Allen & Overy is pleased to announce the appointment of Adam Kowalczyk as a partner in its Litigation practice in Warsaw.

DLA Piper Canada is pleased to announce that James Padwick has joined our ‎Toronto office as a ‎partner in the Finance group. James ‎provides business-focused, practical advice primarily in the ‎areas of banking, secured financing‎, and corporate and ‎commercial transactions. ‎He is recognized in The Best ‎Lawyers in Canada 2023 for his work in Banking and ‎Finance Law and as one of Canada’s leading practitioners ‎in the areas of Asset-Based Lending and Banking and ‎Financial Institutions in The Canadian Legal Lexpert ‎Directory.‎

DLA Piper is pleased to welcome partner Evan Zhao, following on the heels of his long-time colleagues Andrew Kreisberg, Mara Topping, and Katherine McCullough, who recently joined the firm’s Investment Funds practice.

Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced that Andrew Shaw has joined the Corporate & Finance practice group as an energy transition partner based in London. He joins from CMS, where he served as co-head of the firm’s Oil & Gas and Energy Transition team and has over 20-years’ experience in the energy sector.

Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce the arrival of life sciences patent litigators Howard Levine and Jennifer Swan as partners in the Global Regulatory & Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology (IPMT) practice group and Life Sciences & Health Care sector. Levine joins the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, while Swan joins Hogan Lovells’ Silicon Valley office. The pair joins from Dechert.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced that three prominent renewable energy lawyers, Eric Pogue, Amanda Rosenberg and Samantha Leavitt, have joined the Firm as partners. Eric Pogue and Samantha Leavitt are based in New York, and Amanda Rosenberg is based in Los Angeles. They were previously partners at Mayer Brown.
 

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced that leading energy transactions lawyer Irina Tsveklova has joined the Firm as a partner in the Corporate Department, based in the Houston office. She is the fourth partner to join Weil’s expanding energy team in Houston in the past five months.

“We’re very pleased to welcome Irina as the latest addition to our Houston energy practice. Her energy transition expertise and extensive industry relationships will make her an invaluable advisor to our clients,” said Weil Executive Partner Barry Wolf.

Specialist London family law partner joins reading office as ambitious growth plans continue.

International law firm CMS is pleased to announce the appointment of Fenella Mason as a partner in the firm’s Infrastructure, Construction and Energy (ICE) Disputes practice in Edinburgh. She joins from Burness Paull, where she led the firm’s Construction and Projects team for 13 years. 

International law firm CMS has announced the appointment of new partner Barry Edgar, a commercial real estate lawyer with extensive experience in advising institutional and private equity clients on investment and development transactions.  

He joins the firm’s Real Estate Transactional practice in Scotland after spending many years as a Partner at Dentons in Glasgow. A keen advocate for promoting and utilising technology and innovation within real estate services, Barry has developed a strong reputation in the Scottish marketplace.