Law firm TLT has appointed Emma Bradley, one of the leading tax lawyers in the South West and specialising in tax disputes, as a partner in its UK-wide corporate and incentives tax team.
The appointment is part of the firm’s strategic growth of its tax practice, to further enhance the comprehensive legal support and tax advisory service provided to clients on complex commercial transactions and business structures.
Fried Frank announced that Chris Barron has joined the firm as a partner in the Finance Practice in London. He arrives from the London office of Dickson Minto, where he served as head of the banking and finance team.
Barron advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as privately owned businesses, on leveraged finance transactions, including UK-based and cross-border loan and bank/bond deals. He also advises on general corporate lending and restructuring transactions.
National law firm Weightmans has welcomed Orla Scanlan and Nicola Howlett to its growing police team
Previously head of the national police team and the Misfeasance Practice Group lead at BLM (now Clyde & Co), Orla represents police forces and their insurers across the UK. She joins Weightmans London office but will work across the UK. She is joined by Nicola Howlett, solicitor and expert in defending civil actions against police forces who has also joined the firm from Clyde & Co.
Gabriel Solís Vinueza has joined Dentons Paz Horowitz as a new partner, strengthening the firm's Infrastructure and Public-Private Partnerships practice.
With more than 13 years of experience in the field, Gabriel professional practice focuses on public-private partnerships, infrastructure, banking and corporate law and arbitration.
Dentons announces that Daniel A. Schnapp has joined the Firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology (IP&T) practice as a partner residing in the New York office.
DLA Piper continues to add depth to its Washington, DC office with the addition of partner Samantha Chaifetz to the firm’s Litigation practice within the Appellate subgroup.
Chaifetz will serve as co-chair of the firm’s Appellate Advocacy practice. She joins Stan Panikowski, a partner in the San Diego office, in this leadership role.
DLA Piper is pleased to announce Bennett Borden has joined the firm as Chief Data Scientist of the newly-created Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics Practice. Borden joins alongside approximately 10 top-tier data scientists who have worked together for the past decade.
Linklaters is pleased to announce that Marius Griskonis and Judy Kwok have joined the firm’s New York office as partners in the Energy & Infrastructure Group. Marius joins as Co-Head of Energy & Infrastructure in the Americas alongside Ron Erlichman, who joined the firm in November. Diana Jeschke will also join Linklaters’ Energy & Infrastructure Group as a senior counsel based in the firm’s Washington, DC office as of March 13.
O’Melveny announced that Robert Wann Jr. has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in its Corporate Finance Practice Group, strengthening O’Melveny’s complex finance capabilities in the world’s most active deal market.
Beth Sasfai has joined Cooley as a partner in New York, where she will lead the firm’s ESG advisory practice. Arriving from Verizon, where she served as chief ESG officer and senior vice president of corporate governance, Sasfai has extensive experience developing robust ESG strategies and driving forward a wide range of ESG initiatives – from corporate governance and board affairs to ESG reporting and shareholder engagement issues and more. As a member of the firm’s public companies group, Sasfai will advise public and private companies, investment funds, and their boards.