Charles Russell Speechlys announces the appointment of Kim Lalli and Rafe Courage as Partners in the Real Estate group.

Mishcon de Reya has announced that Angela Fox has agreed to join the firm as a Partner in its Intellectual Property team.

Angela Fox has over 27 years of experience in trade mark practice, initially as a trade mark attorney and, since 2003, as a solicitor. Angela works with clients across a broad range of industries including financial services, and the food and drink and entertainment sectors.

Womble Bond Dickinson announced that Janna Satz Nugent has joined the Firm’s Business Litigation Group in Atlanta. An experienced litigator and former in-house counsel, Nugent represents private and public companies in complex litigation matters, including commercial disputes, product liability, labor and employment, and tort claims in state and federal courts.

This addition reflects continued momentum for the Business Litigation Group, which has welcomed 12 partners in the last nine months.

Trowers & Hamlins has further strengthened its private equity offering, with the appointment of two new partners into the firm's UK Corporate practice. Long standing colleagues, Mark Metcalfe and Sarah Souter, both formerly partners at law firm Gateley Legal, have joined Trowers as the firm moves to further consolidate its position as the go-to legal provider in the lower and mid-market Private Equity space.

DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has welcomed back former colleague Chris Gee as a dispute resolution partner in its Manchester office.

Chris Gee rejoins DWF after six years, during which he worked at Fieldfisher and Knights, making him the latest addition to the dispute resolution team in Manchester. 

Freshfields announced that Andrew Gladstein has joined the firm’s litigation practice as a partner in New York.

Andrew’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. He has represented investment managers and alternative investment funds in a variety of civil matters and regulatory investigations.

Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced today that environmental crisis and white collar litigators Nadira Clarke, Lily Chinn, and Anne Carpenter have joined the firm as partners. The trio, who joined from Baker Botts, guide clients through the aftermath of major accidents and provide representation in high-stakes criminal environmental and workplace safety investigations, as well as broader tech, energy, and other compliance matters. Clarke and Carpenter join the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, while Chinn joins in San Francisco.

International law firm BCLP announced the addition of Partner Erin Ehlert to the firm’s Litigation & Investigations department. Erin joins BCLP’s Seattle office following the firm’s recent combination with Seattle-based firm Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen (HLFT). BCLP’s growing presence in the region includes the addition of more than a dozen high-profile trial lawyers to the firm’s deepening bench in the Pacific Northwest.

Leading international law firm Proskauer announced that Christiana “Christi” Lazo has joined the Firm as a partner in its Private Client Services department. Christi represents ultra-high net worth individuals, family offices and closely held businesses in developing and implementing sophisticated domestic and international tax and estate plans.

Global law firm Ropes & Gray is expanding its renowned government enforcement group with Amy Kossak, who joins the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C. from the U.S. Department of Justice.