Dentons announces the addition of Sulema Medrano as a partner in its Commercial Litigation practice based in the Chicago office. Medrano offers clients a wealth of experience in leading complex commercial litigation cases, with a particular focus on breach of contract, fraud, misrepresentation and bad-faith claims in state and federal courts nationwide.

International law firm CMS has bolstered its Energy & Infrastructure team with the appointment of Sinéad Oryszczuk as partner in its London office.

Global law firm Goodwin announced the continued expansion of its global Private Investment Funds practice with the appointment of Nicole Peppe and Luke Bagley as partners, resident in the Boston office. The firm recently announced funds partners Manny Lauredo and Krishna Skandakumar in New York.

 Global law firm Ashurst has hired international arbitration practitioner Philip Chong as a partner based in London, as the firm continues to invest in and expand its international arbitration offering.

Philip Chong joins from DLA Piper, where he has been partner since 2006 and most recently head of the International Arbitration Practice for Europe for the last six years. His practice focuses on energy and infrastructure disputes as well as engineering and technical matters. Philip will join Ashurst in September 2023.

Winston & Strawn LLP announced the addition of Scott Delaney as a partner in the firm’s Dallas office. He joins the Transactions Department's Private Equity Transactions Practice and will have focused involvement with the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure industry group.

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, is pleased to announce that Bradford J. Kelley has joined the firm as a shareholder in the Washington, D.C., office. Kelley was previously Chief Counsel to Commissioner Keith Sonderling at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Sidley is pleased to announce that Joshua M. Samek has joined the firm’s M&A, Private Equity, and Capital Markets global practice groups as a partner in Miami. He joins Sidley from DLA Piper, where he co-chaired the firm’s Florida Corporate practice. Bradley Brodie will also be joining Sidley as counsel in Miami.

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has hired funds partner Benoît Rose who will be joining the Luxembourg office on 16 August, as head of its funds practice.

Benoît’s appointment comes shortly after the arrival of partner Dr. Jan Saalfrank, who joined the firm in February and senior associate Lissie Goldbach in May. 

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Mateja Maher and Adrian Grocock will join the London office as partners in the Private Equity & Investment Funds Practice. Highly regarded in their field, Maher and Grocock focus on structuring and establishing private funds across a variety of investment strategies, including buyout, infrastructure, real estate, and debt. They also advise across all types of secondary transactions.

Baker Botts LLP, a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced that Andrew Roche has joined its Singapore office as a partner in the Global Projects Department.