Leading international law firm Clifford Chance announced that market-leading public and private M&A partner Alex Bidlake will join the firm's Asia Pacific Corporate practice, based in Hong Kong.
Shearman & Sterling announced that Alejandro Gordano is rejoining the firm as a Capital Markets partner in its award-winning Latin America group, based in New York.
Sidley is pleased to announce that Cindy Lovering has joined as a partner in the firm’s California Global Finance practice, with a focus on representing lenders in fund finance and venture finance transactions. She joins Sidley from Cooley LLP.
Leading international law firm Proskauer is pleased to announce that Jessica Shearer has rejoined the Firm as a partner in its Private Credit group. Jessica will be based in Boston where she will advise private credit providers, including senior lenders, business development companies, mezzanine funds, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds, in connection with acquisition financing, refinancing and restructuring transactions.
Kennedys has announced that Alexander Fumagali has join its Miami office as a partner, and Eryk Gettell has joined the San Francisco office as a partner.
Alex focuses his practice on general civil litigation, premises liability, products liability, and negligent security. He also serves as outside panel counsel for professional sports franchises and entertainment venues. Alex has significant experience defending trucking companies and has defended major electronics manufacturers such as Samsung and LG in cases involving products liability.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has continued to grow its property team in Australia with the appointment of Florence Riviere as a planning and environment partner in Melbourne.
Florence has extensive experience advising energy and infrastructure sector clients on environment and planning matters. Florence joins Pinsent Masons from the PwC Energy Transition team where she advised on a range of significant and large-scale renewable energy projects, including wind, solar, waste-to-energy, green hydrogen and offshore wind.
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Top UK law firm Weightmans has further expanded its police team with the arrival of Partner Andrew Steel, Associate Emelia Bezant-Gahan and Solicitor Tom Lambourne.
The trio join the firm from Plexus Law, where they were part of the Public Sector team, advising on police law and local authority cases. They are based in Weightmans’ Manchester office but advise organisations across the UK.
Womble Bond Dickinson announced that Eryn Brasovan has joined its Baltimore office as a partner. She has extensive experience encompassing a variety of transactional and regulatory matters related to the financial services and insurance industries, including consumer and commercial lending, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance and risk management, and litigation and dispute resolution.
We have expanded our planning team in the South East with two new hires. Karen Howard joins as a partner in our London office and Amanda Brodie has been appointed as a senior associate within the Guildford team.
Allen & Overy announced that Scott Cockerham has joined the firm as a partner in its U.S. Projects, Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure (PENRI) practice. Scott joins from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Orrick), where he was a partner in the global Energy & Infrastructure team.