Milbank LLP is pleased to announce the addition of former senior Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) official Joshua (Josh) Sterling as a partner in Washington, DC. Mr. Sterling will guide the growth of the firm’s Litigation & Arbitration and Derivatives practice areas, as well as strengthen the White Collar Defense & Investigations practice. His practice will focus on regulatory and enforcement matters relating to derivatives, financial market infrastructure and cryptocurrency issues.

Sidley is pleased to announce that Jonathan Olsen has joined the firm as a partner in the M&A and Emerging Companies and Venture Capital practices, practicing in San Diego. Prior to joining Sidley, he was a Technology and M&A partner with Goodwin Procter LLP.

Mr. Olsen regularly advises large multinationals, as well as emerging companies in the technology and life sciences industries. In addition to providing strategic counseling to his clients, his practice includes M&A, venture capital financings, joint ventures, and corporate governance.

Cadwalader has welcomed leading executive compensation and employee benefits lawyer Andrew O’Brien as a partner in its New York office.

“We’re delighted to welcome Andrew to Cadwalader,” said Managing Partner Pat Quinn. “He has extensive experience in compensation-related issues that matter a great deal to our clients.”

Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce that Lore Leitner has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice Group. She is also a member of the firm’s Artificial Intelligence Practice Group.

Global law firm Goodwin announced that David Cross and Mary Kaiser joined the firm’s Antitrust & Competition practice as partners, resident in the Washington, DC office.

Mishcon de Reya has bolstered its tax offering with the appointment of Anil Arora, a Partner in the Corporate Tax team, who joined the firm's London office in June.

Anil is a qualified tax adviser and joins Mishcon de Reya from his role as Tax Director at Blick Rothenberg. Anil also brings with him previous experience working as a Director at Peters Elworthy & Moore.

A new partner has joined the expanding national private wealth team at Weightmans.

Michele Wightman joins as part of the firm’s strategy to grow the individuals segment and to further strengthen its national private wealth offering.

Formerly of Wilkin Chapman, where she was joint head of the tax, trusts and estates team, Michele has worked in the private wealth and elderly client fields since qualifying in 1994, and brings with her a huge wealth of knowledge and experience.

International law firm Withers has expanded its international family law team by establishing a practice in New York, headed by new partner Nicky S. Rooz. Nicky joins Withers from Salzano Ettinger Lampert & Wilson LLP, and previously worked in the family and matrimonial law group at Blank Rome LLP for nearly a decade beforehand.

The creation of a family law practice in New York follows that of family teams in California and Singapore in 2021, adding to well-established teams in the UK and Hong Kong.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft is delighted to announce the appointment of healthcare litigation partner Gillian Muir.

Gillian, a senior healthcare expert with more than 25 years' experience in managing complex clinical negligence claims, arrives at DACB from Hempsons, where she was a partner and joint lead for the firm's Newcastle health litigation team.

We are growing our healthcare practice with the appointment of Dawn McIntosh, partner, and a highly regarded medical malpractice lawyer. Dawn, who will be based in our Newcastle office, joins the firm’s private healthcare team from DAC Beachcroft.