A&L Goodbody LLP has appointed Aisling Muldowney as a partner in its Employment group. Aisling rejoins the firm from Google where she was EMEA Employment Counsel for three years. Before that, Aisling trained with ALG and spent 12 years in its IP/IT and Employment teams. Aisling advises domestic and international clients on all aspects of employment law – both contentious and non-contentious. She specialises in advising clients on 'atypical' workers such as fixed term employees, agency workers and contractors.

Jeff Goldfarb, a top acquisition finance lawyer with more than two decades of experience advising clients on private equity-led deals, has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in New York.

Terence is a dispute resolution and aviation partner covering regulatory, commercial and uninsured aviation work. He brings many years of experience acting for a diverse portfolio of aviation and aerospace clients from across the region. Key hire further boosts Clyde & Co’s aviation practice in APAC – the fastest growing aviation market in the world.

Global law firm Clyde & Co has announced the partner hire of Terence Liew in Singapore. Terence is a dispute resolution and aviation partner covering regulatory, commercial and uninsured aviation work in Asia. 

A 10-strong consumer financial services class action litigation and regulatory team anchored by three partners, Arjun Rao, Brian Frontino, and Allen Denson, is joining Morgan Lewis across five offices. The team, which includes seven other lawyers, is arriving from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP and will add increased depth to our comprehensive capabilities and offerings to the financial services industry.

Paul Hastings LLP announced that prominent intellectual property trial lawyer Rudy Kim has joined the firm’s top-of-market IP Litigation practice as a partner based in Palo Alto.

“With Rudy’s impressive patent litigation experience, we add further breadth to our widely recognized IP litigation practice while also demonstrating our ongoing commitment to grow in California with premier legal talent,” said Paul Hastings Chair Frank Lopez. “We couldn’t be happier that he has joined us.”

Mayer Brown announced that Richard Nelson joined the firm as a partner in its Global Energy group, with a particular focus on liquefied natural gas (LNG), upstream oil and gas, energy M&A and energy projects and disputes. He joins from King & Spalding with over 25 years’ experience in the energy industry.

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Jamie Jackson as a partner, Thomas “Finch” Fulton as a government affairs advisor, and Leonard Bickwit as an of counsel in the firm's leading Public Policy and Law practice. They join K&L Gates’ Washington, D.C., office, and are among more than 165 partners and of counsel the firm has welcomed across its global platform since the beginning of 2020.

Leading full-service law firm Shakespeare Martineau has welcomed new partner Julia Rosenbloom to its Birmingham private client team, specialising in tax.

With more than 20 years’ post-qualified experience, Julia has joined Shakespeare Martineau after a decade at Evelyn Partners (formerly Smith & Williamson), where she was most recently a private client tax partner focused on owner-managed businesses, real estate, international and complex high net-worth individuals.

Global, sector-focused law firm HFW is expanding its construction and commercial litigation practice with the hire of Partner Ken Hickman in Melbourne. Ken re-joins HFW from Jones Day, having previously worked as an associate in the firm's Singapore office 10 years ago.

Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its technology practice with the arrival of partner Jenna Franklin, who joins the firm in London.