Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Laurent Badoux as a shareholder in its Phoenix office. Badoux, who was an attorney and shareholder with Littler from 2002 to 2013, rejoins the firm from Buchalter, where he led the Arizona Labor & Employment practice group.
Matthew Smith has joined Cooley’s fund formation practice group as a partner in the Boston office. He arrives from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a leader of their venture capital funds practice, steering some of the industry’s most high-profile and complex venture capital and digital asset fund formations.
Global law firm Reed Smith has announced the appointment of Dr. Nikolaus von Jacobs as partner and Christian von Sydow as senior counsel in the firm’s Munich office. They both join from McDermott Will & Emery (MWE).
Ted Powers has joined the Firm as a partner in the Corporate Practice. He will be based in the New York Office.
Mr. Powers has more than 20 years of experience practicing corporate law, including private and public mergers and acquisitions, asset and stock transactions, minority investments and general corporate and securities matters. He has played a lead role in negotiating, managing, and implementing a number of high-stakes private equity, M&A, and corporate transactions for clients in a wide range of industries.
Milbank LLP is pleased to announce the addition of market-recognized finance, capital markets and restructuring partner Lawrence G. Wee to the Alternative Investments Group in New York.
“We are thrilled to welcome Larry to Milbank,” said Milbank Chairman Scott A. Edelman. “Larry is well-known as a substantively excellent lawyer with significant finance, capital markets and restructuring expertise, which will be invaluable as we continue to grow the capabilities of both our Alternative Investments and Financial Restructuring practices globally.”
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced that life sciences specialist Machteld Hiemstra has joined its dispute resolution practice in Amsterdam.
Machteld brings 25 years of experience in health and life sciences (HLS) regulatory and for product liability matters, with a high-profile client following and significant expertise across pharmaceuticals, medical devices and biotechnology. Joining as a partner from Pinsent Masons LLP, Machteld previously worked for Simmons for eight years prior to this as a principal counsellor.
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has expanded its corporate and commercial practice in the UAE by hiring Sumit Ram as a partner.
With expertise in domestic and cross-border transactions for sovereign wealth funds, corporates and funds, Sumit advises across a number of business areas, including digital infrastructure, technology, healthcare and life sciences, real estate, energy and natural resources. He has been in the UAE for five years having previously spent considerable time in Hong Kong.
David Blumental has joined the firm as a partner in the corporate and commercial team and Head of Energy and Infrastructure, Asia, effective 1 May. His appointment further bolsters Simmons’ cross-border M&A capability and marks an important step in the development of the firm’s energy, natural resources and infrastructure practice in the Asia Pacific and Greater China region.
Clyde & Co, has hired Liam Hennessy as a partner in Brisbane, Australia, to join its financial services regulatory team. Liam, together with an experienced team of seven, will form part of the firm’s global corporate and regulatory offering.
Dentons Canada is pleased to welcome Morgan Burris as a partner in the Firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Construction groups in Vancouver. A highly-skilled litigator with extensive experience in complex commercial litigation, Morgan has a proven record of successfully representing clients in the construction, environmental, intellectual property, and film and television sectors.