Morgan Lewis is bolstering its commercial real estate finance bench with the addition of former Stroock & Stroock & Lavan partner Michael (Mike) McCarthy. Arriving as a partner resident in New York, Mike will continue to advise institutional lenders, borrowers, and investors on a variety of commercial real estate finance and related matters.
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced that prominent energy industry dealmaker Cody Carper has joined the Firm as a partner in the Corporate Department, based in the Houston office.
“We’re delighted to welcome Cody to our rapidly expanding energy practice. His deep industry expertise, background in M&A and private equity and varied experience in the energy sector make him a perfect fit with our growing team in Houston,” said Weil Executive Partner Barry Wolf.
Mayer Brown announced that Anne Wicks joined the firm as a partner in its Global Energy group in Dubai, where she will focus on project development, corporate and finance transactions in the Middle East involving upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), power (including renewables), water and other infrastructure areas including PPPs. Anne joins from White & Case, where she was the managing partner of its Doha office.
TLT’s future energy team continues to grow with the hire of Michael Kruger as partner in its commercial services group in London.
International law firm DAC Beachcroft has announced the appointment of partners Giles Tagg and Simon Mathews, strengthening the firm's construction disputes offering within its Global Insurance practice.
Giles and Simon, both highly regarded practitioners in the national insurance and construction market, join DACB from the construction and insurance specialist law firm, Beale & Co. There, Giles was the lead construction litigator in its Bristol office, working with Simon on some of the most complex and high value claims against construction professionals and companies.
Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its private wealth practice with the arrival of partner Alastair Glover, who joins the firm in Dubai.
Alastair is a private wealth partner with more than 15 years' experience advising high-net worth individuals and families, family offices and trustees on global estate planning and tax efficient investment structures. He is ranked in Band 1 in Chambers High Net Worth and is technical director of the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP) Arabia.
DLA Piper New Zealand is pleased to welcome Daniel Street as a new Auckland-based partner in its Litigation and Regulatory Practice Group.
Daniel has most recently worked at Chapman Tripp, and before that Slaughter & May in London.
Freshfields announced that Gayle Klein has joined the firm’s litigation practice as partner in New York.
A nationally recognized commercial litigator, Gayle has led clients to high profile victories in a spectrum of disputes involving complex financial transactions, fraud claims, trade secrets, non-compete undertakings and major contracts. She also is particularly adept at defending against class actions. Her clients include private equity firms, financial institutions and public and private companies.
DLA Piper has appointed leading renewables lawyer, Luke Westmore, as a projects and infrastructure partner to be based in Melbourne.
Luke joins us from PwC Legal and prior to that K&L Gates. Luke is a front-end project and infrastructure partner who for the last 15 years has had an exclusive focus on large scale renewable energy projects in Australia and internationally. His clients are mix of international and Australian companies.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added Craig Waugh to its Phoenix office as a shareholder in the Litigation Practice.