Sidley is pleased to announce that Natalie Karam has joined Sidley’s Capital Markets practice as a partner in Century City and San Francisco. She joins from Cooley LLP.
Baker McKenzie’s Sydney office will soon welcome Banking & Finance partner, Bryan Paisley from Hogan Lovells. After nearly five years at Hogan Lovells in Sydney, Bryan returns to Baker McKenzie, where he had previously been a partner (2007-2020).
Baker McKenzie’s national managing partner, Anne-Marie Allgrove stated: “Bryan has 25+ years’ experience in private practice having worked in Australia, London, and Northern Ireland. He is a highly respected banking and finance partner at the top of his game. We are delighted to welcome him back.”
Seven Promotions and Two New Hires bring the number of partners and tax principals to 125
Matheson LLP is delighted to announce the appointment of nine new partners - six female and three male - across seven different practice areas. The appointments include seven internal promotions, effective from 1 January, as well as the recent arrival of Muireann Hernon from another large Irish law firm and the return to Matheson of Gearóid Murphy from an international law firm in London.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has announced that Bryan Robson and William Gwyn will join the Firm as Partners in the London office, where they will focus on leveraged finance matters.
“Clients are increasingly looking for innovative structures to address their multifaceted financing needs,” said Alden Millard, Chair of Simpson Thacher’s Executive Committee. “Bryan and Will are established leveraged finance lawyers with extensive experience advising on complex financing transactions and will be an asset to our clients. We’re excited to welcome them to the Firm.”
DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, is due to welcome James Colville as Head of Insurance in Dublin and managing partner of the Dublin office in January 2025.
James brings a wealth of experience to his new role, having qualified, trained, and worked in both England and Ireland with firms such as Greenwoods, Eversheds, and DAC Beachcroft.
Sidley is pleased to announce that Tania Bedi will be joining Sidley’s Global Finance practice as a partner in London. She comes from Latham & Watkins, where she was co-chair of the London Finance Department, and follows the recent arrivals of a team of five Global Finance partners (Jay Sadanandan, Sam Hamilton, Fergus O’Domhnaill, Joe Kimberling, and Ben Wright) as well as two Capital Markets partners (Scott Colwell and Patrick Kwak), also from Latham & Watkins.
Weightmans has made a raft of hires in response to rapidly increasing demand for its insurance law practice, and a period of record growth.
The large loss team based in Manchester welcomes Luisa Lamb and Elizabeth Wallace, both of whom join from Clyde & Co, where they were partners in the catastrophic injury and large loss team. Their experience includes working on high value motor, employer’s and public liability matters, as well as catastrophic injury claims.
Shoosmiths announces the appointment of Partner Mark Churchman to the firm’s Private Equity (PE) team within the Corporate practice.
Mark is set to strengthen the Corporate team’s capabilities by providing sectoral expertise among existing energy and infrastructure (E&I) and tech clients, while generating additional streams of work with US-based sponsors investing in the UK and Europe.
Niclas Widjeskog – one of the most prominent dispute resolution and litigation lawyers in the Nordics – joins CMS Wistrand as a partner
DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, is delighted to announce the addition of three partners to its Warsaw office, effective from 1 January 2025. Beata Balas-Noszczyk, Tomasz Grygorczuk and Bartosz Romanowski, along with their team are set to join from Hogan Lovells.
This move will further strengthen DWF’s Commercial Services offering, particularly in insurance and financial services, enhancing its ability to serve clients in Poland and across Europe.