Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Jason Cabral and Sara Weed have joined the firm’s New York and Washington D.C. offices, respectively.  Cabral and Weed will continue their individual practices in regulatory and transactional matters for traditional financial services and FinTech clients, as well as advising clients in the development of payments, lending, and deposit products and services.

Kevin B. Hart, the former Acting Co-Director of Litigation for the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), has joined the Firm as a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Law Practice. Mr. Hart will be based in the Washington Office.

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Virginia Peters as a partner in the Corporate practice, accompanied by both Michelle Boudreau and Laura Braasch as counsel. They join the firm’s Dallas office from Winston & Strawn LLP.

Peters concentrates her practice on private equity, corporate governance, general corporate law, disclosure procedures, and human capital management. She partners with in-house counsel at companies to provide tailored support throughout their legal departments and operational teams.

Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its contentious regulatory, economic crime, and investigations practice with the arrival of David Capps. He will join as a partner in the firm's London office.

International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (BCLP) has added partner Luke Mines to the firm’s growing Corporate Real Estate and Funds team in London, who arrives from Morrison Foerster.

DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Boston-based partner Amy Lydon to the firm’s Patent Litigation subgroup within the Intellectual Property & Technology (IPT) group.

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Prem Malali has joined the Global Energy Group as a partner in the New York office. As a highly experienced energy project development and project finance attorney with a strong focus on renewable energy, Mr. Malali will further enhance the firm’s legal services that address the full lifecycle of energy projects. 

Specializing in all areas of competition, Mark English strengthens Garrigues’ international practice in this area.

Garrigues has reinforced its competition practice with the addition of Mark English as a new partner in the Brussels office. His appointment is subject to approval at the next partners’ meeting.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced that Ed Aldred will join the firm’s Private Equity practice.

Ed is a leading figure in the EMEA private equity leverage finance market with outstanding experience in some of the biggest European buy-outs of recent times. Ed will join us from a leading international firm where he was co-head of the financial sponsor leveraged finance practice for the past 5 years.

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its White Collar Defense & Special Investigations and Litigation practices with the addition of Kevin G. Walsh as a shareholder in the New Jersey office. Walsh joins from Gibbons P.C., where he co-chaired that firm’s Government & Regulatory Affairs Group and was a member of its Executive Committee. During a period of his work at Gibbons, Walsh also served as the Acting General Counsel of Seton Hall University.