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PARTNER MOVES - Leading asset based lending partner joins our Manchester office

29 May 2024

Simon Prendergast appointed to spearhead the growth of our asset based lending practice and launch the Manchester banking team.

Simon, one of the UK’s leading finance lawyers, has joined as a partner from the London office of Dentons. He was previously a partner in the Manchester banking team at Addleshaw Goddard.

PARTNER MOVES - Skadden adds financial institutions regulatory attorney Sebastian Barling in London

28 May 2024

Skadden is pleased to announce that Sebastian Barling has joined the firm as a partner in the Financial Institutions Regulatory Group, based in the London office. Mr. Barling will provide U.K. and EU financial regulatory advice to financial institutions as they navigate complex regulatory and legislative changes. In addition to advising on the regulatory aspects of M&A transactions in the financial services sector, Mr. Barling will counsel investment funds, private equity funds, insurers and banks on regulatory matters.

PARTNER MOVES - Clifford Chance strengthens partnership with capital markets specialist Cristina Freudenberger

28 May 2024

Cristina Freudenberger will join global law firm Clifford Chance as partner on June.

She joins from White & Case, where she has advised issuers and investment banks on a wide range of debt, equity and hybrid corporate finance products since 2011. In 2022, she became a partner in the global Capital Markets practice.

PARTNER MOVES - Simmons hires prominent HLS partner in Hong Kong

27 May 2024

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has hired Richard Li as a partner in the corporate and commercial team and Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences (HLS), Greater China.

Richard's arrival will significantly enhance the firm’s cross-border M&A and regulatory capabilities in the healthcare and life sciences sector and marks a crucial advancement in the growth of its healthcare and life sciences practice within the Asia Pacific and Greater China region.

PARTNER MOVES - Anne Le Quinquis joins Gide as partner

24 May 2024

Gide is delighted to announce the arrival of a new partner, Anne Le Quinquis. She is joining the other partners David Jonin, Guillaume Navarro and Benjamin Krief in the firm's Employment law team.

Anne Le Quinquis will provide advisory services and handle litigation proceedings in the field of employment law. She will enhance our capacity to work on corporate reconstruction and reorganisation, particularly in the context of major transactions.

Gide’s Employment law practice now counts four partners, two counsels and nine associates.

PARTNER MOVES - Three-partner IP litigation team joins Boies Schiller Flexner

24 May 2024

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced that Ryan Dykal, Jordan Bergsten, and Mark Schafer have joined the firm as partners in its Washington, D.C. office. The move bolsters Boies Schiller’s intellectual property practice and significantly expands its patent litigation capabilities, particularly within the tech sector.