Weightmans has welcomed three new partners to its Manchester office.
The healthcare litigation team is joined by Jessica Neary, formerly a partner at Hill Dickinson. Jessica specialises in clinical negligence litigation, representing both NHS Trusts and private medical providers.
Gateley has significantly bolstered its Middle East-based legal services offering with the appointment of a six-strong corporate team led by new Dubai managing partner and head of corporate, Darren Harris.
Darren has been joined by corporate partner Nora Al Muhamad, legal directors Amun Bashir, Nadine Wilson and Gemma Kotak, who is a former Gateley trainee, and associate Norlisa Hanlon Rosslee.
Extensive cross-border experience, covering the full range of asset classes in the derivatives space, with a particular focus on longevity, securitisation structures and finance-linked derivatives.
Third consecutive female partner hire in the firm's Financial Markets and Products (FMP) practice in the last 12 months.
Global law firm Clifford Chance has appointed Joanna Nicholas as a partner in its Global Financial Markets team as the firm expands its collateralized loan obligations (CLO) capability in the US.
Nicholas, who joins Clifford Chance from Mayer Brown, has more than 20 years of experience advising collateral managers, arrangers, and investors on new issue CLOs, resets, refinancings, warehouse facilities, and other complex financings.
Paul Hastings LLP announced that antitrust lawyer Stephen McIntyre has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles, strengthening the firm’s global antitrust and competition practice on the West Coast.
Further enhancing its leading labor and employment litigation practice, Morgan Lewis welcomes partner Jill Vorobiev in Chicago. Jill arrives from Reed Smith and will continue to represent employers in complex litigation matters, including employment discrimination lawsuits, whistleblower cases, trade secret and noncompete matters, and disputes and other matters arising under ERISA, the ADA, and the FMLA.
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Partners Ben Kozinn and Lauren Troeller to its Transactions Practice Group in New York. Having worked together for several years, Ben and Lauren bring tremendous relationships with private equity and investment firms and extensive experience advising on complex transactions shaping related markets.
Holland & Knight welcomes Bradley Brooker, former general counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and former acting general counsel for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), as the newest partner in its National Security & Defense Industry Group. He will also be an essential member of the Firm’s Public Policy & Regulation and Data Strategy, Security & Privacy groups.
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to welcome new partner Eric S. Crusius, a veteran government contracts attorney who will lead the firm’s practice in Washington.*
Crusius, who joins the firm from Holland & Knight LLP, has more than two decades of experience in private practice advising state and federal government contractors. His practice includes representing clients prosecuting and intervening in bid protests before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Government Accountability Office, boards of contract appeals and other federal agencies.
Akin announced that Charlie Ofner has joined the firm’s market-leading global energy & infrastructure team as a partner in its Houston office. Ofner’s addition strengthens Akin’s premier energy platform and builds on growth in the firm’s Houston office.