Akin is pleased to announce that Bill Brady has joined the firm’s special situations & private credit practice as a partner in New York, adding globally recognized experience advising private credit lenders deploying capital in fast-evolving financial markets. He joins from Paul Hastings, where he was head of the alternative lender and private credit group.

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology, and life sciences law firm, announced that Veronica Relea has joined the Energy, Projects & Transactions Section of the Global Projects Department as a partner in the New York office.

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Mattias Luukkonen and Michael Gorback as partners in its Corporate practice. Luukkonen joins the firm’s Orange County office from Reed Smith LLP and Gorback arrives to the firm’s Palo Alto office from Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.

Rick Giovannelli, a leader of K&L Gates’ global Corporate practice, stated: “We are excited to add Mattias and Mike to bolster our strong life sciences and technology industry teams and to continue our growth in these sectors in California.”

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced that Oliver Marcuse will be joining the firm as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice in the Corporate Department, resident in London. Marcuse advises leading international private equity firms and portfolio companies on a wide variety of transactions.

Charles Russell Speechlys announces the appointment of Andrew Ross as Partner in the Real Estate Disputes team. Andrew joins the Firm from Travers Smith LLP, where he headed up the Property Disputes offering.

Andrew has significant experience acting for clients in all manner of property disputes, ranging from rights of light disputes at central London developments, to shooting and fishing rights on country estates. He has acted for property funds, landlords, tenants, developers, professional sports clubs and many other types of clients.

DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Stephen Wortley as a partner in the firm’s cross-border Capital Markets practice. He will be based in both Vancouver and New York. 

Wortley is a leading capital markets and M&A practitioner, with a focus on domestic and international securities and corporate matters. His experience includes local, national and international securities offerings, listings on the TSX and TSX Venture Exchange and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, and Chinese outbound M&A transactions into Canada.  

DLA Piper has appointed a new partner in its insurance team. Carl Hotton will join the firm’s London office.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced that financial services lawyers Steven Lofchie and Mark Highman have joined the firm as partners in the New York office. Lofchie advises financial institutions and corporate clients on securities, broker-dealer regulation and credit and derivative transactions. Highman focuses on broker-dealer, investment adviser, commodity trading advisor and commodity pool regulation.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced that Neely Agin has rejoined the firm as its US Head of Antitrust. A partner in the Washington, DC office, she previously practiced at the firm from 1997-2018.

Agin focuses on antitrust and competition matters, guiding companies through merger review and clearance processes and other antitrust investigations by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). She develops creative strategies to reduce antitrust risk for clients contemplating M&A transactions.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced that Annmarie Giblin has joined its New York office as a partner in the global Cybersecurity and Privacy group, adding further cyber capabilities to a team consisting of over 90 practitioners worldwide. Giblin is the sixth partner to join the firm in New York this year, following Steven Lofchie, Mark Highman, Alison Radecki, Rob Hirsh and Johanna Schmitt.