Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Rachel M. Reid has joined as partner in the firm’s Atlanta office, where she will practice as part of its Corporate and Insurance practice groups. As a business-oriented attorney with extensive in-house experience, including as a chief privacy officer for nearly a decade, Ms. Reid will support clients in critical areas of data privacy and security, corporate governance, risk management, operations, complex commercial transactions, technology transactions and outsourcing.

Global law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Whitney Lutgen as partner in its investment funds practice based in London, as the firm continues the growth of its international funds practice in response to increasing client demand.

CMS Francis Lefebvre strengthens its strategic presence in Morocco and announces the appointment of Johan Bruneau.

CMS Francis Lefebvre Morocco , historical subsidiary of CMS Francis Lefebvre for more than 75 years, announces the appointment of Johan Bruneau , lawyer in business law, experienced in the issues of Moroccan and transnational legal and administrative affairs.

Johan Bruneau , 39, has joined the CMS Francis Lefebvre Morocco team by taking responsibility for the Business Law / Mergers & Acquisitions department.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the addition of partner Elena Otero to its Transactions Practice Group based in Miami. Elena is a real estate dealmaker and strategist serving some of Florida’s wealthiest individuals, families, family offices and investors.

O’Melveny announced that versatile M&A and private equity lawyer Brian F. McKenna has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in its Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group, further strengthening O’Melveny’s transactional capabilities in the world’s most active deal market.

Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has boosted its construction practice with the hire of Slava Kiryushin in Dubai.

Slava advises international oil & gas companies and large contractors on major energy and infrastructure projects and complex technical agreements, with particular expertise on high-value arbitrations across a range of sectors.

He joins HFW on 1 May from DWF, where he was Global Co-Head of Infrastructure, Construction and Energy.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has strengthened its insurance practice through the hire of Jonathan Thorpe as a partner.

Jonathan brings extensive legal and insurance business experience to the firm, including eight years as head of claims and legal counsel for several managing agencies for Lloyd’s of London – the world’s largest insurance market. Prior to this, he was a partner in the insurance and reinsurance group at CMS Cameron McKenna LLP.

Global law firm DLA Piper has announced that Konstantinos (Kos) Vavelidis has joined the firm’s finance, projects and restructuring practice as a finance partner based in London.

Kos brings to the firm significant experience in the structured finance, derivatives, securitisation and asset-backed lending space, with a particular focus on Collateralised Loan Obligations (CLO) transactions. He joins from Paul Hastings, where he advised the major CLO arranger banks across Europe and acted for some of the largest CLO managers in the European market.

Jeff Schenk, former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of the San Jose Branch of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California, will join the Firm as a partner in the Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice. Mr. Schenk will be based in the Silicon Valley Office.