International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced that Katja Ullrich-North has joined the firm as a partner and Director of Knowledge Management.

Moving into a newly created role, Katja will drive the firmwide strategy for knowledge management including how Simmons captures and shares information both within the firm and with its clients.

Katja’s appointment highlights the growing importance placed by the firm on managing its knowledge assets to support its lawyers and business functions in delivering excellent service to clients.

Linklaters is pleased to announce that Katie Coltart will join the firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property team in London.

She joins Linklaters from Kirkland & Ellis, where she has been a partner since 2018, having previously worked at Allen & Overy.

Katie is widely regarded for her impressive experience in high-profile, cross-border IP litigation, working across a broad range of sectors, including healthcare and life sciences, telecoms and technology.

Nicolas has extensive experience representing clients on complex M&A, private equity and other significant corporate matters. He advises corporate and private equity clients across various industries with a particular focus on the energy and infrastructure, healthcare and technology sectors. Nicolas is joining us from Deloitte Legal where he was a Partner and the Head of Transactions.

Nicolas received an LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters of Law from the Universities of Zurich and Geneva. He is admitted to practice in Switzerland and New York.

Global law firm Goodwin announced that partner Mark Beardsworth will join the firm’s global Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution team in its London office, to lead its European investigations and enforcement practice.

Global law firm Goodwin announced that Adam Johnson joined the firm’s Life Sciences and Capital Markets practices as a partner, resident in the New York office.

“Adam’s broad-based capital markets and public company expertise, across debt, equity, issuer and underwriter sides, is a terrific addition to our market-leading offering for life sciences companies,” said Edwin O’Connor, co-chair of Goodwin’s Capital Markets practice. “We are delighted to welcome him to Goodwin as we continue to support our clients who are pursuing opportunities in the public markets.”

International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has strengthened its financial services regulation team with the appointment of partner Michael Lewis, who joins the firm's London office.

Dentons continues to deliver on its Growth strategy with the addition of Planning and Environment Partner, Mitchell Osborne, to its Brisbane office.

Mitchell has over 15 years of experience in environment and planning law and is also a qualified town planner. Mitchell acts for developers, landowners, local and state government authorities and submitters across a broad range of planning, development and environmental matters in the Planning and Environment court.

GSK Stockmann will be strengthening the team at the Luxembourg location with Anna Gassner from October. The law firm is thus consistently pursuing its strategy to further expand its advisory skills for corporate M&A and private equity.

Naomi Woods has over 13 years’ experience advising businesses, families and individuals in all aspects of structuring and protecting their private…

National law firm Weightmans has welcomed Naomi Woods as the firm continues to expand and enhance its International Private Wealth offering.

Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced that Doug Bryden, a leading practitioner in environment, regulatory and governance law, will join the firm’s global ESG and sustainability practice as a partner based in London.

Bryden joins Freshfields from Travers Smith, where he served as Head of Environment & Operational Regulatory, and as co-head of its ESG and Impact Group.