Milbank LLP is pleased to announce the arrival of a team of three highly regarded structured finance partners led by market-leading partner Michael L. Urschel to the Alternative Investments Practice in New York. The team joins the firm from King & Spalding LLP and includes partners Martin Y. Eid and Kathryn (Katie) Weiss.
Robert Trust joins Orrick as a Partner in our Restructuring group in New York.
Robert, who joins from Linklaters, focuses on representing lenders in distressed and special situations.
He is the second partner to join Orrick’s Restructuring team this month, following the arrival of Aurélien Loric in Paris.
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has continued to expand its leading insurance offering with the hire of senior partner Mark Meyer.
Mark has more than 20 years' experience advising insurers and reinsurers on coverage and other disputes, and joins HFW's London office from the US law firm Crowell & Moring, where he headed its European insurance practice. Crowell insurance associate Marli Wildschut also joins HFW as part of the move.
Squire Patton Boggs has expanded its Funds Practice in London with the appointment of Rob Eke as partner in its Financial Services Practice Group. Mr. Eke joins from MJ Hudson, the specialist service provider to the asset management industry, where he was a partner in its London office.
Watson Farley & Williams is delighted to announce that international disputes expert Nathan Eastwood has joined the firm as Partner in Sydney. He joins from Clifford Chance in Australia, where he was Counsel in their Global Investment Treaty Arbitration and Mining team.
Womble Bond Dickinson announced that Elizabeth J. Campbell has joined the firm as a partner in the Business Litigation group. Campbell has extensive experience representing corporations, partnerships, and individuals in business disputes across multiple jurisdictions. She joins Womble from Locke Lord, where she was a member of that firm’s board of directors and served as the litigation coordinator for the southeast.
International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has strengthened its London restructuring and insolvency practice with the appointment of Amy Gallimore who joins as partner.
Amy specialises in corporate and personal insolvency law, representing insolvency practitioners and stakeholders affected by financial distress including directors, shareholders and creditors.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright added six partners to significantly strengthen its US offering in two of the firm's key sectors: Financial Institutions (including Insurance) and Technology.
Joining from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, the six-partner group is made up of:
Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed finance lawyer, David Wyles, to play a leading role in growing its energy & infrastructure M&A finance capability. David joins partner Alex Carver, who moved from global law firm, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer last year to take on the role of Global Co-Head of Energy & Infrastructure Finance.
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance announced the arrival of antitrust litigation partners Joseph Ostoyich and William Lavery in its US Antitrust practice. Ostoyich and Lavery specialize in competition and antitrust litigation, a core element of the firm's extensive global offering delivered by more than 200 attorneys, including 40 partners, across the firm's international presence.