Gowling WLG is pleased to announce the appointment of Madeleine Clark as a Partner in its Real Estate Finance team, based in London.

Madeleine brings over 20 years' experience advising on development and investment loans, both syndicated and bilateral, across a wide range of asset classes including office, hotels, logistics, retail and residential. She is recognised as a leading partner in her field in Legal 500 and has been ranked in Chambers and Partners for over 10 years.

DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Emma Whenham as a Partner in the Investment Funds practice. She will be based in the San Francisco office.

Whenham advises on structuring and capital raising for private funds with a focus on the real assets sector. She frequently represents global sponsors and newly organized firms in the formation and raising of both open and closed-ended private funds. Her work also includes advising on internal economic, strategic, and governance matters, co-investment arrangements, and secondary transactions.

International law firm Addleshaw Goddard has strengthened its Construction & Engineering Disputes team with the appointment of Charlie Aitchison as Partner.

Aitchison joins from Vinson & Elkins, where he was a senior member of the international construction disputes team. He brings a wealth of experience advising on high-value construction and engineering disputes, including prominent roles in multi-billion-dollar international arbitrations and complex matters for leading energy, infrastructure and industrial sector clients.

Crowell & Moring announced that a group of 16 highly regarded health care litigation partners is joining the firm, together with their team, and led by accomplished trial attorney Martin J. Bishop. The strategic combination creates one of the largest health care practices in the country and expands the firm’s ability to provide clients across the industry with the full spectrum of litigation, investigations, regulatory, transactional, and recovery capabilities. The team joins from Reed Smith, where Bishop served on the firm’s executive committee.

Haynes Boone is delighted to welcome Partner Richard Weber as chair of the firm’s Financial Services Investigations and Enforcement Practice, bolstering the firm’s capabilities in white-collar defense, government enforcement and financial crimes compliance. Weber will be based in the firm’s New York office.

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has grown its Corporate Practice with the recent addition of Shareholder Bradley J. Wyatt in the Phoenix office. Wyatt, who has more than 20 years of experience in corporate law, joins Greenberg Traurig from Dickinson Wright.

Boosting our corporate practice with China market expertise

We’re pleased to share that Hilda Chan will join RPC on August 4 as a Partner in our Hong Kong office, strengthening our Asia corporate practice.

Strengthening the ability to support clients in the construction, infrastructure, mining and energy sectors across Africa.

Dentons South Africa strengthens its team with the appointment of Koketso Lediga as Partner in the Johannesburg office.

Koketso is an accomplished practitioner in construction law and the energy sector, bringing over 12 years of experience advising on complex infrastructure projects across Africa.

International law firm Bird & Bird announces the hire of cross-border arbitration expert John Rainbird as a partner of Bird & Bird LLP in its international Dispute Resolution team. John will be based in Singapore as a Registered Foreign Lawyer.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced that Benoit Champon has joined as a partner in the Asset Management Department, in the Firm’s London office. His practice is focused on fund formation with a particular emphasis on secondaries funds and secondaries transactions.