Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Dr Thomas Dörmer and Dr Tim Heitling are joining the Corporate & Finance practice group as corporate infrastructure and energy partners in Berlin. They join from Dentons and bring with them other members of their existing team.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced the addition of Susan Rohol, who has joined the Firm as a partner in the Los Angeles and New York offices. A leading privacy and data strategy lawyer with experience in the communications and entertainment sectors and on Capitol Hill, Susan most recently served as the Chief Privacy Officer for Warner Bros. Discovery. Susan’s practice is focused on advising clients on legal issues and regulations spanning technology, privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, intellectual property and global government affairs.

Tarsha A. Phillibert has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Trial Practice Group in its Washington, D.C.. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Phillibert was a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section.

Katten announced that Joshua M. Altman has joined the firm as a partner in the Insolvency and Restructuring practice in Chicago.

Altman represents major national and international companies throughout the lifecycle of both in-court and out-of-court restructuring processes. He guides clients in financial distress and frequently counsels lenders, trade partners and others dealing with the financial hardship of another company, including investors looking to pursue strategic assets from troubled companies.

Faisal Delawalla has joined the Firm as a partner in the Corporate Practice. He is based in the Chicago Office.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to welcome partner Usman Khan to our Transactions Practice Group in London.

Schulte Roth & Zabel is proud to announce the addition of David Curtiss as a partner in the M&A and Securities Group in New York.

David has extensive experience handling a wide variety of capital markets transactions, representing sponsors, companies, bondholders and underwriters in private preferred equity and PIPE investments, in and out-of-court restructuring transactions, exchange offers, leveraged buyouts, initial public offerings, follow-on equity offerings, high-yield debt offerings, SPAC transactions and investment-grade debt offerings.

Global law firm Squire Patton Boggs will open its 16th European location with the launch of an office in Amsterdam, continuing a corporate and private equity expansion strategy that has seen the firm recently open an office in Dublin and add practitioners in Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, and Paris.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft is pleased to welcome commercial and construction disputes specialist Alistair Dean as a partner in its national Professional & Commercial Risks team in Scotland.  Alistair joins DACB from Scottish law firm Anderson Strathern.

International law firm Bird & Bird has appointed IP specialist Thierry Lautier as a partner in Paris. He joined the firm on 31 July 2023.