Mark Simpson has joined Cooley as a partner in the firm’s London antitrust and competition investigations and disputes practice. Simpson advises on all aspects of UK and European Union competition law, with a focus on high-profile contentious matters – including competition litigation, investigations and regulatory challenges, and alternative dispute resolution, as well as merger law control and cartel damages actions. He has dealt with multiple matters before the English High Court, the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the European Court of Justice.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that David Irvine has joined the firm’s Global Finance Practice Group as a partner in London. He will serve as Co-Chair of Global Finance (Europe).

David is widely recognized as one of the leading finance lawyers in the U.K. He is ranked as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global 2024, Chambers UK 2024, The Legal 500 UK 2024, and IFLR1000, where clients describe him as a “trusted advisor” and “persuasive in the most difficult conversations.”

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Niels Dejean and Anne-Sophie Maes as partners in its Global Tax Practice Group in Paris. With their extensive experience advising international corporate clients on mergers and acquisitions, strategic tax matters and tax controversies, Niels and Anne-Sophie bring significant value to the Firm’s busy French tax practice.

Freshfields announced that Denny Kwon has joined the firm’s corporate and M&A practice in Silicon Valley.

Denny brings 25 years of experience representing companies on their most important M&A and other strategic transactions, including acquisitions and sales of public and private companies, strategic investments, joint ventures and purchases or divestitures of businesses or product lines.

Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced the appointment of leading equity capital markets (ECM) practitioner and US qualified partner, David Boles, who will join its Global Transactions practice and ECM team in London.

A market-leading practitioner on capital markets and securities regulation matters, Boles will join Freshfields from US firm Cooley.

Taylor Wessing confirms the appointment of Patricia McCarvill as the firm's first dedicated Tax Partner in its Dublin office. Patricia joins from another leading international firm, beginning her tenure at Taylor Wessing in April 2024 to lead the firm’s new Irish tax practice.

Patricia's arrival further enhances Taylor Wessing's Irish offering, following the recent hire of Ryan Ferry in Disputes and Investigations, as well as Banking and Finance lead Libby Garvey, and Real Estate lead Órlaith Molloy, in 2023.

Dentons Link Legal is pleased to announce that Parul Verma has joined as a Partner in the Firm’s Banking & Projects practice areas in the New Delhi office.   

Parul is a 2010 graduate from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. She brings with her 13 years of experience in real estate, banking & finance laws, infrastructure and general corporate laws. 

Prior to joining Dentons Link Legal, Parul was a Partner with Kochhar & Co. In the past, she has also worked with K Law, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and HSA Advocates.

Adding a recognized transportation lawyer to its Washington, DC regulatory team, Morgan Lewis welcomes R. Latane Montague as a partner to co-lead the firm’s global automotive and mobility practice. Latane joins from Hogan Lovells, where he served as a global leader of its transportation practice. At Morgan Lewis, Latane will continue his focus on regulatory, investigation, and litigation matters pertaining to safety and environmental regulation in the multi-modal transportation sector, including automotive, aviation, shipping, rail, and logistics industries.

Mayer Brown announced that Jennifer Zepralka has joined the firm’s Public Companies & Corporate Governance practice as a partner. She joins the firm from the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, where she served as chief of the Office of Small Business Policy since 2018.

“We’re very pleased to welcome Jennifer to our firm,” said Jon Van Gorp, chair of Mayer Brown. “Jennifer’s experience during her two stints at the SEC, including her work on major rulemakings, will benefit our clients, which face an increasingly complicated regulatory environment.”

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced that Matthew Hearn will be joining the firm as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice in the Corporate Department, resident in London. Hearn advises across a broad range of corporate transactions and advisory matters, with particular experience in public company takeovers and complex private M&A, as well as transactions and advisory matters within the financial services sector.