Dentons, the world’s largest global law firm, is pleased to welcome Juan D. Bendeck as a Shareholder in the Trusts, Estates, and Wealth Preservation practice. With over two decades of extensive experience, Bendeck is a trusted advisor to clients in estate planning, estate and trust administration, asset protection planning, fiduciary litigation, and Florida domicile planning matters in Naples (Collier County) and Fort Myers (Lee County), Florida.

Gowling WLG is pleased to announce Heather Jones has joined its Commercial Litigation Group as a partner in Vancouver.

Heather focuses her practice on complex corporate and commercial litigation matters, as well as construction and real estate litigation. 

Heather has broad experience representing clients in shareholder disputes and contract disputes, as well as in matters concerning officer and director liability, international fraud, fiduciary duty, governance, the purchase and sale of businesses, international fraud, negligence claims and employment.

DLA Piper is pleased to announce the arrival of partner Richard Zelichov in Los Angeles, the latest in a series of additions to the firm’s burgeoning West Coast corporate and securities litigation practice.

DLA Piper is further strengthening its Corporate practice in London with the appointment of Russell Holden as a partner in the London office. He joins from Taylor Wessing where he has been a partner since 2012 and will start on 3 July.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced that intellectual property litigation lawyer John McBride has joined the firm as a partner in the Chicago office.

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Christopher Lokken as a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds (AMIF) practice. He joins the firm’s Chicago office from Sidley Austin LLP. 

Charles Russell Speechlys announces the appointment of Marcus Yorke-Long as Head of the Firm’s Private Office. Marcus joins Charles Russell Speechlys from Barclays Private Bank and will be based in the Firm’s London office. His appointment is a further marker of the Firm’s strategic intent to cater for the changing demands of its private capital clients and their businesses ahead of the official launch in September.

Independent UK law firm Burges Salmon is pleased to announce the appointment of Katherine Flower as a new partner in its Employment Law team.

Katherine joins Burges Salmon from Slaughter and May.

With 17 years’ experience, she has a broad employment practice – advising FTSE-100 companies at board and C-Suite level on the employment aspects of complex corporate transactions and restructures, board level exits and appointments, and sensitive investigations and disputes.

Katherine will be based across both Burges Salmon’s London and Bristol offices.

Womble Bond Dickinson announced that Mariam W. Tadros has joined the firm’s Business Litigation group as a partner in northern Virginia. With more than 15 years of experience handling business litigation matters, Tadros has negotiated multi-million-dollar contract claims and obtained dismissals of claims on behalf of prominent organizations, associations, and individuals.

Global law firm, Clyde & Co has announced the appointment of medical negligence specialist Louise Jackson as a partner in its Manchester office.

Louise is an experienced defendant clinical negligence practitioner and is joining from Browne Jacobson where she worked since 2015 and was made partner in 2022. Her clients include the Medical Protection Society (MPS) with a focus on defending primary care practitioners and private clinicians, in addition to defending clinical negligence matters for NHS Resolution, private clients and insurers.