International legal practice Osborne Clarke has made up nine Partners across Europe, with UK promotions to follow at the end of its financial year. The promotions span across the firm's sectors and include practitioners across: IT Data, IP, disputes and risk, corporate, restructuring, financial regulation and procurement practice areas.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP has again expanded its White Collar Defense & Investigations and Litigation practices with the addition of Ivy A. Wang as a shareholder in the Los Angeles office. She joins from litigation boutique Ellis George LLP, where both she and recently added Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Thomas P. O'Brien were partners. Wang served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California during O’Brien’s tenure as U.S. Attorney for the same region.
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology, energy and life sciences law firm, announced that Travis McRoberts has joined its Corporate Department as a Financial Restructuring partner in the Dallas office.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Benjamin Rapp will join the firm in Germany as a tax partner.
Commenting on the hire, Sandy Bhogal, Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Tax Practice Group, said: “Benjamin is a rising tax star in Germany and a go-to advisor for private equity and multinational clients. With his technical excellence, he will be a natural fit for our busy European tax practice.”
DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has appointed Jonathan Kirkwood as a new corporate partner in Edinburgh.
With over 24 years of expertise in corporate law, Jonathan Kirkwood joins DWF as a corporate partner after nearly 15 years at Pinsent Masons.
DLA Piper is pleased to welcome David Solander as a partner in the Investment Funds group in Washington, DC.
Solander advises financial services firms on various regulatory, compliance and transactional matters arising in the asset management industry in and outside the US. He focuses primarily on advising managers of private funds, such as hedge/trading, private equity, real estate, venture capital and other alternative structures, on regulatory issues arising under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and other federal securities laws.
Addleshaw Goddard launches Private Wealth Finance offering with new partner hire Laura Uberoi.
Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Corporate and M&A practice in Prague with the recruitment of David Šimek as a partner. He will focus on mid-size to large cross-border M&A deals, with a particular focus on the technology sector.
Carl von Merz, a highly regarded corporate attorney with two decades of experience advising on large scale energy industry transactions, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Houston, where he will serve as head of the firm’s U.S. Oil and Gas practice.
Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Oksana Lashko as a partner in the firm’s Business Restructuring + Insolvency Group in the Transactions Department, based in the New York office.