Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has announced that Marjolein Dieperink has joined as partner in its well-established energy team in Amsterdam.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has strengthened its German and international Dispute Resolution (DR) practices with the hire partner of Dr Andrea Pomana in its Frankfurt office.

Joining from another global law firm, Dr Andrea has wide experience advising on European and German antitrust and competition law, foreign direct investment and foreign subsidies regulation. Her expertise includes complex cross-border transactions and merger control proceedings – including those before the EU Commission and Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (FCO).

International law firm Withers has continued to grow the capabilities of its US corporate team and its Latin America practice with the addition of partner Rosa M. Ertze. Rosa joins the firm in New York from Duane Morris. 

DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has announced the appointment of Rupert Dowdell as a senior real estate partner in the business' London office.

With over 20 years of extensive experience in commercial real estate, Rupert joins DWF from Dentons where he was a partner for nearly eight years. He specialises in all aspects of commercial property including acquisitions, development and landlord and tenant work in the office, industrial, logistics, retail and hospitality sectors.

Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that leading health and life sciences lawyers Brian Carey and Erik Schulwolf have joined the firm’s Health practice in Boston. Brian and Erik have a combined two decades of experience in complex reimbursement issues for innovative molecular diagnostics and biopharmaceutical products.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced that investment funds lawyer Jeremy Leggate will join the firm as a partner and co-head of European Investment Funds. Leggate focuses on advising private investment fund sponsors on all aspects of the structuring and operation of alternative investment funds across a variety of strategies and asset classes. He joins Investment Funds partner James King in the London office.

J.P. Hong and James Shreve have joined Locke Lord as Partners in the Firm’s Chicago office in the Regulatory and Transactional Insurance and Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Groups, respectively.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Intellectual Property Practice and Technology Industry Group with the addition of Adam Greenfield as a partner in Washington, DC.

Holland & Knight has strengthened its Financial Services Team with the addition of Taylor Speers as a partner in Dallas. Mr. Speers represents clients on structured finance transactions, with a focus on residential mortgage loan, servicing right and servicing advance financing. He was previously a partner at Winston & Strawn.

DLA Piper is pleased to welcome partner Karina Lynch to the Government Affairs and Public Policy Practice in the firm’s Washington, DC office, where she will provide policy advice and strategic consulting to life sciences and healthcare clients navigating a rapidly changing policy and regulatory landscape.