International law firm Bird & Bird has appointed Corporate expert Chris Clarke as partner in Sydney. He joined the firm along with Aaron Chan (Special Counsel) and Carl Ritchie (Associate). Chris’ appointment is the third lateral partner hire announced by the Australian office of the firm in the last month.
Stewarts welcomes two new partners to the firm. Alex Leitch joins the firm’s Commercial Litigation department and Chloe Derrick joins the Policyholder Disputes department.
Alex Leitch: Stewarts continues to grow its Commercial Litigation team with the hire of Alex Leitch. Alex joins from Paul Hastings, where he was Head of Complex Litigation.
Alex has over 30 years’ experience as a litigator, and a proven track record in resolving high-value and strategically important international disputes for both institutional clients and high net worth individuals.
Linklaters announces that Andrew Battisson has joined the firm in Singapore as a partner in its leading global Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations practice.
Andrew will lead the firm’s international arbitration practice in the Asia region including the Middle East and India, joining partners Jelita Pandjaitan and Rebecca James in Singapore and Justin Tang in Hong Kong.
Slaughter and May announces the appointment of Moira Thompson Oliver as Head of Business and Human Rights.
Moira, who will be part of the firm’s growing sustainability practice, joins from longstanding client Vodafone where she has led their Human Rights programme since 2021. Before that she was at BT and she is also an alumnus of the firm, having been a corporate associate until 1997.
Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed private equity partner Gautier Elies to its Paris Corporate practice. Gautier will enhance the firm's service offering and strengthen its ability to meet clients' needs in private equity and M&A.
Gautier joins Head of Consumer (International) and Head of Paris Corporate Catherine Detalle, with whom he began his career at Weil Gotshal & Manges, and five other partners in the Paris Corporate team.
Global law firm Goodwin announced the expansion of its global Technology and Life Sciences platform in Paris with the addition of partner Xavier Leroux.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Madrid office with the addition of two Global Mergers & Acquisitions partners, Ignacio Paz and Pablo Garcia-Nieto.
Ryan Shores has joined Cleary Gottlieb as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office, focusing on antitrust and litigation.
Dechert LLP announced that Sam Kay, one of the leading private equity fund lawyers in the UK, has joined the firm as a partner in the financial services and investment management practice in London.
International law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is expanding its Projects and Infrastructure team with the hire of two leading industry practitioners, Ben Shorten and Trinh Chubbock, who have joined the firm in London. Ben Shorten will serve as the head of Gibson Dunn’s EMEA Project Finance team.
Commenting on the hires, Barbara Becker, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Chair and Managing Partner, said: “We have been focused on growing our stellar EMEA projects and infrastructure team, and are thrilled to welcome Ben and Trinh to the group and to the firm.”