strengthening its Real Estate practice in Austria with the appointment of Dr. Birgit Kraml, LL.M as partner and Head of Real Estate at the firm’s Vienna office, from 1 October 2024. This significant hire marks another milestone for the firm as it continues to expand and establish a globally connected Real Estate Practice.

Kristen Mathews joins Cooley’s New York office as a partner in the firm’s global cyber/data/privacy group and litigation department. A pioneer in the privacy and cybersecurity fields, Mathews is a trusted advocate and adviser across the full spectrum of the most complex privacy and cybersecurity issues – including treatment of personal and experiential information about individuals, cybersecurity preparedness and data breach incident response.

Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce that Keith Enright, former Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer for Google LLC, has joined the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner. Keith will serve as Co-Chair of the firm’s Artificial Intelligence Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Tech and Innovation Industry Group, where he will focus on AI, data privacy, and technology risks and strategies for an array of clients.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP has enhanced its Global Competition Regulation capabilities with the addition of Manish Das as a shareholder in the firm’s London office. Das is the fifth new shareholder appointment in London this month, and the second within the London Corporate Practice.

Haynes and Boone, LLP is thrilled to welcome Partner Ed Ivey to the firm’s Finance Group. Ivey joins from Moore & Van Allen PLLC, where he was the Head of the Swaps & Derivatives Practice.

European law firm Fieldfisher has announced the appointment of Laetitia Costa as a partner in its Banking & Finance practice in London. She will bolster the firm's successful bank lending and alternative lender teams that represent banks, funds and private equity firms across the continent.

Laetitia to focus on debt finance in the UK and Europe in the middle market and upper market. 

Extensive work with private debt fund markets in London and Paris.

Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown announced that Diego Miguita has joined the firm as a partner in the Tax practice in São Paulo, Brazil, with a focus on the energy sector. He joins from VBSO Advogados.

Further strengthening its market-leading financial restructuring practice and continuing its strategic expansion in Texas, Paul Hastings LLP has added restructuring lawyer Charles Persons as a partner in Dallas. The firm has more than tripled its Texas headcount in the last year and expects to have more than 100 lawyers in the Lone Star State by Q1 2025, up from 25.  

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced that Bianca Levin-Soler has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity groups. Levin-Soler’s practice focuses on representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies on a wide range of transactions.

Continuing an ongoing expansion of Pillsbury’s global litigation, construction and energy capabilities, the firm announced the addition of construction and energy litigator, Derrick Carson, as partner. Carson, who brings deep experience in the region and throughout the world, joins the firm’s Houston office. He comes to Pillsbury from Locke Lord LLP, where for the last five years he served as chair of its energy litigation practice group having previously served as chair of its construction law practice group.