Esther Lander, a top employment litigator focused on complex employment discrimination claims and high-stakes government investigations, has joined our employment practice in Washington D.C. Most recently with Akin, Esther previously served as the Principal Deputy Chief of the Employment Litigation Section in the Civil Rights Division of DOJ.
Global law firm Ashurst has grown its legal-led risk consulting division with the appointment of four Risk Advisory partners and the establishment of a new Infrastructure, Places and Capital Projects Advisory offering. Matthew Dunn, Cameron Jaggers and Ben Rooke will join the Ashurst team to form and lead Infrastructure, Places and Capital Projects Advisory, and Sonia Haque-Vatcher will join as a new lead partner of Ashurst Risk Advisory's Data & Analytics team.
Global law firm Ashurst is strengthening its IP practice in Germany with the appointment of partner Roman Brtka, who will join Ashurst's Munich office, in the latest expansion of the firm's Digital Economy and Dispute Resolution practices in Germany.
Bracewell LLP announced that J. Dean Hinderliter has joined the firm’s tax department as a partner in the Dallas office.
“Dean is a highly respected practitioner with extensive experience in transactional tax matters,” said Bracewell Managing Partner Gregory M. Bopp. “He will be a terrific addition to our tax practice, and I’m excited to welcome him to the firm.”
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced that Steven Lorch – a seasoned lawyer in the energy sector – has joined the Firm as a partner in the Tax Department, based in New York. Steven will focus his practice on advising private equity clients on energy-related tax matters.
“Steven is a highly talented practitioner who has an excellent reputation as both a tax lawyer and strategic advisor,” said Weil Executive Partner Barry Wolf. “We are delighted to welcome him to our growing Energy team.”
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice and Global Private Equity Industry Group with the addition of Lavanya Raghavan as a partner in London.
Kirkland & Ellis is excited to announce that capital markets lawyer Marwa Elborai will join the Firm as a partner.
“Marwa is one of the most well-known and leading high-yield lawyers in the European market,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee. “We look forward to her joining our top tier London capital markets team.”
National law firm TLT has recruited experienced project finance specialist Victoria Quek as a partner in its future energy team.
Victoria, who will be based in London, joins from Eversheds Sutherland and focuses on the financing of renewable energy transition projects. She has over 20 years’ experience acting on renewable energy projects in the UK as well as Europe and the Middle East, including solar farms, wind farms and biomass energy generation projects.
Womble Bond Dickinson announced that partners Scott Hyman, CIPP (US/EU), CIPM, CIPT and Genevieve Walser-Jolly, CIPP/US have joined the Firm’s Business Litigation Group in Irvine. Hyman and Walser-Jolly bring extensive privacy and cybersecurity experience that spans litigation to regulatory and compliance matters. Their practices also focus on representing financial services sector clients in individual and consumer class actions.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has appointed two new Partners to its growing Disputes & Risk practice group.
The firm's UK Disputes & Risk Practice Group now has 40 Partners and more than 160 fee earners working across London, Bristol and Reading. It has grown significantly over recent years, seeing an increase of 24% in FY23 revenue compared to FY22.
Rupa Lakha - Rupa is a construction and engineering disputes expert and joins Osborne Clarke from Charles Russell Speechlys, where she was previously a Partner and head of the firm's India Desk.