DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Alan Bickerstaff and Cassandra Cuellar as Austin-based partners in the firm’s Emerging Growth and Venture Capital (EGVC) group. Bickerstaff will serve as Head of Texas Emerging Growth.

International law firm CMS is pleased to announce the appointment of Petra Myšáková as a partner in its Prague office, effective from 1st September 2023. Petra's addition to the firm as Partner and Head of the Czech Republic Banking and Finance team marks a significant step in further enhancing CMS' expertise and capabilities in the market.

Global law firm Goodwin announced that Robert Lemons joined the firm’s Financial Restructuring group as a partner, resident in the New York office.

“Rob is a highly skilled lawyer who brings significant experience in representing both creditors and debtors,” said Michael H. Goldstein, chair of Goodwin’s Financial Restructuring group. “We are thrilled to have Rob join our active and experienced financial restructuring group as we assist clients across the capital stack in navigating complex distressed situations.”

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced that private funds attorney Matthew Block has joined the Firm as a partner in the Asset Management Department. Matt is based in Willkie’s New York office. His practice is focused on private equity fund formation with a particular emphasis on secondaries and other liquidity solutions focused transactions.

Fried Frank announced that Lawrence P. Natke has joined the firm as a partner in the M&A and Private Equity Practice, based in New York. He joins Fried Frank from Schulte Roth & Zabel, where he was a partner in the M&A and Securities Group.

In a strategic expansion to meet the evolving needs of its clients and further bolster its presence in the market, Greenberg Traurig, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tomasz Korczyński as Partner in the Warsaw office and Head of the Infrastructure and Government Contracts Practice in Poland.

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its Litigation, Aviation, and Appeals & Legal Issues practices with the addition of Andrew Barr as a shareholder in the Denver office. Barr joins the firm from Cooley LLP where he managed a large docket of civil litigation, regulatory, and arbitration matters.

Philip Mace, an experienced corporate lawyer whose practice is focused on energy and upstream oil and gas transactions, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in London.

Mace’s practice includes mergers and acquisitions (including private share/asset sales), corporate finance, joint ventures and large scale capital projects work. He represents clients in transactional, commercial and project work across the world, including Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia and throughout Europe.

Paul Hastings announced that leading white collar and investigations lawyer Adam Fee has joined the firm as a partner based in Los Angeles.

Baker McKenzie announced that Steven Sandretto, a veteran corporate lawyer with extensive experience in Latin America, has joined as a partner in New York. Steven has more than 20 years of transactional and advisory experience on US and cross border transactions, particularly involving Brazil, Mexico and throughout Latin America. He is the latest addition to the firm's US-based Latin America team, following the recent arrivals of partners Arturo Carrillo, Michael Fitzgerald, Joy Gallup and Pedro Reyes in New York.