Cleary Gottlieb welcomes David Botter as a partner in its New York office, focusing on restructuring.

“I am thrilled to welcome David to the firm,” said Cleary Managing Partner Michael Gerstenzang. “In the current economic environment, clients can continue to rely on our lawyers to provide clear advice on the legal and commercial landscape for highly complex, often multijurisdictional, restructurings. David is joining our stellar global restructuring and capital solutions practice, which focuses on providing thoughtful and actionable strategic advice at the highest level.”

Dentons announces that Amianna Stovall has joined the Firm’s Commercial Litigation practice as a partner in the New York office. Stovall assists clients with complex commercial and financial services litigation.

Series of new senior hires in Birmingham expands firm’s private client credentials in the Midlands

Irwin Mitchell has expanded its national private client team with a series of new senior hires in Birmingham. The firm, which has the 2nd largest private client team in the country by fee earner count, is now offering a full private client service in the region.

Partner Jessica Beddows and Associate Reiss Taylor have joined Partner Ian Bond, who started in January.

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Abigail Smith has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office and as a member of the Capital Markets and Public Company Representation Practices. Smith represents issuers, underwriters, and other parties across an array of capital markets transactions, with a primary focus on the real estate investment trust (REIT), financial services, and hospitality industries. She also advises clients on ongoing disclosure, reporting, and broader corporate governance matters.

Baker McKenzie continues to invest in and develop its business in Bahrain by expanding its real estate practice with the strategic addition of Khaled Zowayed as a Partner. Khaled will join Baker McKenzie in Bahrain from Bahrain Real Estate Investment Company (Edamah) and have a focus on commercial real estate related matters involving the Saudi Arabia and Bahrain markets. 

Kirkland & Ellis announced that Rachel Sheridan, one of the country’s leading capital markets lawyers, has joined the Firm as a partner.

“Rachel is widely recognized as one of the leading capital markets attorneys in Big Law. She’s an exceptionally talented lawyer with deep experience in sophisticated debt, equity and distressed capital markets transactions. We could not be more excited to have a lawyer of Rachel’s caliber join our Firm,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee.

Womble Bond Dickinson is expanding its Patent Prosecution and Litigation practice with five lawyers from Moyles IP, a boutique firm focused on protecting the IP rights of domestic and international clients in the advanced manufacturing, medical device, oil and gas, consumer products, durable medical equipment, machine learning software, communications, and electronics sectors. Lisa Moyles leads the group consisting of Jason Rockman, Janelle O’Neill, Jason Radachy, and Bradley Shelowitz. The team will be based in the firm’s New York, Raleigh, N.C., and Washington, D.C., offices.

Wolf Theiss appoints Katarína Matulníková as new Managing Partner of its Bratislava office. Katarína brings with her two decades of experience and top-tier rankings in employment law – expertise which will also see her head the Employment practice. Wolf Theiss Bratislava celebrated its 20th anniversary last year and is primed.

Katten announced that Eric R. Hail has joined the firm as a partner in the Class Action and Consumer Finance Litigation practice in Dallas.

Hail represents banks, consumer finance companies and fintechs in litigation and regulatory compliance and enforcement matters. He also advises clients on federal and state law compliance matters and defends them in litigation and regulatory investigations and enforcement actions.

TLT has hired two of the City’s most experienced structured finance practitioners in succession, bringing the structured finance partner head count to seven, making it one of the most skilled teams in the UK and strengthening the firm’s structured finance offering from its London office.