Kennedys has announced that insurance coverage litigator Michael Melendez has joined its San Francisco office as a partner. In addition, Teri Mae Rutledge has joined the office as special counsel.

As an insurance coverage attorney, Mike focuses his practice on all types of complex insurance coverage, including construction defect, advertising injury, personal injury, professional liability, and general liability. He advises insurers on claims handling and coverage issues, defends bad faith suits, and litigates declaratory relief and contribution actions.

Christoph Seidler will join Osborne Clarke from KLIEMT.Arbeitsrecht, one of Germany's largest boutique law firms specializing in employment law, on 1 August 2023. As a partner, he will strengthen the employment law team of the international commercial law firm in Hamburg.

International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (BCLP) announced that Farron Curry has joined as a partner in its newly launched Seattle office. Farron joins three months after BCLP officially opened the Seattle office – the firm’s first in the Pacific Northwest.

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that E. Patrick Gilman has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington DC office. A former federal prosecutor in the United States Army and a seasoned trial lawyer, Mr. Gilman will enhance Eversheds Sutherland’s global corporate crime and investigations capabilities, and will help lead the firm’s national security practice. He was previously with Brown Rudnick. 

Linklaters is pleased to announce that Fanny Mahler, a leading public law specialist, will join the firm in Paris as a partner.

She joins from Magenta, a firm focussed on competition law, public business law and regulated sectors which she joined in 2017, before becoming a partner in 2022. Fanny previously worked for seven years at Linklaters.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Debt Finance Practice with the addition of Eugenio Bernal as a partner in Mexico City.

McGuireWoods is strengthening its fiduciary litigation capabilities with the arrival of New York partner Helen Gavaris, who brings over three decades of experience representing corporate fiduciaries and high-net-worth individuals in complex disputes.

Winston & Strawn LLP announced that three partners have joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office and Litigation Department. Scott Border joins the Intellectual Property Practice, while Daniel Chaudoin and Caitlin Mandel join the Government Investigations, Enforcement, and Compliance Practice.

Morgan Lewis continues to boost its global tax practice with the arrival of Matthew Schnall from WilmerHale. With a broad-based tax practice and experience advising on complex business-related tax matters as well as federal and state tax controversies, Matt joins Morgan Lewis as a partner resident in Boston.

Expanding its legacy liability insurance recovery capabilities, Morgan Lewis has welcomed Paul Fuener as a partner resident in Pittsburgh. Paul arrives from K&L Gates and will represent entities, including receiverships, in pursuing insurance proceeds recovery for legacy liabilities, including toxic torts and environmental damage.