Brown Rudnick announced that Kevin Brown has joined its New York office as a partner in the Tax group.

Brown advises clients on matters involving executive compensation and employee benefits, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, financings and corporate restructurings. He counsels clients on equity-based and other incentive compensation plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and executive employment, severance and change in control agreements, as well as on tax-qualified plan, welfare plan and ERISA fiduciary matters.

Arnold & Porter announced that Meredith Osborn, former San Francisco City Attorney’s Office Chief Trial Deputy, has joined the firm’s White Collar Defense & Investigations practice as a partner, resident in San Francisco. Osborn led the City’s trial team while she was with the City Attorney’s Office.

Leading full-service law firm Shakespeare Martineau has welcomed partner Selina Hinchliffe to lead its East Midlands and South Yorkshire commercial intellectual property (IP) team.

Selina specialises in transactional and advisory IP matters, including drafting and negotiating a range of agreements such as innovation R&D, sponsorship, merchandise and publishing agreements. She also advises on IP strategy and policy, regularly working on the IP aspects of wider commercial deals, corporate transactions and joint ventures.

Charles Russell Speechlys announces the appointment of David Cordova Flores as Tax Partner in the Luxembourg office. His arrival allows Charles Russell Speechlys Luxembourg to reinforce its tax team, and to expand its services in tax advisory.

David has over two decades of experience guiding clients through complex international tax planning and structuring matters. His practice focuses mainly on the assistance of clients from Spain and LatAm using Luxembourg as a gateway to structure their investments globally.

National Law Firm’s Property Division Now Has 30 Partners And Over 150 qualified Lawyers

National law firm Irwin Mitchell is expanding its Construction & Engineering Team with the recruitment of a new partner, Joanna Preece, who will be based in the firm’s London office. 

Jacqueline A. Brooks has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in its Baltimore office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Brooks was a partner at Saul Ewing LLP. At Duane Morris, Brooks will serve as chair of the firm’s newly established REIT Division within its Corporate practice.

Building on a year of unprecedented expansion, Womble Bond Dickinson planted a flag in the Mile High City with the addition of prominent partners Scot Anderson and Ana Maria Gutiérrez in Denver. Formerly with Hogan Lovells, they bring extensive regulatory and transactional experience and further strengthen the firm’s Energy and Natural Resources and Environmental Regulation, Disputes, and Litigation practices. 

Trowers has hired specialist energy lawyer, Josh Partridge, to join its Energy and Sustainability team. A lateral hire, Josh joins as a partner in a move that adds his considerable experience and focus on renewable generation, energy storage and digital technologies to the firm's market-leading team.

Global law firm Kennedys continues its US expansion with the addition of two new partners to its insurance coverage practice group. Laura B Dowgin is returning to the firm’s New York office,  and Terri A Sutton joins our west coast team and will be working out of Seattle.

The digitalisation of the economy is gaining increasing momentum across all sectors, creating significant legal challenges for businesses. It is also influencing a significant acceleration of transactional activity. The law firm Osborne Clarke recognises these trends and incorporates them into its strategy. Responding to clients' needs, the firm is strengthening its ranks with lawyers specialising in these areas.