Global law firm Reed Smith LLP today announced that  Michael N. Peterson has joined the firm as a partner in the Global Corporate Group in Philadelphia. Formerly head of Morgan Lewis’ Philadelphia Corporate Business & Transactions practice, Peterson has a thriving private equity practice and more than 20 years of experience representing public and private companies over a broad range of industries in a variety of complex transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, joint ventures and financing transactions.

Orrick announced today that Paul Doris has joined the firm as a partner in London. Paul brings a strong focus on M&A and private equity, particularly in the energy and infrastructure sectors. He is the 10th partner addition to Orrick’s European M&A and Private Equity team and the seventh partner to join our London office since 2016.

Morgan Lewis today welcomes back Philip A. Miscimarra, who most recently served as chairman of the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), as a partner in the firm’s Washington, DC, and Chicago offices.

Mr. Miscimarra was a Morgan Lewis partner from 2005 until he was nominated to the NLRB by President Barack Obama in 2013. President Donald Trump elevated Mr. Miscimarra to the chairmanship of the board in 2017.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Scott Jones has joined the Firm as a partner in the Boston office. Mr. Jones is Kirkland’s first tax lawyer in Boston, the Firm’s newest office which opened in May 2017.

Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP announced today that Kumar Tewari and John C. Ahern have joined the firm to head up and lead its Banking and Financial Services practices, respectively, in London. The move signifies Katten's commitment to expand two of the firm's core practice areas— financial services and banking transactions (in particular, real estate finance)—and strategically grow its London office.

The Philadelphia office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added trial lawyer Keith E. Smith as a shareholder in its Litigation Practice, which is more than 600 lawyers strong firmwide.

Daniel Dix has more than eighteen years’ tax experience, most recently as a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Daniel is a renowned expert in the area of indirect taxation and has participated in major transactions and advised large companies in a wide range of sectors, particularly the energy sector.

He has also written numerous publications, as well as co-authoring several works on tax matters, and is a regular speaker at seminars on indirect taxation.

Sarah Lane will be joining Burges Salmon on 1 March 2018 as a partner in its Corporate Tax team.

International law firm Proskauer today announced the arrival of transactional lawyers Don Melamed and Albert W. Stemp as partners in its Los Angeles office. Their arrival follows a number of high-profile additions to the Firm’s private investment fund and real estate offerings globally, including private equity real estate partners Joanne Owen and Vikki McKay, real estate finance partner Paul Lucas in London, and private investments funds partner Monica Arora in New York.

Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Keith Bradley, Ph.D., has joined as partner in the firm’s Environmental, Safety & Health Practice, resident in Denver. Dr. Bradley served as Senior Advisor to the General Counsel of the US Department of Energy (DOE) from 2014-2017, and, more recently, as Senior Counsel for RE/MAX, LLC and Motto Franchising, LLC. Dr. Bradley has also served as a judicial clerk for the with the US Supreme Court for Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and with the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit for Judge Janice Roger Brown.