Dennis Coghlan has joined the Firm as a partner in the Real Estate Practice. He is based in the Chicago Office.

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Dominic Gregory as a finance partner in its Tokyo office. Gregory joins K&L Gates from the London office of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.

Womble Bond Dickinson announced that Jason Myers joined the firm as a partner in Houston. With wide-ranging transactional experience, Myers focuses his practice on finance, commercial real estate, and economic development. His experience as outside counsel at Am Law 100 firms includes specialized projects in the energy, public-private partnership, and corporate sectors.

TLT has expanded its UK-wide employment team with the appointment of Amy Stokes, employment partner, in Manchester.

Joining from Forbes Solicitors where she was a partner in the employment team, Amy brings over 15 years of experience providing strategic legal counsel and solutions to clients across various sectors.

Mishcon de Reya has continued the strong growth of its Real Estate practice with the hire of a new Construction Disputes Partner. Alexandra Clough will join its London office from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP).

Alex's arrival follows the recent appointments of Construction Real Estate Partners Marc Hanson and Adriano Amorese, both also formerly of BCLP. Marc joined the firm in September 2022 and Adriano joined in October 2022.

Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the addition of partner Andrea Dinamarco to its global Financial Services Practice.

She joins the firm from Reed Smith and previously served as corporate counsel at Tesla, supporting the CFO and global finance teams, and was lead counsel for international treasury operations at GM Financial.

“Andrea is a versatile practitioner with an international practice who brings valuable insights from her experience working in-house. We are delighted she is joining our team,” said James Barresi, global leader of the Financial Services.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft’s Claims Solutions Group is pleased to announce the appointment of complex and large loss injury claims specialist Sara Lowther as a partner in its national Casualty practice.

Sara, who joins DACB’s Manchester office from Clyde & Co, has over 18 years’ experience of working with international insurers and corporate clients to resolve complex, high value claims.

Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its asset finance practice with the arrival of partner Florent Rigaud, who joins the firm in Paris.

Law firm Shoosmiths has super-charged its energy & infrastructure team with the addition of two new London-based partners.

Chris Pritchett, who previously led the energy practice at Foot Anstey, and Levent Gurdenli, who was a partner at Weightmans, have joined the multi-disciplinary practice.

Dentons has welcomed Partner Warren Scott to its Corporate practice in Melbourne.

The move marks another big step in Dentons’ growth strategy, which has a target of doubling revenue in Australia in the next five years. Warren is the ninth partner to join Dentons in less than 12 months.

Warren brings 25 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, structuring, franchising and network development, international trade, competition law and capital raising.