Global law firm Goodwin announced that Patrick Gunn joined the firm’s Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice as a partner, resident in the San Francisco office.

Alston & Bird has enhanced its Litigation & Trial Practice Group and Insurance Litigation & Regulation Team with the addition of Mona Bhalla as a partner in the firm’s New York office. With extensive experience in insurance, financial services regulation, and management of strategic transactions, Mona helps clients consummate deals and achieve their overall business objectives.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced the addition of a three-lawyer team to its labor and employment department further expanding its service offerings nationally and internationally. The trio of prominent employment litigators joins Seyfarth from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Rhys Bortignon as a partner in the firm’s global Finance Group in the Transactions Department, based in the New York office. Bortignon brings to Morrison Foerster over 15 years of extensive knowledge and experience in derivatives and structured products in the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, and Australia.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Dr. Maximilian (Max) Uibeleisen and Dr. Benedikt von Schorlemer as partners in its Transaction Practice Group in Frankfurt. Both bring extensive knowledge of the energy and infrastructure spaces, having previously advised on project development and finance, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate reorganization for strategics and private equity funds and their portfolio companies.

Morgan Lewis bolsters its leading consumer class action and product liability practice with three partners—April Nelson Ross, Rachel Raphael, and Mohamed Awan—from Crowell & Moring. April and Rachel are located in the firm’s Washington, DC office and Mohamed is resident in Chicago. The trio will continue their consumer class action, mass tort, and product risk management representations with a particular focus on the transportation industry. They follow the recent addition of prominent transportation and logistics regulatory partner R.

McGuireWoods continues expanding its highly ranked securities and capital markets team with the arrival of partner Carly E. Ginley, an accomplished corporate lawyer who advises on capital markets transactions, securities law compliance and corporate governance matters. She joins the firm in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced that Shawn D’Aguiar will be joining its London office as a partner in the Funds/Investment Management Group, further building the firm’s market leading funds capabilities in the UK and internationally.

Global law firm K&L Gates has further bolstered its Corporate practice with the appointment of Divesh Patel as a partner. Patel joins K&L Gates in Sydney from Johnson Winter Slattery, where he was a partner in the firm's private equity and M&A practice groups.

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Tracey A. Zaccone and Justin Rosenberg have joined the firm’s New York office as partners in the Hybrid Capital and Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practices, respectively. Zaccone specializes in hybrid capital and private credit financing transactions for private equity firms and public and private companies, as well as traditional capital markets and public company matters. Rosenberg represents private equity firms and public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions and other complex corporate transactions.