Gide announces the arrival of Pauline Bournoville as partner. Alongside Tom Louis, associate, she joins the Restructuring team led by Jean-Gabriel Flandrois, partner, and Nadia Haddad, counsel, which mainly assists companies in out-of-court and collective proceedings.
Dentons has expanded its Employment & Safety team in Melbourne, with the addition of Partner Helene Lee and a team of three, consisting of Senior Associate Angela Cartwright, Solicitor Charlie Phipps and Legal Assistant Bridget Cook.
Helene brings extensive experience from both private practice and in-house roles, advising employers across diverse industries including insurance and financial services, energy and renewables, consumer, technology and telecommunications and transport on all aspects of employment, industrial relations, and discrimination law.
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced that partner Phil Baynes will rejoin the Firm in its Private Funds Group in London.
Leading international law firm Proskauer is pleased to welcome Dannii Abel as a partner in the Firm’s Tax Department in its London office. Dannii brings a wealth of experience across finance, M&A and funds and strengthens the Firm’s strategic focus on clients across the private capital sector and asset management industry investing across Europe.
We are delighted to be strengthening our national real estate team with the appointment of Jill Briggs as a partner specialising in residential development.
Based in Birmingham, Jill brings more than 15 years’ experience acting for national and regional housebuilders on strategic and immediate land acquisitions across the UK. She joins from Shoosmiths, having previously held senior roles at Gateley and Gowling WLG.
Major Boost To High Net Worth & International Team
Irwin Mitchell has strengthened its London-based High Net Worth & International Private Client team with the appointment of Stuart Crippin as Partner.
Stuart, who joins from Seddons GSC where he led the Private Client department, has over 15 years of experience advising complex and high-value estates.
National law firm Freeths has continued to expand its market leading Planning and Environment Group with the appointment of Partner Cairo Nickolls to establish the practice in Birmingham. He joins from Gowlings.
Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Corporate and M&A practice in Brussels with the recruitment of partner Erwin Simons. In this role, he will work closely with Laurens Engelen, who was promoted to partner in 2023, to support clients‘ transactions while further developing the Corporate and M&A team in Belgium.
Sidley is pleased to announce that Parker Zangoei has joined the firm’s Global Finance group as a partner in Sidley’s office in San Diego. Mr. Zangoei joins Sidley from DLA Piper, where he was co-head of the Private Credit practice and a partner in the Finance/Venture and Growth Lending group.
Jade Turner-Bond joins Orrick’s Public Finance team as a partner in Los Angeles.
Jade has over 15 years’ experience advising on the structuring, development and financing of infrastructure projects across all asset classes, with particular focus on water and waste facilities, transportation and social infrastructure. She brings extensive experience serving as bond, disclosure, underwriter’s, developer’s, lender’s and investor’s counsel on a broad spectrum of taxable and tax-exempt structures.