Watson Farley & Williams is pleased to announce that dispute resolution expert Boon Tat Yeo has joined the firm as a Partner in Singapore. He was previously a Director at Quahe Woo & Palmer LLC.

Multinational law firm has hired property partner Patricia Pérez Lago in Madrid to join the firm’s real estate sector.

Patricia has over 13 years’ experience advising both international and domestic clients on complex real estate transactions, particularly on land planning matters. She regularly advises clients on transactions linked to real estate assets including land, residential buildings, tertiary premises and hotels, as well as industrial and logistic assets, with a specific focus on real estate investors.

Megan Lantz recently joined Dentons as a partner on the Iowa Immigration team. Megan helps individuals and families navigate the complex US immigration system, dedicating her career to advocating for immigrants through the family-based visa process or in immigration court.

DLA Piper has appointed David Quantrill as a partner in its London tax team. He is a highly respected private equity tax adviser with deep relationships with a broad range of private equity firms. 

David is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser who has worked for Deloitte, PwC and most recently FTI Consulting. He has a market leading track record of providing value added deal structuring on multi-billion-pound deals for a range of private equity firms, leading or co-leading on many of their largest M&A transactions.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Michael Weinberger will join the firm’s New York office as a partner.  Michael will continue his real estate finance practice, which is focused on commercial mortgage-backed securitization (CMBS), balance sheet, mezzanine and construction loan originations, restructurings, and secondary market transactions.

Gowling WLG is pleased to welcome Adam Garetson to its Blockchain & Smart Contracts and FinTech groups as a partner. He will be based in the firm’s Toronto office.

Taylor Wessing announces the appointment of Munir Suboh as a partner in their international IP and media group and establishing a new offering for clients with interests in the MENA region. Munir will be joining the team in our Dubai office in the next few weeks from BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates where he has been a partner and Head of Intellectual Property.  

Ankush Israni has joined the Firm as a partner in its Real Estate Practice. He is based in the Los Angeles Office.

Paul Hastings LLP announced that experienced capital markets lawyer Seo Salimi has joined the firm in New York as a partner, co-head of the equity capital markets practice, and co-chair of corporate life sciences practice.

Arnold & Porter announced that Gina Cavalier has joined the firm’s Life Sciences & Healthcare Regulatory practice as a partner, resident in Los Angeles. Over the past year, Arnold & Porter’s Life Sciences group was named a Practice Group of the Year by Law360 for its sustained commitment to providing creative and integrated support for the industry in critical regulatory, transactional, and litigation matters.