Watson Farley & Williams is pleased to announce that maritime expert and asset finance lawyer Konstantinos (Dinos) Mexias has joined the firm as Partner in Athens. He was previously a Senior Associate at WFW before joining Ince & Co. as a Partner. He brings with him a team of five asset finance lawyers and one paralegal, including Counsel Anthi Kekatou and Senior Associate Ilias Tsigos.
DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has welcomed four new partners to its team in London.
Dhruv Chhatralia joins DWF as a partner in the corporate services team, and specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital transactions in the Financial Services and Technology, Media and Telecommunications sectors. He was previously with Bird and Bird and is the latest arrival to the growing corporate practice in London.
Lucinda Brown joins Mills & Reeve to help build a national contentious private client team
Luci joins the firm from BDB Pitmans where she successfully grew their will and trust disputes practice over the course of three years.
Overall, she has more than 18 years’ experience in private client services and will work with the market-leading Mills & Reeve private client team advising on estates, trusts and will disputes.
International law firm Gowling WLG is delighted to welcome Sharmela Kalmer as a partner to its industry-leading Life Sciences team.
With a primary focus on IP transactions, Sharmela brings with her extensive experience with established and emerging pharmaceutical, biotech and medtech clients, including university spin-outs, research institutions, and charities, on a variety of collaboration, research and development matters.
Global law firm Clyde & Co has announced the appointment of Anna Nerush as a partner in London to further strengthen its corporate capabilities within its Energy, Marine & Natural Resources practice.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced that Todd M. Schwartz has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate & Finance practice group and Private Equity practice area, in the Silicon Valley office. Schwartz joined from Paul Hastings, where he was also a partner.
International law firm Brown Rudnick announced the appointment of Robin Pickworth as a partner in the Firm’s Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group in London.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Amsterdam office continues its strategic growth with the addition of Maarten de Boorder as shareholder in its Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) practice. De Boorder Joins from Jones Day.
A trial lawyer and former prosecutor, Diana Cortes—who currently serves as city solicitor, the City of Philadelphia’s chief legal officer—will return to Morgan Lewis to add to the firm’s deep former government roster. She will represent clients in crisis and complex litigation matters, including class actions, and will handle criminal investigations.
Vishnu Shankar, who most recently served as the Head of Legal (Regulatory Enforcement) at the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the United Kingdom’s lead privacy and cybersecurity regulator, joins Morgan Lewis as a partner resident in London.