Further strengthening its market-leading financial restructuring practice, Paul Hastings LLP has added highly regarded lawyer Helena Potts as a partner in London.

Melinda Riechert, one of the nation’s elite labor and employment defense lawyers, joins Orrick’s employment practice as a partner in our Silicon Valley office.

Melinda has a distinguished record of jury and bench trial wins, as well as dispositive summary judgment motions and successful arbitration awards. She acts for many Orrick clients, including Pinterest, Juniper Networks, Hitachi and Maxar, among others.

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Michael Stortz as a partner in its Litigation and Dispute Resolution group. He joins the firm’s San Francisco office from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Stortz focuses his practice on defending significant consumer and data privacy class actions, including cases for Fortune 100 companies. Throughout his career, he has been retained to defend high profile class actions and other aggregate litigation, including mass arbitration campaigns.

Katten announced that Shira Selengut has joined the firm as a partner in its Tax department and member of its Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice in the firm's New York office.

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced that Géraldine Lezmi and Jean-Christophe David will join the Firm as partners in the Paris office.

Mariangela Di Giandomenico joins us in Italy as partner and head of the Italian Administrative and Public Law department.

She focuses on public law regulatory and litigation matters, particularly advising in M&A transactions.

Hagit Muriel Elul joins our international arbitration practice in New York from Hughes Hubbard, where she was co-leader of the arbitration group.

Hagit focuses on international arbitration and cross-border litigation matters for life sciences, energy and infrastructure, and tech clients in fora around the world.

She is the 11th partner to join Orrick’s litigation platform since the beginning of 2022 – including 9 litigators focused on life sciences.

International law firm CMS is pleased to announce the appointment of Anna Walsh as a partner in the firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance practice in London. The Group specialises in insurance and reinsurance, acting for many major insurers and insureds across a wide range of industries, advising on both contentious and non-contentious matters.
 

Ambitious Legal Firm Also Hires Property Tax Partner Jennie Newton

Irwin Mitchell is continuing to invest and build strength in depth within its transactional teams with the recruitment of five senior tax lawyers including a four-strong team from Knights.

The latest move by Irwin Mitchell adds two partners and three senior associates to the firm’s Corporate & Finance team which is headed up by Simon Owen.

Global law firm Ashurst announces the hire of two new partners in its Tax practice as part of a plan to expand the firm's tax controversy offering. Colin Little and Vanja Podinic will join Ashurst's Sydney office, focusing on tax disputes and helping clients manage tax risk and governance frameworks.