Katten announced that Matthew Kluchenek has joined its Financial Markets Litigation and Enforcement practice as a partner based in Chicago, bolstering the firm's nationally recognized derivatives enforcement practice.

Kluchenek is a seasoned derivatives lawyer, having served as an associate general counsel at the world's leading derivatives marketplace and as the general counsel and chief compliance officer at one of the world's largest trading firms before focusing on matters of financial enforcement and regulation as a partner at AmLaw 25 law firms.

International law firm RPC announced that Christian Charlesworth, has joined as a Partner in the firm's Bristol office.

Joining the RPC Insurance practice, Christian has over 20 years of litigation experience, and specialises in complex and high-value disputes related to property damage claims for large corporates and major insurance companies as well as product liability and professional indemnity claims.

We have appointed four partners to bolster our property and corporate offerings in London and Manchester.

The latest partners include London based Marcus Wright, Shaz Sharif and Bernhard Gilbey with Dan Kendall joining our Manchester office.

These appointments follow the announcement of nine newly promoted partners by us in May. We now have a total of 162 partners across the business with a further 5 due to join in the coming months across corporate, real estate and restructuring.

Proskauer, a leading international law firm, announced that it has welcomed Litigation partner Bryan Sillaman to its Corporate Investigations and Compliance practice. He also joins the Firm’s Securities Litigation and White Collar Defense & Investigations practices. Bryan advises clients across the globe on a range of governance and compliance issues. A subject matter expert on FCPA, international anti-corruption and investigations, Bryan practices both U.S. and French law. 

Ropes & Gray announced it is expanding the firm’s global, Chambers-ranked tax practice by adding Christopher Roman who is highly regarded for his experience advising funds and real estate investors on complex tax matters. He joins in New York.

Continuing to strengthen in Germany, Morgan Lewis announces today the addition of three partners: intellectual property lawyers Dr. Alexander Klett and Dr. Christoph Mikyska in the Munich office and private equity lawyer Sebastian Dexheimer in Frankfurt.

International law firm BCLP announced the addition of Partner James English to the firm’s Corporate and Finance Transactions practice and Energy Transition team— a priority sector for the firm. James joins the Denver office.

Dentons announces that Andrew McClain has joined the Firm’s Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice as partner resident in its Chicago office. McClain brings extensive experience in creditors’ rights, out-of-court workouts and restructurings, and commercial litigation.

Proskauer, a leading international law firm, is pleased to welcome Kieran Murphy as a partner in its Real Estate practice in New York. Kieran brings deep experience in the real estate markets, with notable expertise in mortgage and mezzanine lending, joint ventures, distressed real estate, sale-leasebacks and complex acquisitions and dispositions.

Global law firm Reed Smith announced that Jeffrey Stern has joined as a partner in its Financial Industry Group, based in the firm’s New York office. Stern, previously co-head of the structured finance practice at Winston & Strawn LLP, has represented a diverse range of clients, including financial institutions, corporations, and private equity firms, in matters involving asset-backed securities (ABS), collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), and other sophisticated financial instruments and esoteric asset classes.