Leading banking, finance, and restructuring lawyer Kalyan “Kal” Das joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP along with Sharan Calay and Andrew Silverstein. They join from Seward & Kissel, where Das has spent over three decades and was head of its Global Bank and Institutional Finance & Restructuring Practice. He will be based in the New York, London, and Bridgehampton offices. Calay and Silverstein, also previously at Seward & Kissel for more than two decades, will be based in New York. They join as shareholders.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Robert (Rob) Marshall as a partner in its Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice Group in London. Rob is a highly skilled lawyer in global equity and cross-border executive compensation and represents some of the world’s largest multinational companies. He will lead McDermott’s cross-border executive compensation and benefits practice and boost the Firm’s international transactional practice.

Benoit Lavigne, a former finance partner at Ropes & Gray, will be re-joining the firm in early January as a partner in its market-leading finance practice, in London.   

Matheson LLP is pleased to announce the appointment of Rory Mullarkey as a partner in its Corporate practice.  Mullarkey, who will be based in Matheson's new London office, will work in the firm's market-leading Corporate M&A practice and alongside other partners across the Asset Management, Finance and Capital Markets, Financial Regulation and Tax practices.

Shoosmiths continues to grow its dispute resolution and litigation offering with the appointment of Andrew Whalley as partner.

Andrew joins from DWF where he headed up the commercial litigation team in Liverpool. He brings vast experience in dealing with heavyweight contractual and commercial disputes as well as corporate and shareholder disputes, cross-border litigation, regulatory and public law disputes, data breach and professional negligence claims.

King & Spalding announced that leading intellectual property lawyer Alfonso Chan has joined the firm as a partner in its Trial and Global Disputes Practice Group. He is based in the firm’s Austin office.

Skadden is pleased to announce that Noel Hughes is joining the firm’s Capital Markets Group as a partner in the London office.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Audrey Pumariega as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. Audrey rejoins the Firm after spending the last two years as an assistant county attorney in the Tort Liability & Medical Malpractice Section and Federal Litigation Section of the Miami-Dade County Attorney’s Office.

Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has appointed John Cleaveley as a Partner within its Construction & Engineering team.

Joining the firm from Shoosmiths where he acted as its Manchester office's Head of Construction & Engineering, John has over 30 years in the legal industry, which includes positions at Weightmans and Lendlease Construction.

A warm welcome to Kshama A. Loya who has joined as a Partner in the Firm’s Dispute Resolution practice in the Mumbai office.

Kshama has advised and represented Indian and foreign clients, and governments in complex disputes involving commercial and investor-State arbitration, arbitration-related litigation, contractual disputes, and in commercial, civil and criminal litigations.