Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced that energy project finance attorney Noah Pollak has joined the Firm as a partner. He is based in the Firm’s Washington, DC office.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced that Jeremy Bylund has joined the Firm as a partner in the Litigation Department, where he is Chair of the Regulatory Litigation Practice Group and a member of the Firm’s Strategic Motions & Appeals Practice Group.  He is based in the Firm’s Washington, DC office.

Global law firm Reed Smith has announced that structured finance attorneys Peter Williams and Elizabeth Walker have joined its Financial Industry Group, based in the New York office. Williams joins as partner and Walker joins as counsel. Both lawyers were formerly with Linklaters.

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that prominent minerals and mining capital markets attorney Joanna D. Enns has joined the firm as a partner in Dallas.

Enns joins Hunton Andrews Kurth from Vinson & Elkins LLP, where she built a reputation as a well-respected corporate securities and mergers and acquisitions practitioner. She has significant experience leading capital markets, M&A, and liability management transactions.

International law firm Brown Rudnick announced that Angus Ford has joined the firm as head of UK & European Real Estate in London.

Global law firm Baker McKenzie announces that Agnieszka Skorupińska has joined as a partner in its International, Commercial and Trade practice. Based in the Warsaw office, she will lead the local sustainability and energy transition practice. Agnieszka’s hire underscores Baker McKenzie's commitment to supporting clients navigating the evolving demands of the global energy market.

Steptoe LLP has expanded its Government & Regulatory Litigation practice with the addition of appellate and government litigator Michelle Kallen. Michelle, previously with Jenner & Block, joins the firm as a partner in Washington, DC and as co-leader of the appellate practice.

Reed Smith announced that Saba Shatara has joined the firm’s national State Tax practice as a partner in the San Francisco office. Formerly with Drinker Biddle & Reath, Deloitte, and the California State Board of Equalization, Shatara brings a mix of private practice and state agency experience in a wide range of tax controversy matters before state and local tax agencies.

McGuireWoods continues growing its nationally recognized Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department with the arrival of Washington, D.C., partners Steven J. McCool and Julia M. Coleman, who have built distinguished careers defending clients in high-profile criminal prosecutions and investigations.

Holland & Knight has bolstered its International Trade Group with the addition of Christopher Stagg as a partner in Tysons, Virginia. Mr. Stagg brings deep experience handling complex and sensitive export control matters throughout his career. Previously, he served as a senior policy advisor at the U.S. Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), where he was the deputy lead in revising the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR).