Milbank LLP recently welcomed Richard G. Parker and Grant A. Bermann as partners in Washington, DC, further strengthening the firm’s Global Antitrust and Competition group with a leading US antitrust team. Mr. Parker is a preeminent antitrust expert, who in recent decades has earned high accolades as one of the nation’s leading trial lawyers, and is a former Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition. Mr.

Baker McKenzie continues to grow its bench strength in Hong Kong with the appointment of leading Capital Markets and US Securities lawyer Chen Sheng. This comes only three months after the appointment of Tess Lumsdaine, as the Firm continues to respond to increased client demand.

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Scott Graham as an asset and corporate finance partner in the Pittsburgh office. Graham joins the firm from Dentons Cohen & Grigsby, reuniting him with a team of seven corporate and private equity partners that moved to K&L Gates’ Pittsburgh office in January. They are among 160 partners and of counsel the firm has added across its platform since the beginning of 2020.

Burges Salmon is pleased to announce the appointment of private equity specialist Andrew Mills as a partner in its Corporate and M&A team.

Andrew joins Burges Salmon from MJ Hudson, where he was a partner and head of its M&A team.

Andrew's practice focuses on providing advice concerning private equity, infrastructure and general corporate transactions, including competitive auction sales, GP-led portfolio sales and investments into GPs, co-investments, joint ventures and equity fundraising.

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance announced that insurance transactional and regulatory partner Francis R. Monaco has joined the firm's US Insurance practice.

Monaco brings more than 26 years of experience helping insurance and reinsurance companies and other financial institutions across the spectrum of transactional and regulatory matters, including life and non-life mergers and acquisitions, and reinsurance and structured finance transactions.

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP is pleased to announce that Shea Coulson has joined the Vancouver office as a partner in our Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations group. ‎

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP added Jacob Schtevie and Brad Laken as Partners in the firm’s Chicago office.  They represent banks, direct lenders and other debt investors in a wide range of lending transactions and debt investments focused largely on sponsor-backed transactions.

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced that James J. Beha II has joined its Litigation Department as a partner in the New York office.

Sidley is pleased to announce that Chad Ehrenkranz has joined as a partner in the firm’s Healthcare practice in New York and Miami with a particular focus on private equity transactions. Mr. Ehrenkranz joins Sidley from Kirkland & Ellis LLP where he played a key role in the healthcare transactional practice, with a focus on regulatory and enforcement matters, on behalf of private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies.

Laura Lariu, Nikita Shah and Alexandra Wood have joined the firm as partners in the firm’s Tech Companies Group.

Laura joins from space innovator Relativity Space, where she served as General Counsel and helped lead the company through a period of transformational growth.

Niki was most recently at MasterClass, where she served as the Associate General Counsel and helped lead the company through a period of hypergrowth.

Alex joins from Fenwick, where she led multiple tech unicorns in their strategic transactions.