International law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is expanding its Projects and Infrastructure team with the hire of two leading industry practitioners, Ben Shorten and Trinh Chubbock, who have joined the firm in London. Ben Shorten will serve as the head of Gibson Dunn’s EMEA Project Finance team.

Commenting on the hires, Barbara Becker, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Chair and Managing Partner, said: “We have been focused on growing our stellar EMEA projects and infrastructure team, and are thrilled to welcome Ben and Trinh to the group and to the firm.”

National law firm Freeths has announced expansion into Scotland, with two key appointments and the opening of a new office in Glasgow, its first base outside of England.

Freeths has launched in Scotland with the appointments of Partners Paul Ockrim and Nick Taylor who join from Addleshaw Goddard. They will open the new Glasgow office at Atlantic Quay, Robertson Street with plans to establish a full-service offering in the country.

International law firm Gowling WLG takes the next steps in executing its growth strategy in Germany and welcomes Wolfram Paetzold as partner in the Frankfurt office to lead the firm's real estate offering across Germany.

A transactional expert with particular expertise in development and engineering projects, Jahanara joins Fieldfisher's highly regarded UK construction practice to strengthen its capabilities in the north of England.

European law firm Fieldfisher is delighted to announce the appointment of Jahanara Hussain as a partner in its construction team in Manchester.

Herbert Smith Freehills will welcome James Pettigrew as a partner in the firm’s growing tax advisory practice in Sydney. Commencing at Herbert Smith Freehills later in the year, James joins from Deloitte, where he was the national leader of its M&A and Financial Services tax practice groups.

Eversheds Sutherland has enhanced its renewables and real estate offering in Scotland with the appointment of lateral partner hire, Alan Cook.

Alan, who is dual-qualified in Scotland and England & Wales, joins the global law firm from Pinsent Masons, where he acted on a series of significant projects for major energy and real estate clients.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced that real estate specialist Marco Winterer has joined its Corporate and Commercial practice in Germany.

Joining the firm’s Munich office, Marco brings extensive technical expertise to the firm, with over 20 years of experience advising national and international transactions in the real estate sector. Over this period, he held partner positions at the legal arm of a multinational professional services firm and an international law firm.

Seven lawyers joined the Taylor Wessing Corporate / M&A team. Partner Antony Jonkman, Counsel Marnix Geraerts and Associates Nina Le Grand, Tessa Giltay, Daniël Soons, Lisa-Laura Teunissen and Jeroen Vollebergh expand the Amsterdam-based team of Taylor Wessing. 

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues its strategic expansion in Japan with the addition of real estate lawyer Yuko Ino, the former head of Orrick’s Tokyo real estate team, and Koh Ueda, a real estate and securitization attorney. The new additions cap a period of substantial growth for the firm’s real estate team in Japan.

Ino, a licensed bengoshi in Japan, joins as shareholder and has extensive experience in structuring cross-border real estate acquisitions, complex joint ventures, and real estate finance transactions.

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Thomas S. Grow as a shareholder in its Labor Management Relations practice group. Grow, who was previously special counsel with Littler, rejoins the firm in the Washington, D.C., office from telecommunications and mass media company Charter Communications, where he served as vice president of labor relations.