DLA Piper is strengthening its German real estate practice with the appointment of Dr Gerold Jaeger as partner in its Dusseldorf office, effective 1 January 2025.

Dr Gerold Jaeger has worked for Clifford Chance since 2004 and was appointed partner there in 2013. He primarily advises clients on real estate transactions and general real estate law matters as well as non-performing loan and portfolio transactions. He also specialises in the transfer of real estate portfolios, project developments and real estate financing.

Addleshaw Goddard has appointed to partner Grace Wyatt who joins from Hogan Lovells LLP, further strengthening the Financial Services Regulatory team at the firm, following recent appointments including Tess Kelly, Lisa Lee Lewis and James Greig.  

Grace Wyatt is an experienced financial services regulatory lawyer, with a particular expertise in payments, e-money and digital forms of money (CBDCs, tokenised deposits, stablecoins). She  advises on all aspects of operating a business in this sector. in respect

Craig B. Bleifer, a nationally recognized healthcare and life sciences attorney who served as general counsel for two global pharmaceutical companies, has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in New York.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Dr. Timothy (Tim) Best as a partner in its Intellectual Property (IP) Practice Group in Los Angeles. Tim is a trial lawyer whose patent litigation work focuses on biotechnology and life sciences and spans various technological fields, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, image processing, semiconductor manufacturing, and business methods.

King & Spalding announced that Olivier N. Antoine has joined the firm’s Business Litigation practice group as a partner in the firm’s New York office.

Cleary Gottlieb announces that Lesley Janzen joins the firm as partner in the New York office, focusing on capital markets transactions.

“We are excited to welcome Lesley to our firm,” said Cleary Managing Partner Michael Gerstenzang. “Lesley has extensive transactional experience across important industries and clients, and we are delighted to have her join our growing capital markets practice.”

International legal practice Osborne Clarke will further expand its IP Disputes Practice with the appointment of John Linneker, a leading IP Litigation Partner, who joins its London office on 2 December 2024.

John joins as a Partner from Fieldfisher, where his practice specialises in IP disputes involving trade marks, copyright, designs, and confidential information.

Welcome to Sarah Williams who joins the partnership to drive growth plans forward.

Sarah brings a wealth of experience and expertise having acted for many national and local charities across an 18-year legal career. She’ll work alongside Neil Burton, partner and head of charities team, leading the team's highly regarded work with charities and other not-for-profit organisations.

Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce the addition of Thomas Nebel as a partner in its Disputes practice, effective 1 December. Thomas joins the firm’s Düsseldorf office from Dentons, where he was co-head of the German Dispute Resolution practice.

DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Shaobin Zhu as a partner in the Patent Litigation Practice. He will be based in the firm’s Seattle office.