Banking and finance - We have strengthened our offering in Bermuda with the appointment of two new partners: a leading banking expert, and the promotion of one of our commercial litigators.
Simon Benedek is former principal at Benedek Lewin – a boutique corporate law firm in Bermuda – and specialises in all aspects of banking, finance and corporate law.
DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has boosted its teams in Edinburgh and Glasgow with the arrival of new colleagues, including supporting the next generation of legal talent with seven newly qualified solicitors set to take up roles.
Dentons announces the addition of Matthew Gruenberg to its Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies practice. Gruenberg joins Dentons as a Partner, resident in the New York office. Gruenberg counsels clients on a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, including M&A, venture capital and growth equity investments. His arrival elevates the practice’s cutting-edge legal strategies in the ever-evolving tech and emerging growth sectors.
New arrivals add corporate M&A capability in energy & infrastructure.
Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced that Colin Raftery, a leading competition specialist, will join the firm’s antitrust practice as a partner in London.
Raftery will join Freshfields from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), where he has most recently been senior director of mergers for five years. He commenced his career more than two decades ago, having previously worked in private practice and for the Scottish Government. Prior to joining the CMA in 2016, Raftery was a senior associate in the antitrust team at Freshfields.
DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Amadeu Ribeiro as a partner in the firm’s cross-border Antitrust and Competition practice, expanding the firm’s already strong presence in New York and Latin America.
Ribeiro advises international clients on complex antitrust matters, including merger review cases, cartel and market dominance investigations and competition related matters in general. He counsels clients across a wide breadth of sectors, including aviation, automotive, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, natural resources and technology.
Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has appointed Caroline Pope as a partner within its London Construction & Engineering team.
Joining the firm from DLA Piper, Caroline has over 35 years of experience within the construction industry, including advising on multi-million-pound litigation, arbitration, adjudication and ADR processes.
She has advised on a number of major iconic property and infrastructure projects, both within the UK and internationally, handling disputes for developers, contractors, utility and energy providers.
We have appointed Andrew Keeley as a partner at our Guildford office as part of strategic plans to bolster our construction team in the South East.
Keeley spent six years working as a risk analyst for a major UK bank before requalifying as a solicitor and joining Charles Russell LLP as a trainee specialising in construction and engineering law. Following the firm’s merger and rebranding to Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, he was promoted to a partner in 2019 and spent a total of 18 years with the company.
International law firm Addleshaw Goddard has recruited two new Partners into its award-winning Corporate team as the firm continues to expand its Scottish operation.
Derek McCombe and Iain Sutherland, who join the firm from Dentons, will be based in the firm's Glasgow office, joining existing Glasgow-based corporate Partners Murray Jack and Anna Brown.
The appointments are the latest in a series of senior hires for the firm north of the Border, with 10 partners joining Addleshaw Goddard over the past 12 months.
International law firm Addleshaw Goddard has appointed Ioana Knoll-Tudor as a Partner in its Paris office, building the firm's International Arbitration team in one of the world's major arbitration centres.