In a strategic move, demonstrating its strength and resilience, and anticipating the growing expectations of clients in the energy sector, the Warsaw office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is significantly expanding the firm’s Energy Practice in Poland. 

Advocate Konrad Kosicki, former partner and head of the energy practice at an international law firm, joins as Partner in the Warsaw office and Head of the Energy and Natural Resources Practice.

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues growing its Litigation Practice with the addition of Ryan W. Smith as a shareholder in the Orange County office.

Akin Gump is pleased to announce that Catherine Goodall has joined the firm as a partner in its New York office, where she will focus on special situations and private credit. She comes to Akin Gump from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where she was a partner.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice with the addition of Hayden Baker as a partner in New York.  

Global law firm Reed Smith announced the appointment of Vivian Ji as partner in its Global Corporate Group and Hong Kong office.

Ji joins from Hong Kong boutique corporate finance specialist law firm, Jeffrey Mak Law Firm, where she was partner. She has also previously worked at Chinese law firm AllBright and various international law firms.

Paul Hastings LLP announced that derivatives lawyer Jaime Madell has joined the firm as a partner in New York.

Focusing on a wide range of derivatives and related matters, Madell brings a sophisticated practice, which spans all asset classes and product types, including over-the-counter and exchange-traded transactions in credit, equity, commodity, crypto, energy, interest rate and foreign exchange. 

Paul Hastings LLP, a global law firm advising the world’s leading financial institutions, asset managers and Fortune 500 corporations, announced  that premier infrastructure and energy lawyers Jessamy Gallagher and Stuart Rowson have joined the firm as partners in London.

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Brian Patterson has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Bay Area offices and as Global Vice Chair of the Emerging Companies Practice. Patterson represents emerging growth companies at various lifecycle stages. He also advises venture capital and investment funds of different sizes in connection with their investments, portfolio company management, and general business activities.

Matthew Peel has joined the Firm as a partner in the Real Estate Practice, based in the London Office.

Mr. Peel has a broad, multidisciplinary real estate practice, having acted for a range of clients from listed property companies, developers, operators, private equity, mainstream and alternative lenders, and investment managers across all asset classes. Examples of his work include acting for more than a decade on an important Central London development above the Crossrail station at Bond Street, including a joint venture with a sovereign fund.

Kirkland & Ellis is excited to announce that David Foster, one of the nation’s premier tax litigation and tax controversy lawyers, has joined the Firm as a tax partner in the Washington, D.C., office.