Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice with the addition of Patrick Sarch as a partner in London.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has appointed tax disputes specialist Jack Prytherch as a Partner in its tax disputes team.

DLA Piper has appointed Brian Youn as a partner in its Finance, Projects and Restructuring (FPR) practice, based in Seoul.

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Gaetano Jannone has joined the firm as a partner in its Brussels office, where he will enhance the firm’s Commercial Dispute Resolution practice across Benelux.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has doubled the size of its dispute resolution (DR) team in Singapore by securing two new partners.

Disputes partner Terence Seah will join the firm as a lateral hire, while Steven Kaye, a disputes partner currently with the firm in London, will also bolster the firm’s Singapore team.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons continues its expansion in Dublin with the appointment of Kate Curneen as a partner in its financial markets team.

Joining from DLA Piper, Kate brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience in advising domestic and international clients on a range of real estate and development finance, acquisition finance, fund finance and asset based lending transactions.

International law firm Addleshaw Goddard has appointed David Alfrey, as partner having spent the past eight years of his career with Clifford Chance LLP where he founded and was a member of the Global ESG Board since 2020. David has been recognised as a leading lawyer internationally on sustainability related regulation, and providing strategic board room advice on how to manage and achieve environmental and social outcomes for the business whilst also engaging effectively with stakeholders along the way.

Dentons, the world’s largest global law firm, has announced the appointment of Employment lawyer Susan Doris-Obando to its People, Reward and Mobility (PRM) team, as a partner in the Dublin office.

Susan joined the firm on 19 February, arriving from Matheson where she was a Senior Associate. Previous to that, Susan worked in the Dentons London office as Counsel for two years, having spent 11 years at Freshfields, London. Before then, she was an independent employment barrister in London for eight years, having been Called to the Bar of England & Wales by Gray’s Inn, London.

James Flanagan has been appointed Partner in the Construction & Infrastructure team and John Palmer joins ALG as a second Energy Partner within its Corporate team. Caroline McNally, meanwhile, has been appointed to the senior advisory role of ‘Of Counsel’ in the firm’s Commercial & Technology team.

The three appointments take ALG’s senior leadership team in Northern Ireland to 24, charged with leading a team of over 130 lawyers and business support professionals in its Belfast office.

We are very pleased to welcome Harald Hauge and Jarle Schelander to Wikborg Rein. They both started this week as a partner and Specialist Counsel, respectively, in our tax department.

Harald Hauge is a lawyer with a PhD in tax law and has extensive experience as a tax advisor for businesses and family offices. He is rated as one of the country's leading tax lawyers by Chambers and has been a partner at Harboe & Co., which is now being dissolved.