Mayer Brown continues to strengthen its Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice with the addition of Lei Shen, who rejoins the firm in its Chicago office. Lei rejoins from Cooley LLP
King & Spalding announced that e-discovery lawyer Chris Costello has joined the firm’s Product Liability and Mass Torts practice group as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
Costello advises clients on e-discovery and information governance matters, including litigation readiness, document retention and information management, cross-border discovery issues, privacy and legal holds. He also has experience handling all aspects of complex litigation for a wide variety of disputes from inception through trial and resolution.
Holland & Knight welcomes William Bill Brady as partner in the Firm's Litigation Practice Group in Boston. Most recently, Mr. Brady was an Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) in the District of Massachusetts.
Laura Morgan has rejoined Dorsey & Whitney LLP as a Partner in the Healthcare Transactions and Regulations practice group in Minneapolis, the international law firm announced. Prior to rejoining Dorsey, Laura was a Senior Counsel in the Industry Guidance Branch of the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS-OIG). Laura was previously with Dorsey from 2016–2022.
Shashwat Tewary has joined Cooley as a capital markets partner based in the firm’s Singapore office. He brings extensive experience advising a range of clients on capital markets activities in the fast-growing India and Southeast Asia regions.
Loyens & Loeff is pleased to announce that Mirjam van de Hel-Koedoot will join the firm as a partner, effective 1 May 2025.
Shoosmiths announces expert real estate finance lawyer James Salford has joined the Banking & Finance team to enhance the firm’s capabilities in real estate finance, particularly across the hotels & leisure sector.
James joins from Bird & Bird where he spent five years as a Partner and Head of Real Estate Finance (REF). Prior to this, he spent 14 years as a Partner at Addleshaw Goddard.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells has announced that Phill Hall has joined the firm as a Corporate & Finance partner in the Capital Markets practice area, based in Singapore.
Phill joins from Linklaters. He advises underwriters and issuers on a broad range of international capital markets transactions across India, Asia-Pacific and Australasia, including convertible/exchangeable bonds, medium-term note programs, covered bonds, green and ESG bonds, Islamic finance, regulatory capital, perpetual securities, straight debt issues, and liability management transactions.
DLA Piper is pleased to announce the addition of Lewis Goss II and Warren Seay, Jr. as partners in the Real Estate Practice. Goss and Seay will split their time between the Washington, DC and Dallas offices.
Dentons is delighted to announce the appointment of Kathryn Alexander as a partner into its Corporate team in London. She joins the firm on (14 April).
Kathryn joins Dentons from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where she specialised in leading large and complex private equity real estate deals. She has experience leading both private M&A and joint venture transactions across the UK and Europe, and has worked with some of the world's largest and most recognisable private equity firms.