DLA Piper announced today that Stephen Matthews has joined the firm's Litigation practice as a partner in the Short Hills, New Jersey, office.

Matthews focuses his practice on product liability and mass torts, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical and medical device litigation. He also represents corporate defendants in commercial disputes and securities-related matters and counsels clients on compliance-related issues.

Hogan Lovells has appointed a new M&A energy, natural resources and infrastructure partner in its London practice, with the arrival of Sarah Shaw from Allen & Overy.

Sarah is a seasoned M&A practitioner, with an impressive range of experience acting on major private and public M&A and ECM transactions, principally across the oil and gas, power, renewables and infrastructure sectors. Her experience includes both domestic and cross-border transactions.

Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed two new partners, José Pascual and Viviane de Moreau, who will be based in its Luxembourg office.

Both partners joined the office this week, with an initial focus on investment funds and corporate clients. Eversheds Sutherland plans to broaden its offering in Luxembourg to include tax and finance practices.

José and Viviane join Legal Director Alexandre Huebscher, Counsel Holger Holle, Senior Associate Arnaud Julien and three Associates, who have been with the Luxembourg office since its launch last year.

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Ryan Preston Dahl has joined the Firm as a partner. He is part of Weil’s Business Finance & Restructuring practice and is based in the Firm’s New York office.

Ryan has significant experience advising both debtors and creditors on complex bankruptcy and restructuring matters, which will complement and further strengthen our market-leading practice, said Weil Executive Partner Barry Wolf.

Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Andrew Cardonick has joined the firm in Chicago as a partner in its Global Finance practice. Mr. Cardonick formerly co-chaired the finance practice at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. He focuses his practice primarily on the representation of commercial banks, business development companies and other nonbank financial institutions, as well as select private equity funds.

King & Spalding has added highly regarded Singapore-based M&A lawyer Lee Taylor as a partner in its Corporate Practice Group. Lee will lead the Corporate Practice Group in Asia-Pacific. Taylor joins from Clifford Chance, where he headed  the firm’s M&A group in Singapore and the private equity practice in South East Asia. Taylor brings over 20 years of experience, including 15 years in South East Asia.

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm and the largest international firm in Japan, is pleased to announce that Jesse Gillespie has joined the firm’s Tokyo office as a partner in its Corporate practice. Mr. Gillespie comes to Morrison & Foerster from Sullivan & Cromwell. He brings to the firm strong expertise in cross-border capital markets transactions.  

Kening Li, Ph.D., has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner and Duane Morris & Selvam LLP as a director in the firm’s Shanghai office. Li joins after working at Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone, PLC, where he was Chief of IP, China, based in their Shanghai office. Li will be based in Shanghai and is the firm’s new head of Intellectual Property in Asia.

Leading international law firm Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla has enhanced its capabilities in the region with the appointments of Andrew Mackenzie as Partner in its UAE Arbitration practice and Reggie Mezu as Senior Special Counsel to launch the firm's Tax practice in the UAE.

Karl Egbert has joined Baker McKenzie as a Partner in its North America Corporate & Securities Practice, as it further enhances its transactional capabilities.

Based in New York, Karl advises asset managers on a variety of regulatory, corporate and business matters related to private and registered funds. He has extensive experience advising hedge fund managers in the US and Asia Pacific on fund formation matters and negotiations with strategic fund investors.