Proskauer, a leading international law firm, is pleased to welcome partner Devin Cohen to its Corporate Department and Health Care Group. Devin will be based in the Firm’s Boston office and brings extensive experience representing leading health care organizations and private equity sponsors on significant health care deals and complex compliance issues.
Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Ross Allardice will join the firm’s London office as a partner in the M&A and Private Equity Practice. Allardice brings a wealth of experience advising leading private equity houses, financial sponsors, and their portfolio companies on a variety of complex cross-border transactions, with a focus on acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, divestitures, joint ventures, and public offerings.
Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the addition of principal Richmond “Rick” Flowers into the firm’s global Real Estate Practice resident in Tampa, Florida. He joins from Burr & Forman LLP, where he served as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.
“Rick is well known in real estate circles across Florida and brings a proven track record of getting deals done across a broad spectrum of transactions,” said global board member and Tampa managing partner Stacy Krumin. “We are delighted to welcome him to the firm.”
Leading international law firm Hill Dickinson has announced the hire of Andrew Meads, who joins as a partner in the firm’s London City office Commodities team.
With almost 30 years of experience, Andrew brings extensive expertise advising clients on a wide range of commodities, including agricultural products, edible oils and crude oil, petroleum products and metals. Andrew has acted for a broad range of clients, from the largest multinational producers, trading houses, banks, miners and oil majors to smaller traders.
Global law firm Freshfields announced the appointment of Intellectual Property (‘IP’) and TMT partner, Harry Evans, to its global transactions practice in Singapore.
Evans joins from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer in Singapore, where he served as co-head of its Asia IP/Commercial team. With over 15 years’ experience, he advises clients on business-critical tech, IP and general commercial issues.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced that three leading private equity transactional lawyers, Jesse Betts, Jessica Hammons and Nathan Meredith have joined the Firm as partners in the Corporate & Financial Services Department. They are based in the Firm’s Dallas office.
Continuing the strategic expansion of its premier global M&A platform, Paul Hastings LLP announced that Kristiina Leskinen has joined the firm as a partner in New York.
O’Melveny announced that leading international antitrust lawyer Vanessa Turner has joined the firm’s Brussels office as a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Practice Group. Her arrival bolsters the firm’s European antitrust capabilities and expands its worldwide roster of top-tier antitrust practitioners.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Seth Ivey as a partner in its Finance practice. Ivey joins the firm’s Charlotte office from Dechert LLP.
Jonathan Cohen has joined Cooley as a partner in the firm’s London M&A practice. Cohen focuses his practice on the tech sector, advising disruptive high-growth and technology-centred businesses and investors on strategic UK and cross-border transactions.