Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that David Woodcock has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a partner. Woodcock, formerly Assistant General Counsel – Corporate at ExxonMobil Corporation, will serve as Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Securities Enforcement Practice Group.
Dechert LLP announced that an elite team of antitrust practitioners is joining the firm, including partners John A. (“Jay”) Jurata, Jr. (Washington, D.C.), Russell Cohen (San Francisco) and Douglas Lahnborg (London).
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP announced that partners Martin J. Weinstein and Jeffrey D. Clark have joined the firm’s Global Litigation Group in Washington, DC. Weinstein and Clark most recently practiced at Willkie Farr.
Wolf Theiss welcomes Igor Muszyński as a new partner leading the Energy & Natural Resources team in Warsaw. Igor is a pioneer in the energy sector in Poland, co-author of the country’s Energy Law and a recognised authority in his field.
With over three decades of experience, Igor is a prominent energy sector lawyer in Poland, having worked for the Ministry of Economy drafting the Energy Law adopted in 1997. He has extensive experience advising on major transactions and projects in conventional and renewable energy, including off-shore wind projects.
Mónica Bolaños will form part of the Bogotá tax team while Mireia del Pozo joins the Barcelona administrative law team
Garrigues has reinforced its team with the hiring of two eminent female partners. Mónica Bolaños will form part of the Bogotá tax practice while Mireia del Pozo joins the Barcelona administrative and constitutional law practice. Both appointments, which will be submitted for approval to the next Partners’ Meeting, reflect the firm’s strategy of consolidating its position as a leading provider of business law advice.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke continues to expand its corporate team with the appointment of Louise Grzasko as a partner.
Louise returns to Osborne Clarke from Cheltenham-based BPE Solicitors where she held the position of partner and head of the corporate team.
We are delighted to have added another experienced partner to our growing regulatory team.
Sally Hancock joins from Clyde & Co where she headed up the national safety, health and environment regulatory team. She held the same position at BLM where she worked for more than 20 years prior to the two firms merging in July last year.
Sally joins our national regulatory team, which also welcomes Rekha Sharma, from Keoghs, a senior associate with particular experience in safeguarding and adult social care, taking the total headcount to 22.
Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its technology practice with the arrival of two new dispute resolution partners, Michael Bywell and Peter Dalton. Michael and Peter focus on contentious technology, cyber and data matters.
International law firm DAC Beachcroft is pleased to announce that Faye Fishlock has re-joined DACB’s Claims Solutions Group as a partner following a two-year stint at Carpenters Group where she was Head of Defendant Services.
Dentons announces that Melissa Gomez Nelson has returned to the Firm’s Commercial Litigation practice as a partner in the Washington, DC, office. Gomez Nelson’s arrival back to the Firm will benefit clients across a range of industries including government investigations, government contracts, complex commercial litigation and white collar matters.