Global law firm Dentons has expanded its Corporate and Restructuring practices with the recruitment of lawyer and business mediator Hans Beyer as a partner in its Frankfurt office. In his new role at Dentons, he will draw on his many years of experience in corporate law and M&A transactions as well as restructuring and insolvency. He joined the firm from K&L Gates.
Brown Rudnick announced that Steven Tyrrell has joined the Firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the White Collar Defense, Investigations & Compliance group.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to expand its Mexico City Office with the addition of Guillermo Sánchez Chao as shareholder in its newly launched International Trade Practice.
With more than 35 years of experience, Sánchez Chao, a leading attorney on international trade & customs, joins from Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa.
Leading international law firm Proskauer is pleased to welcome Craig Whitney as a partner in its Intellectual Property (IP) Practice. A highly skilled litigator, Craig focuses on all facets of IP litigation and will deepen the Firm’s expertise in copyright, trademark, false advertising, AI and trade secret disputes and counseling. He’ll be based in New York.
Sidley is pleased to announce that David D’Urso and Elazar Guttman have joined Sidley’s M&A and Private Equity practice in New York. They join Sidley from Akin Gump where Mr. D’Urso was head of the U.S. PE M&A practice.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Drew Tedford to the firm’s Public Policy and Law practice as a partner in the Austin office.
Tedford most recently worked as the director of the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs. In that role, he managed the flow of legislation through the chamber’s highest-volume committee. Tedford coordinated with the offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker as he worked closely with members of legislature to build consensus on major policies.
K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, the Singapore office of global law firm K&L Gates, welcomes Samuel Kolehmainen and Duc Nguyen as partners in the Finance practice. Kolehmainen and Nguyen join the firm’s Singapore office from Herbert Smith Freehills, where they advised on a wide range of complex cross-border financing transactions with a particular focus on aviation finance.
Leading law firm Blake Morgan has strengthened its tax and finance expertise with the appointment of two new partner appointments. The firm is welcoming back Natalie Coates to its Banking and Finance team in London, and Rob Thomas has been appointed to the Corporate team in Cardiff.
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has continued to strengthen its sanctions and regulatory investigations offering with the hire of partner David Savage in London.
David has more than a decade's experience advising clients on sanctions and white-collar crime, and joins HFW from Stewarts, where he was previously Head of Financial Crime. He was previously Group Senior Sanctions Officer at Kleinwort Hambros, a private bank owned by Société Générale.
Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its private equity practice with the arrival of partner Edyta Brozyniak, who joins the firm in London.
Edyta is an investment funds lawyer with more than 20 years of experience, who focuses on both advising fund managers and the institutional investors in alternative investment funds, and in particular private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure funds. Her arrival bolsters the firm's funds capabilities in what is a core strategic practice area.