Jacqueline A. Brooks has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in its Baltimore office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Brooks was a partner at Saul Ewing LLP. At Duane Morris, Brooks will serve as chair of the firm’s newly established REIT Division within its Corporate practice.
Building on a year of unprecedented expansion, Womble Bond Dickinson planted a flag in the Mile High City with the addition of prominent partners Scot Anderson and Ana Maria Gutiérrez in Denver. Formerly with Hogan Lovells, they bring extensive regulatory and transactional experience and further strengthen the firm’s Energy and Natural Resources and Environmental Regulation, Disputes, and Litigation practices.
Trowers has hired specialist energy lawyer, Josh Partridge, to join its Energy and Sustainability team. A lateral hire, Josh joins as a partner in a move that adds his considerable experience and focus on renewable generation, energy storage and digital technologies to the firm's market-leading team.
Global law firm Kennedys continues its US expansion with the addition of two new partners to its insurance coverage practice group. Laura B Dowgin is returning to the firm’s New York office, and Terri A Sutton joins our west coast team and will be working out of Seattle.
The digitalisation of the economy is gaining increasing momentum across all sectors, creating significant legal challenges for businesses. It is also influencing a significant acceleration of transactional activity. The law firm Osborne Clarke recognises these trends and incorporates them into its strategy. Responding to clients' needs, the firm is strengthening its ranks with lawyers specialising in these areas.
Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the addition of Partner Martin “Marty” Mackowski to its Competition – Antitrust Practice in Washington, DC.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed partner Harjeet Lall to join its finance and restructuring team in London.
Harjeet’s practice focuses on structured finance and securitisation. She advises financial institutions including investment banks, asset managers as well as corporates on a wide range of private and public structured finance, securitisation and asset-backed securitisation transactions.
Sarah Ferguson has joined international law firm Bird & Bird’s Employee Incentives and Benefits (EIB) team as a partner.
Sarah, who will lead the EIB team, has almost 15 years’ experience advising a mix of listed and private companies on their executive remuneration and all-employee incentives, including the design, implementation and operation of share-based and cash-based plans, related trust and tax work, global implementation and support on large cross-border transactions.
Global law firm Clyde & Co has hired tax expert Rachel Fox as a partner in its Dubai office. Rachel is joining Clyde & Co's Global Corporate & Advisory practice and will lead the firm’s Middle East tax offering.
Allen & Overy, an international law firm present in Italy for 25 years, has announced the appointment of Daniela Morante as Head of Marketing & Business Development.
Daniela will be responsible for the marketing strategy supporting the firm’s development plans in the country and she will assist the Italian leadership in the implementation of client strategy, as well as in the modulation of the firm’s value proposition.