Milbank LLP is pleased to announce that the London Private Equity team of Dickson Minto has joined the firm’s London office.

This team is led by Jordan Simpson and is one of the longest-established private equity teams in London. They bring a wealth of experience advising on complex and innovative transactions. In London, the team acts for a broad range of fund managers, private equity houses and corporations.

Law firm TLT has appointed corporate lawyer Douglas Roberts, as partner, reinforcing its UK-wide corporate team from Edinburgh and further bolstering the firm’s national corporate offering.

Previously a corporate partner at Lindsays, Douglas’ portfolio includes over twenty years of M&A, equity investments and corporate advisory work across a broad spectrum of clients, including SMEs, family businesses and start-ups. His general corporate experience spans a broad spectrum of sectors, including technology, energy supply, finance, retail, engineering and property. 

Charles Russell Speechlys announces the appointment of Ziva Robertson as a Partner within the Firm’s Private Wealth Disputes team. Ziva joins the Firm’s London office from McDermott Will & Emery, where she previously co-headed the London Private Client group.

International law firm Bird & Bird appoints James Moss as a partner in its leading Privacy & Data Protection practice in London.

Global law firm Pinsent Masons has hired partner Sylvia Tonova to the firm’s International Arbitration Practice.

Sylvia is a highly experienced international arbitration lawyer and has extensive experience in both international commercial and investment treaty arbitration focussing on complex, high-value disputes, often in the context of high-profile and politically sensitive projects and transactions. Sylvia will co-lead the firm’s investor-state dispute settlement and public international law team.

Vinson & Elkins announced that Kara Kuritz has joined the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C., adding depth to the firm’s Antitrust Transactional practice in the areas of merger control and foreign filings.

McGuireWoods is expanding its nationally ranked public finance practice with the arrival of Baltimore partner Melissa Messina, an attorney and former investment banker with deep experience advising and structuring financings for senior living communities and representing lenders and underwriters in complex finance transactions.

Heather MacDougall, a former chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) who most recently served as worldwide vice president of workplace health and safety at Amazon, joins Morgan Lewis as part of the firm’s expansive roster of lawyers with government and in-house experience. Heather also has more than 20 years of experience representing employers throughout the United States regarding labor and employment with a focus on Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) matters. She joins as a partner in the firm’s Miami office.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Tax Practice with the addition of Jeffrey Davis as a partner in Washington, DC. 

Paul Hastings LLP announced that leading commercial and securities litigator Jennifer Conn, who has represented some of the world’s largest businesses in bet-the-company litigation, has joined the firm as a partner. She will co-chair the firm’s securities litigation practice.