Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Debt Finance Practice with the addition of Eugenio Bernal as a partner in Mexico City.

McGuireWoods is strengthening its fiduciary litigation capabilities with the arrival of New York partner Helen Gavaris, who brings over three decades of experience representing corporate fiduciaries and high-net-worth individuals in complex disputes.

Winston & Strawn LLP announced that three partners have joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office and Litigation Department. Scott Border joins the Intellectual Property Practice, while Daniel Chaudoin and Caitlin Mandel join the Government Investigations, Enforcement, and Compliance Practice.

Morgan Lewis continues to boost its global tax practice with the arrival of Matthew Schnall from WilmerHale. With a broad-based tax practice and experience advising on complex business-related tax matters as well as federal and state tax controversies, Matt joins Morgan Lewis as a partner resident in Boston.

Expanding its legacy liability insurance recovery capabilities, Morgan Lewis has welcomed Paul Fuener as a partner resident in Pittsburgh. Paul arrives from K&L Gates and will represent entities, including receiverships, in pursuing insurance proceeds recovery for legacy liabilities, including toxic torts and environmental damage.

Akin is pleased to announce that Ryan Fayhee, Roy (Ruoweng) Liu and Tyler Grove have joined the firm as partners in the Washington, D.C. office, further strengthening Akin’s cross-border compliance and investigations capabilities in an expanding criminal and regulatory enforcement environment. The trio intend to continue their focus on economic sanctions, export controls, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering compliance and investigations.

Sidley is pleased to announce that Vadim Brusser has joined as a partner in the firm’s Antitrust practice with a particular focus on merger clearance work for the firm’s growing Private Equity practice and for strategic corporate clients. He joins Sidley from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he counseled numerous private equity and strategic clients on U.S. and international competition issues.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has bolstered its global energy and infrastructure offerings with the hire of a nine-lawyer team in Paris led by partner Darko Adamovic, and including of counsel Vincent Poilleux and Alex Bluett, along with Pauline Portos, Romain Marchand, Etienne Paletto, Youssef Berrada, Emma Lavaysse di Battista and Farida Ouriachi.

The team advises on project development and finance in the energy and infrastructure sectors, both in France and internationally.

Global law firm Baker McKenzie announced that Justine Phillips has joined the Firm's Intellectual Property and Technology Practice as a Partner in Los Angeles. She brings extensive experience navigating complex cybersecurity and data privacy issues, including risk and resiliency, cyberattack and data breach preparedness and response, compliance and investigation, and cyber litigation.

Dentons announces that Michael Franzinger has joined the Firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology practice as a partner in its Washington, DC, office. Franzinger offers clients extensive experience in patent, trade secret and IP litigation, with a focus on the administrative law aspects of intellectual property protection, particularly Section 337 investigations before the International Trade Commission (ITC) and inter partes reviews before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.