Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its tax practice with the arrival of partner Evelyne Bagdassarian, who joins the firm's Paris office.

Allen & Overy announces the addition of Nicole Daley as a partner in its U.S. Corporate and Life Sciences teams, based in the global law firm’s Boston office. 

Nicole’s legal expertise covers all stages of the corporate life cycle for privately held and publicly traded life sciences clients. Her work spans the full transactional spectrum, including counseling clients in startup and formation, venture capital, M&A, joint ventures, capital markets, corporate governance, SEC reporting and disclosure, and reorganizations.

A&O announced that leading finance specialist Haris Meyer Hanif has rejoined the firm.

George Casey comes as Global Co-Chair of Corporate, joined by Heiko Schiwek, who will be one of the Global Leaders of the Chemicals Sector at Linklaters

The team will add a full spectrum of US and cross-border M&A capability to Linklaters’ pre-eminent global Corporate and M&A offering

Casey and Schiwek will spearhead the next chapter of Linklaters’ US growth strategy, building on the firm’s recent growth in the US, and the integration of US M&A capability with the firm’s global platform

DLA Piper is expanding its transactional capabilities in Latin America with the addition of Alvaro Sarmiento Lapiedra as a partner in the firm’s Finance practice in Mexico City.

DLA Piper has appointed Christopher Thompson, an experienced Transactions Tax and Indirect Tax partner, to its Brussels office. He starts on 8 January 2024, joining from a major international consultancy group, where he spent nearly 10 years leading tax teams in the asset management, insurance and banking sectors. Prior to that, he worked as a tax lawyer at a Magic Circle firm for over eight years.

Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced that Presidential appointee Earl Adams, Jr., who is the former Deputy Administrator for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), has joined the firm’s Transportation practice as a partner based in Washington, D.C.
 

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the hire of Claire Gregory as a partner in the firm’s Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) team from Mills & Reeve where she was a Partner and Head of the Environment practice.

Specialising in advising clients on their environmental, safety and energy matters, Claire covers both contentious and non-contentious issues and has over 20 years’ experience in the sector.

Dentons, Canada’s Global Law Firm, welcomes Wasiu Omotoso as a partner in the Infrastructure and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) group in Toronto. Wasiu brings an impressive depth of expertise representing both domestic and international clients on the development, procurement, and financing of infrastructure, energy and construction projects. 

Dentons announces that partner Clay Taylor has joined the Firm’s Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy (RIB) practice in the Dallas office. Taylor represents clients in a wide range of asset acquisitions, divestitures, financings and restructurings.