DLA Piper is strengthening its Finance, Projects and Restructuring (FP&R) practice in London with the appointment of finance partner, Charlotte Lewis-Williams.
Charlotte will support the team by growing its existing strengths across DLA Piper’s UK and International FPR practice group, helping it to realise its growth strategy.
François-Régis Fabre-Falret joins Osborne Clarke's Real Estate team, with counsel Julia Gaspard, bringing the team to two partners and five associates.
International law firm DAC Beachcroft is delighted to announce the appointment of top real estate partner Steven Pitchford, strengthening the London market offering of the firm's Real Estate group.
Steven joins DACB from Macfarlanes, where he has been a partner since 1998, having started his legal career at Slaughter and May.
He brings significant experience in development and investment in real estate assets, advising on projects across all sectors from inception to maturity and/or exit.
Camille advises French and international companies, financial institutions and investors on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity. She handles both domestic and cross-border operations.
As an expert in health, energy, new technologies and air sectors Camille joined from Skadden, where she was a European Counsel in the Parisian Corporate team. She previously worked as a senior associate at Freshfields for 6 years and as an associate at Linklaters for 3 years.
Dentons Cárdenas & Cárdenas continues its expansion process by strengthening its Banking and Finance area through the incorporation of Felipe Alarcon as its new partner. The Firm is widely recognized in Banking and Finance matters and with the arrival of Felipe Alarcon it looks to consolidating its position and broadening the services being rendered.
Damian Watkin has joined international law firm CMS and will be a partner in the Infrastructure, Construction and Energy (ICE) Disputes Team. Based in Abu Dhabi, he will work closely with colleagues in the Middle East region and across CMS as a whole.
Garrigues has hired João Lima Cluny as partner in charge of the Criminal Law and Internal Investigations service in Portugal. With more than 15 years’ experience, João Lima Cluny is a respected lawyer in the field of economic criminal law where he has participated in some of Portugal’s most significant criminal proceedings in recent years. This new hire consolidates Garrigues’ position in Portugal as a premier firm in the main branches of business law.
We are pleased to expand our Energy sector team with the appointment of Rob McDwyer as partner. Rob brings more than 22 years of local and international experience to the role, with deep and varied expertise in renewable energy and infrastructure law.
Rob has advised owners, operators and contractors on significant wind farm, solar farm and energy storage projects. Having spent over ten years' in-house, he is particularly attuned to the commercial drivers of clients operating in the energy sector.
Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Linda Clark as a partner in the firm’s market-leading Global Privacy + Data Security Group, which is comprised of more than 60 lawyers across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Clark brings to Morrison Foerster more than 20 years of experience advising clients, including on data security best practices and obligations, designing and implementing frameworks for compliance across large multinational organizations, and complex litigation and regulatory matters.
Global law firm White & Case LLP continues to expand its Intellectual Property Practice and Global Technology Industry Group with the addition of Jordan Coyle as a partner in Washington, DC.