In a significant expansion of the firm’s Finance and Restructuring practice group in London, King & Spalding has added a 12-lawyer team led by partners Samantha Hutchinson, Nathan Parker, Mathan Navaratnam, James Hoggett and Sukhvir Basran. Also joining the firm as Managing Director – Capital Solutions is Michael Hubbard, who leads the team’s Capital Solutions platform, a dedicated structuring and liquidity advisory offering.

Leading law firm Irwin Mitchell has expanded its international team by appointing Ute Mueller as a Corporate partner specialising in Anglo-German mergers and acquisitions (M&A). 

Watson Farley & Williams is pleased to announce that maritime disputes expert Natalie Jackson has joined the firm as partner in Athens. She has over 18 years’ contentious experience working at UK shipping law firms based in Piraeus, having trained as a solicitor in London.

Weightmans has welcomed a new partner to its built environment team in its Birmingham office.

John Gregory is a specialist planning lawyer with almost 20 years' expertise in the industry and ranked by Legal 500 as a leading individual for planning in the Midlands.

A&O Shearman is pleased to announce the appointment of Paolo Manganelli as a partner in the Milan office. Paolo’s arrival is set to enhance the restructuring capabilities of the firm in Italy, thanks to his outstanding track record in advising Italian and international clients on restructuring, corporate insolvency, distressed M&A and judicial liquidation matters.

A&O Shearman announces the addition of Dan Graham and Paul Dunbar to the Private Equity and M&A practice in London.

Dan and Paul join a team of over 200 partners who work with private capital investors across the U.S., U.K., EMEA and APAC. The A&O Shearman private equity sector advises 9 of the 10 largest global private equity fund managers and 60% of the 25 largest global private equity fund managers, according to PEI 300 2023.

International law firm Bird & Bird appoints Corporate and M&A expert Dr. Sandra Schuh, LL.M. as a partner in its Frankfurt office.

Sandra advises on national and cross-border M&A transactions including joint venture projects and corporate matters with more than 12 years of legal advisory experience in this field. She joins from Pinsent Masons where she was a senior associate. Prior to that, she worked for other national and global law firms, as well as the legal arm of one of the Big Four.

DLA Piper has appointed partners Dr Michael Zollner and Dr Carl Renner to establish and lead the Legal Delivery Centre (LDC) in Germany from September 1, 2024, which is part of DLA Piper's Law& for disruptive legal, technology and business advisory solutions. Michael and Carl will join from Pinsent Masons, where they were co-heads of Vario, focusing on delivering innovative managed legal services as well as flexible staffing solutions for clients. Both combine many years of experience advising clients on commercial and technology law and innovative legal solutions.

Eversheds Sutherland has recruited two partners from Quinn Emanuel and Freshfields into its Global Disputes practice.

Lambros Kilaniotis joins from Quinn Emanuel where he was Co-Head of the firm’s UK Competition practice, and he will lead Eversheds Sutherland’s Competition Litigation team.  

Joaquin “Jack” Terceño arrives from Freshfields in Tokyo where he was Head of Disputes and International Arbitration in Japan and helped to lead the firm’s Asia International Arbitration team.

Law firm Greenberg Traurig is expanding its global corporate defense practice in the Netherlands. Francien Rense and Vincent de Bruijn are moving to the firm’s Amsterdam office. Francien Rense was previously a partner at NautaDutilh, Vincent de Bruijn was a partner at AKD and previously worked at NautaDutilh and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek.