Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Bren K. Thomas as a shareholder in its Irvine and Las Vegas offices. Thomas, who practiced at Littler from 1996 to 2016, returns to the firm from Jackson Lewis. He is the fifth attorney to rejoin Littler as a shareholder in the past two months, following the additions of Thomas Revnew in Minneapolis, Thomas Grow in Washington, D.C., Richard Rahm in San Francisco and Laurent Badoux in Phoenix.

International law firm Gowling WLG has bolstered its leading investment funds practice with the appointment of Katherine Rainwood as partner in London.

DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Seattle-based partner Lindsay MacLeod to the firm’s Finance group as a member of its Energy sector.

MacLeod has extensive experience in renewable energy and sustainability, including energy procurement, project development, project finance, M&A, and compliance. Between her roles at both law firms and as in-house counsel representing both major corporate purchasers and project developers, she has a deep understanding of corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs), carbon offsets and credits and other areas of energy sustainability.

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Renée Dailey has joined the US Finance Practice Group as partner. Ms. Dailey advises institutional investors in US, Australian and cross-border debt finance and financial restructuring matters. Her practice also includes advising insurance companies on their front-end investment structures, intercreditor arrangements and workouts.

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has hired data and information law partner Jaya Handa to join the firm’s Technology, Science and Industry (TSI) sector in its London office.

Jaya’s practice focuses on data protection with a particular emphasis on the insurance sector advising a range of clients including managing agents, brokers, reinsurers, cover-holders, risk engineers and loss adjusters. Furthermore, she has significant experience in managing large scale multinational data protection compliance programmes.

Dentons announces the addition of partners Adam Docks, Lindsay Jewell and Jordan McCarthy to its global Hotels and Leisure practice. Docks and McCarthy will join the Chicago office, while Jewell will be based in Phoenix. This trio of hospitality transactional lawyers has a large national practice assisting clients with the acquisition, disposition, development, finance, recapitalization and formation of lodging and leisure-focused investment vehicles and businesses.

Proskauer, a leading international law firm, is pleased to welcome Erik Milch as a partner in its Patent Litigation practice, based in its Washington, D.C. office. With Erik’s arrival at Proskauer, the Firm strengthens its position as a leader in intellectual property litigation.

Global law firm Ropes & Gray announced that Natasha S. Hwangpo, a restructuring partner who has guided notable restructurings has joined the firm’s 500-lawyer New York office.

Natasha’s addition continues to enhance Ropes & Gray’s rapidly expanding restructuring and liability management practice.  Natasha has an extensive track record advising equity sponsors, public companies, and private companies in the most complex corporate restructurings in recent years.

Winston & Strawn LLP announced that Keerthika Subramanian has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Transactions Department and as a member of the Capital Markets Practice.

Katten announced that Ted Huffman has joined the firm as a partner in the Class Action and Consumer Finance Litigation practice in Dallas.

Huffman represents businesses and financial institutions in various legal areas, including cases involving breaches of contract, securities law, corporate fraud, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property disputes, anticompetitive conduct, government enforcement actions and class action proceedings.