Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has continued to expand its Greek ship finance offering with the hire of a leading team in Piraeus, led by partners Robin Parry and Ronan Le Du.

Robin and Ronan each have decades of experience on ship finance matters and join HFW alongside a team of six lawyers and three business services professionals from Ince, where Robin was head of the finance practice in Greece.

Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its corporate practice with the arrival of partner Christophe Boucherie, who joins the firm in London.

European law firm Fieldfisher has appointed Marc Krestin as a partner in its Amsterdam office, strengthening the firm’s litigation and international arbitration offering in Europe.

Marc has more than 16 years of experience in dispute resolution, gained at major international law firms in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Paris.

Watson Farley & Williams is delighted to announce the expansion of its maritime dispute resolution practice in Athens with the arrival of three new partners, Jamila Khan, Aris Moschopoulos, Dimitris Giomelakis. All join the firm from the former Piraeus office of Ince, along with a team comprising four senior associates, three associates, a trainee, a paralegal and a marine manager.

Kirkland & Ellis is excited to announce that Paul Delligatti, Chris Palmer, Jason Monfort, Andrew Zutz and Nicole Griffin have joined the Firm as partners in the Investment Funds Group. The team has a broad investment management practice advising a diverse array of registered funds, as well as their independent board members and investment advisers.

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP is pleased to announce that Nikolas Blanchette ‎has joined the firm as a ‎partner and ‎head of the Real Estate ‎Group in our Montreal office. ‎Nikolas practises real estate, commercial and ‎contract ‎litigation, including expropriations. He is a ‎seasoned ‎litigator, having pleaded before the Supreme ‎Court of ‎Canada, the Quebec Court of Appeal and trial ‎courts and ‎tribunals, including the Tribunal administratif du ‎Québec.‎

DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Vernessa Pollard as a partner and co-chair of the FDA Practice in Washington, DC.

Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Gregor Klenk as a Corporate partner based in its Frankfurt office.

An established, versatile lawyer with a strong technology focus, Barry joins Simmons after over two decades at firms BCLP and BLP.

Alongside wide real estate expertise, Barry is a leading specialist in the data centre sector - the critical infrastructure at the heart of the digital economy. A cross-practice, cross-border sector with a large real estate component, data centres have grown rapidly over the last decade, with further growth expected globally following the rise of generative AI.

International law firm Bird & Bird appoints technology and communications expert Pia Ek as a partner in its Helsinki office.

Pia is a renowned technology and communications practitioner with over 20 years of experience advising on cross-border digital transformation projects, outsourcing, cloud services, ICT and IP driven transactions as well as IoT, licensing and e-commerce assignments.