National leading law firm Freeths has appointed Alison Ogley as Partner in its prestigious planning and environment team. She joins from Walker Morris LLP.

Alison has over 15 years’ experience spanning all aspects of planning and environment law. She brings with her an established advocacy practice, representing a wide range of developer clients in major planning inquiries, judicial review and high court challenges, tribunal appeals and regulatory cases such as environment permit appeals, planning enforcement and environment agency prosecutions.

In line with its commitment to talent and strategic growth, Fieldfisher has appointed Inés Canadell as a partner in its Public Law practice in Spain.

Canadell has specialised in public law and administrative litigation for more than 25 years, having spent most of her career at the firm Roca Junyent, and before that at the firm Soria Sabaté Abogados Asociados.

Law firm Shoosmiths further strengthens its offering in line with growing client demand with the appointment of two partners at its London office.

Oliver Pilkington and Nick McCarthy both join Shoosmiths from BDB Pitmans. Their appointment expands Shoosmiths’ equity capital market (ECM) capability, building on the success of Shoosmiths’ market leading private equity and venture capital practice.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft is pleased to announce that health and safety specialist, Zoe McDonnell, has joined the firm as a partner in its six-strong Scottish Regulatory – Safety, Health & Environment team.

Based in DACB’s recently-relocated grade A Glasgow office, Zoe moves from BLM where she was a partner and led its Scottish Regulatory team. 

Proskauer, a leading international law firm, is pleased to welcome Ash Ilkhani as a Private Funds partner in its Investment Management practice. Ash brings with him deep experience advising private fund sponsors and institutional investors globally, including in the U.S., Latin America and Middle East on fund formations, joint ventures and institutional investment programs. He will be based in Proskauer’s New York office.

Corporate finance and M&A specialists Paddy Quinlan and Dannie Hanna are the latest additions to the firm's Dublin office, and its international corporate group.

Leading corporate finance lawyers Paddy Quinlan and Dannie Hanna have joined the firm's Dublin office. The firm continues to strengthen its position as the firm of choice for international investors and innovators in the technology and life sciences sectors, as its offering for clients in Ireland expands with these latest hires.

Dentons, the world's largest global law firm, has announced the recruitment of Ciara FitzGerald as a Disputes partner and Lesley Caplin as Of Counsel in Dublin. Ciara is the ninth new partner appointment in 2022 at Dentons' rapidly growing Dublin office, joining Colm OhUiginn, David McGuinness, Michael McDonald, Ciaran O'Boyle, Karyn Harty, Siobhan Carlin, Matthew Cahill and Niamh Keogh.

Dentons is pleased to welcome Nathalie Durocher as a partner in the Firm’s Insurance group. An experienced lawyer with deep expertise in insurance law, professional liability and regulatory compliance, Nathalie is a trusted advisor to insurance companies, insurance brokers and financial institutions.

Dentons announces the addition of Greg McNab as a partner in the Firm’s Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions groups. Greg has an impressive track record of advising domestic and global clients in the mining and energy sectors on financings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, continuous disclosure and stock exchange matters.

Continuing the strategic expansion of its market-leading global finance practice, Paul Hastings LLP announced that Patrick Bright, a leader in European high-yield transactions, has joined the firm as a partner in London.

Adding more strength to the firm’s robust team, the move brings together Bright’s preeminent high-yield practice and the top-ranked 15-lawyer leveraged finance group that previously joined to form a powerhouse team capable of handling the most complex transactions across the finance spectrum and around the world.