Baker McKenzie is pleased to announce the appointments of leading tax practitioners John Kwak as partner and Doug Suh as senior advisor in Baker McKenzie & KL Partners Joint Venture Law Firm (Baker McKenzie KLP JV). Their appointments will further expand the JV's service offering, which currently spans Energy & Infrastructure Development and Financing, Dispute Resolution and M&A. John and Doug join the JV together with a senior associate.

Baker McKenzie is further expanding its global M&A practice with the addition of Dirk Horcher, who joins as a partner on October 1, 2024 and will be based in the Firm's Munich office. Dirk joins from Linklaters, where he started in 2006 and has been a partner since 2017.

Dirk specializes in advising clients on M&A transactions, public takeovers, post-merger integrations, as well as corporate reorganizations and corporate successions. His expertise spans a variety of sectors, including energy and infrastructure, automotive, industrials and technology. 

King & Spalding announced today that executive compensation and employee benefits lawyer John Kleinjan has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate practice group. Kleinjan is based in the firm’s Atlanta office.

Kleinjan’s practice focuses on executive compensation and employee benefits arrangements – including their related tax, accounting, securities and corporate governance aspects – particularly as they relate to M&A deals and other corporate transactions.

We are bolstering our cyber and data offering with the appointment of partner, Dr. Nathalie Moreno.

Nathalie, a data protection, cyber and AI specialist with over 20 years of experience, joins from Addleshaw Goddard. She advises a broad range of UK and international clients, with a sector focus on technology, financial services and fintech, healthcare and life sciences and retail and consumer.

Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its international real estate capabilities with the arrival of partner Gaëtan Rogeau. He joins the firm's office in Paris, where he will lead the French real estate team. 

Womble Bond Dickinson announced that Alexandre (“Alex”) de Gramont has joined the firm’s Washington, DC, office as a partner in the Business Litigation Practice Group, where he will lead the firm’s International Disputes Practice.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Capital Markets Practice and Global Financial Institutions Industry Group with the return of Majed Alkuraydis as a partner in Riyadh.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced that Emma Game has joined the firm as a partner. Her arrival strengthens the firm’s ability to meet diverse transatlantic client needs and reinforces its position as a leading resource for innovative UK and European companies seeking a combination of practical legal advice and business acumen as they scale in the U.S. and globally.

King & Spalding announced that a four-partner team comprising Kim Bueno, Amy Pepke, Christopher Cowan and Tara Blake has joined the firm’s Product Liability and Mass Torts practice group.

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Simon Skinner will join the firm’s London office as a partner in the Tax Department. Skinner advises clients on a variety of complex corporate tax and corporate tax planning matters, including the tax aspects of corporate finance and private equity transactions, public and private M&A, demergers, joint ventures, restructurings, and debt and equity capital markets transactions.