Tax attorney Andrew Siracuse has joined Holland & Knight's Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Public Policy & Regulation Group. Previously, he spent nearly two decades with U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a senior member of the Finance Committee and former Republican Whip, where he served as senior tax counsel and actively worked on policy related to appropriations, the federal budget, taxation, banking, insurance, retirement, pensions and Senate procedure.

Baker McKenzie announced that transactional lawyer Jenny Liu has joined the Firm as a Partner in its Transactional Practice. Jenny will work from the Firm’s New York and Palo Alto offices. She was a private equity partner at another major law firm.

We are pleased to welcome back Keith Newman as a partner in our Energy team.

Keith returns to the firm after three years as lead in-house counsel at a major global technology company, where he focused on construction and energy matters across EMEA. During this time, he advised on high-profile data centre developments and renewable energy procurement transactions.

The UK’s regional professional services business, Knights, has appointed four Partners as the business gets ready to open an office in Cardiff.

Dispute resolution specialist Will Baird, corporate lawyer Stewart Knights, tax and succession planning specialist Shaun Thomas and commercial property expert Scott Keddle, all join Knights as Partners – bringing decades of experience and contacts in Cardiff and South Wales.

Darren Deery Joins Irwin Mitchell As Partner And Head Of Medical Negligence In Scotland
Irwin Mitchell has bolstered its medical negligence services in Scotland with the appointment of Partner Darren Deery.

Darren, who previously sat on the management board of Drummond Miller, is one of Scotland’s most renowned medical negligence experts.

He has been ranked as a Band 1 individual on Chambers & Partners for 12 years with recognised expertise in surgical errors, delayed diagnoses and fatal accidents.

Dentons, Canada’s Global Law Firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Myron Mallia-Dare as a partner in the Corporate group in Toronto.

With extensive expertise in private equity, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate finance and venture financing, Myron is known for his business-focused approach and proven success advising Canadian and international private equity sponsors, venture capital funds, strategic investors and high-growth companies on complex transactions.

A&O Shearman is pleased to announce the appointment of Catherine Pedler, an experienced disputes partner, in Perth.
Catherine brings extensive expertise in commercial dispute resolution, contentious regulatory matters, and restructuring and insolvency.

She has a proven track record of managing complex and large-scale commercial disputes across various sectors including mining, energy, agribusiness, manufacturing, property, and financial services.

Welcoming Corporate Real Estate Partner David Evans

Global law firm Fried Frank announced that David Evans will be joining the firm as a partner in its Corporate Real Estate Practice in London. David has over 30 years of experience advising in the real estate arena, focused, in particular, on joint ventures, M&A and real estate fund structuring and formation.

Steven T. Kolyer, a leading securitization and structured products lawyer specializing in commercial real estate finance, has joined Cadwalader as co-head of the firm’s CRE CLO practice, based in New York. Steven will co-head the practice with Jeffrey Rotblat, a senior Cadwalader partner who is also a leader in commercial real estate securitization.

UK law firm TLT has hired commercial real estate expert, Jonathan O’ Hagan as partner in its national Real Estate team. Jonathan’s appointment forms part of strategic plans to continue to meet growing client demand for cross-jurisdictional real estate expertise.  Jonathan will be based in TLT’s Belfast office.

Jonathan has joined TLT from DWF, bringing over ten years of experience in the real estate sector.