Eversheds Sutherland has recruited two partners from Quinn Emanuel and Freshfields into its Global Disputes practice.

Lambros Kilaniotis joins from Quinn Emanuel where he was Co-Head of the firm’s UK Competition practice, and he will lead Eversheds Sutherland’s Competition Litigation team.  

Joaquin “Jack” Terceño arrives from Freshfields in Tokyo where he was Head of Disputes and International Arbitration in Japan and helped to lead the firm’s Asia International Arbitration team.

Law firm Greenberg Traurig is expanding its global corporate defense practice in the Netherlands. Francien Rense and Vincent de Bruijn are moving to the firm’s Amsterdam office. Francien Rense was previously a partner at NautaDutilh, Vincent de Bruijn was a partner at AKD and previously worked at NautaDutilh and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced that Kai Zeng is joining the firm in London as a partner in the Restructuring Department and Finance and Hybrid Capital & Special Situations groups. Zeng’s practice focuses on cross-border restructurings and special situations matters.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Practice and Global Private Equity Industry Group with the addition of Anne-Sophie Noury as a partner to lead this practice in Paris.

Eversheds Sutherland has enhanced its real estate offering with the hire of Partner, Rob Donell. 

Rob joins the global law firm’s real estate team from Clifford Chance. 

With a growing reputation in the real estate market, Rob brings a wealth of experience in data centre and digital infrastructure, supplementing his broad experience in traditional real estate and infrastructure, including renewable energy. 

Dentons is pleased to announce the addition of partner Alfred Wu along with senior consultant Philip Nunn and senior associate Muriel Cheng to its litigation and arbitration practice in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Dentons Hong Kong, all three lawyers practiced in Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong.

Charles Russell Speechlys announces the appointment of Ahmad Anani in Doha, Qatar, as Head of Capital Markets and Regulation (ME) in the Corporate team. Ahmad will be based out of the Firm’s Doha office.

Ahmad is regarded as one of the leading corporate, regulatory and capital markets lawyers in the region and joins from PwC Legal (Doha), having joined in 2022 as Partner and Leader of Legal Business Solutions.

Linklaters is pleased to welcome Riaz Janjuah, a market-leading expert in restructuring and insolvency (R&I), who bolsters the firm’s Restructuring & Insolvency practice in Germany as a partner in its Hamburg office.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright welcomes new Australian head of cybersecurity Annie Haggar in Canberra. 

Annie is one of Australia’s leading cybersecurity lawyers with a proven track record of excellence in the field of cybersecurity and technology law in Australia and globally. 

International law firm CMS is pleased to announce the appointment of Ken Wong as a partner in its Riyadh office. Ken joins from a prominent international law firm and brings with him extensive expertise in technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) procurement, outsourcing and commercial projects and transactions.