King & Spalding announced that technology transactions and data protection lawyer Eve-Christie Vermynck has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate practice group. She is based in the firm’s London office.
Irwin Mitchell continues to grow its Will, Trust and Estate Disputes team in the South West with the appointment of Partner and specialist litigator Cara Hough in Bristol.
Cara joins from IDR Law and is a highly experienced solicitor specialising in contentious probate. She joins Senior Associate Solicitor Sarah Bolt who joined in February as Irwin Mitchell’s first private client solicitor in Bristol.
Linklaters is pleased to announce that Michael Torkin has joined the firm’s Global Restructuring & Insolvency practice as a Partner and Head of US Capital Solutions & Special Situations, based in the New York office. Michael continues the growth of Linklaters’ US offering for corporate clients, following the recent arrival of a market-leading M&A team led by George Casey. Globally, the firm’s Restructuring & Insolvency practice also welcomed Hamburg Partner Riaz Janjuah this past week.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is further expanding its Middle East banking and finance team with the appointment of new partner Aditi Sanyal.
Law firm Eversheds Saladžius, a member firm of Eversheds Sutherland, a global law practice, welcomes Partner Deivis Valiulis, Senior Associates Raminta Vilčinskaitė and Rūta Brazauskienė, Associate Marius Choniakovas and Lawyer Dominyka Burneikaitė to strengthen its Real Estate and Construction practice.
The newly expanded Eversheds Saladžius Real Estate and Construction team is entrusted to boost further successful development of the firm’s real estate and construction practice in Lithuania and overseas.
European law firm Fieldfisher has announced the appointment of Tom Rush as a partner in its Corporate practice, based in Birmingham. Tom joins from Gateley Legal, where he was Birmingham Head of Corporate.
Global top 100 law firm Gowling WLG has further bolstered its practice in Germany with the appointment of Nils Kupka. As part of the firm's growth strategy in Europe, Nils will join the Frankfurt office to help drive its commercial litigation activity.
International law firm Addleshaw Goddard has appointed John Kearns as Partner in the firm's Finance team, establishing the firm's Structured Finance and Debt Capital Markets offering.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig further expands its regional Corporate Practice with the addition of Pawel J. Szaja to the firm’s UAE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), and London locations. Szaja has a strong background practicing in elite global law firms, including his work at Davis Polk in New York and London, and his more recent role as a partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP (A&O Shearman following the merger with Allen & Overy LLP in May 2024).
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Dr. Andrea Spellerberg as a partner in its Finance practice. Dr. Spellerberg joins the firm’s Munich office from Norton Rose Fulbright.
Dr. Spellerberg is a debt finance partner with more than 20 years of experience. She has a very strong financial restructuring focus, which includes real estate finance. She also regularly advises clients in international and domestic finance and restructuring transactions. Her clients comprise financial institutions, funds, and investors.