Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP  added two attorneys to its Health Care & FDA Practice in Philadelphia: Brad M. Rostolsky joined as a shareholder and Catherine E. David Galea joined as of counsel.

Combined, these practitioners bring decades of health care regulatory and transactional experience to the firm, part of a larger strategic initiative to strengthen and expand these elements of the practice and its footprint, regionally and nationally.

Akin is pleased to announce that Max Karpel has joined the firm as a partner in its market-leading investment management practice in the New York office.

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced that Jennifer Haworth McCandless and María Carolina Durán have joined the International Disputes Section of the Litigation Department as partner and special counsel, respectively, in Washington, D.C. 

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Geoffrey Greeves to the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice area. He joins the firm’s Washington, D.C., office from Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP.

We are pleased to welcome Toronto-based partners Daniel Shapira and Jonathan ‎Born to our Real Estate practice. ‎

Allen & Overy announced that Kfir Abutbul has joined the firm as Head of U.S. Energy Private Equity and a partner in its U.S. Corporate Private Equity and M&A practice.

International law firm CMS is pleased to announce that Neil Baylis has joined the Antitrust, Competition and Trade team in London.

Neil is an experienced partner with over 20 years advising clients across a broad range of competition and regulatory matters, both transactional and contentious and including sanctions and commercial law advice. He also has extensive experience of advising on matters related to the automotive and travel industries, both in the UK and overseas. 

Numerous media outlets, including Bloomberg Law, Law360, Global Arbitration Review, and Reuters, reported on partner and International Arbitration chair Miriam Harwood's arrival at Katten. A recognized leader in international arbitration, Miriam will help launch a new practice for Katten in that space.

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Robert I. Lockwood as a shareholder in its San Francisco office. Lockwood, who was previously with O’Hagan Meyer LLP, is the tenth shareholder to join Littler since May 1.

Morgan Lewis will bolster its finance team by bringing in five partners in New York—a transactional restructuring and bankruptcy litigation team led by Richard Stern and including Michael Luskin, Stephan Hornung, Matthew O’Donnell, and Alex Talesnick. This team will further strengthen the firm’s services to financial institutions across corporate, finance, bankruptcy, litigation, and restructuring needs.