Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Ryan Adams as a partner in the firm’s Public Company Advisory & Governance Group in the Transactions Department, based in the Washington, D.C. office. Adams brings more than 10 years of public and private sector experience in securities regulation, SEC reporting and compliance, corporate transactions, and corporate governance matters to Morrison Foerster.

International law firm RPC announced that contentious competition lawyer Zoe Mernick-Levene joins as a Partner.

Zoe is a widely recognised expert in competition law, with a decade of experience in high-value, complex, and multi-jurisdictional competition, financial, and regulatory claims. She has a distinguished track record in acting on behalf of consumers, investors, and other stakeholders in high-profile collective actions, particularly within the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP strategically expands its Labor & Employment Practice with the addition of employment law litigator Todd H. Girshon as a shareholder. Girshon is based in the firm’s Bridgehampton office and will utilize the New York City office as needed. He joins from Jackson Lewis, where he was an Equity Principal.

Mayer Brown announced that trial lawyer Gabrielle Levin has joined the New York office as a partner, where she will co-lead the firm’s Employment Litigation & Counseling practice. Gabrielle brings extensive experience representing corporate clients in employment and complex commercial litigation matters. She joins from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Further strengthening its global complex litigation and investigations practice and Texas platform, Paul Hastings LLP announced that trial and regulatory enforcement lawyer Manuel Berrelez has joined the firm as a partner in Dallas.

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that veteran private funds and family office partner Jacquie Duval has joined the Corporate and Financial Regulation practices in New York as the chair of Private Capital and Fund Formation where she will help expand the firm’s capabilities serving private funds and family offices.

Curtis is pleased to welcome new partner Gianluca Cattani and new counsel Gaia Morelli as members of its corporate and regulatory team in Europe.

The strategic additions significantly enhance Curtis’ full-service offering in the Italian market and deepen the firm’s European corporate capabilities.

Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Greg Salathé will be joining the firm as a partner in the Corporate Group. Mr. Salathé arrives with 30 years of international private equity and M&A experience, having practiced extensively in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, and New York. Mr. Salathé will join the firm in September and will relocate to Tokyo shortly afterwards.*

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced that corporate finance lawyer Daniel Tristan has rejoined its Houston office as a partner. He previously practiced at the firm from 2008 – 2017, earning a promotion to partner in 2015.

Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has hired international arbitration and construction disputes specialist Ben Jolley as Head of Construction Disputes, Japan, in the firm's Tokyo office.

An alumnus of the firm, Ben is a skilled international arbitration practitioner with a focus on construction, infrastructure and energy disputes.

He has deep experience in the Japanese legal market, having worked almost exclusively with Japanese clients over the past 12 years.