Morgan Lewis bolsters its leading consumer class action and product liability practice with three partners—April Nelson Ross, Rachel Raphael, and Mohamed Awan—from Crowell & Moring. April and Rachel are located in the firm’s Washington, DC office and Mohamed is resident in Chicago. The trio will continue their consumer class action, mass tort, and product risk management representations with a particular focus on the transportation industry. They follow the recent addition of prominent transportation and logistics regulatory partner R.

McGuireWoods continues expanding its highly ranked securities and capital markets team with the arrival of partner Carly E. Ginley, an accomplished corporate lawyer who advises on capital markets transactions, securities law compliance and corporate governance matters. She joins the firm in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced that Shawn D’Aguiar will be joining its London office as a partner in the Funds/Investment Management Group, further building the firm’s market leading funds capabilities in the UK and internationally.

Global law firm K&L Gates has further bolstered its Corporate practice with the appointment of Divesh Patel as a partner. Patel joins K&L Gates in Sydney from Johnson Winter Slattery, where he was a partner in the firm's private equity and M&A practice groups.

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Tracey A. Zaccone and Justin Rosenberg have joined the firm’s New York office as partners in the Hybrid Capital and Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practices, respectively. Zaccone specializes in hybrid capital and private credit financing transactions for private equity firms and public and private companies, as well as traditional capital markets and public company matters. Rosenberg represents private equity firms and public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions and other complex corporate transactions.

Nico Neukam joins Orrick’s German Tax Group as a partner in Düsseldorf, where he will collaborate closely with the firm’s market-leading technology and venture capital practices.

Nico advises on national and international corporate, acquisition, and finance structures. He brings broad experience advising technology companies including venture capital-financed businesses and their investors as well as financial institutions.

Nico joins from Hogan Lovells

Irena Royzman, a nationally recognized IP litigator, joins our life sciences team in New York. Most recently head of Kramer Levin’s life sciences practice, Irena has a proven record of winning the most important patent disputes for life sciences companies.

International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has announced the appointment of Julia Thomson as a Partner to enhance its delivery of high quality social housing and housebuilding support. With a distinguished 25-year career advising across the living sector, Julia brings a wealth of expertise to the firm, particularly in complex residential projects, acquisitions for development and management of all other aspects of the development process.

International law firm Withers welcomes Floriane Lavaud as a Senior Equity Partner in its New York office. Floriane joins the firm from Debevoise & Plimpton.

The move broadens Fieldfisher's advisory services for digital business models and strengthens its international portfolio in the areas of media, technology and IP.