King & Spalding announced that leading antitrust and consumer protection lawyer Sean Royall has joined the firm as a partner in its Trial and Global Disputes practice group. Royall, who will serve as the firm’s Global Practice Head for Antitrust and Consumer Protection, is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and Houston offices and will also spend significant time in the firm’s Brussels office.

Womble Bond Dickinson announced the further expansion of its Government Contracts and Cross-Border Trade practice with the addition of partners Robert Broadbent and Cherylyn Harley LeBon in the firm’s Charlottesville and Tysons, Virginia, offices, respectively. Broadbent represents clients in international trade and national security matters and government investigations in the commercial and defense sectors. LeBon focuses her practice on government contracts and corporate matters, including regulatory compliance.

Commercial law firm Hill Dickinson has announced two lateral partner hires with the appointment of commercial litigation partner Amanda Burge and corporate restructuring and advisory partner Lemi McAuley. Their arrival brings the number of partner hires across the firm to 18 in the past 12 months.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft has announced that Andy Crocombe has joined the firm as a partner in its Professional and Commercial Risks team in Bristol, to lead a specialist team defending claims brought by students and pupils against universities, colleges and schools. This team forms part of the firm's wider education offering, which provides a full range of legal services to the education sector including government bodies and regulators.

Robert J. Nolan has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Trial Practice Group in its San Francisco office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Nolan was a partner at DLA Piper.

“As we celebrate our 25th year in San Francisco, I am thrilled with the ongoing expansion of our office here,” said Duane Morris Chairman and CEO Matthew A. Taylor. “California is central to our growth strategy, and we continue to generate forward momentum with new, talented partners like Rob Nolan.”

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP  added two attorneys to its Health Care & FDA Practice in Philadelphia: Brad M. Rostolsky joined as a shareholder and Catherine E. David Galea joined as of counsel.

Combined, these practitioners bring decades of health care regulatory and transactional experience to the firm, part of a larger strategic initiative to strengthen and expand these elements of the practice and its footprint, regionally and nationally.

Akin is pleased to announce that Max Karpel has joined the firm as a partner in its market-leading investment management practice in the New York office.

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced that Jennifer Haworth McCandless and María Carolina Durán have joined the International Disputes Section of the Litigation Department as partner and special counsel, respectively, in Washington, D.C. 

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Geoffrey Greeves to the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice area. He joins the firm’s Washington, D.C., office from Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP.

We are pleased to welcome Toronto-based partners Daniel Shapira and Jonathan ‎Born to our Real Estate practice. ‎