Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the addition of a four-strong Intellectual Property (IP) team led by Steven James, who joins as a partner in the Litigation Department, based in London. The team’s arrival significantly bolsters Morrison Foerster’s IP offering in the UK and Europe, adds new contentious IP capabilities in London, and further cements the firm’s reputation as a global IP and patent powerhouse following the recent announcement of litigation boutique firm Durie Tangri joining Morrison Foerster effective January 1, 2023.

King & Spalding announced that Richard Sharpe, an experienced trial lawyer and former barrister, has joined the firm as a partner in its Special Matters and Government Investigations practice. He is based in the firm’s Singapore office.

Fried Frank announced that Jason Koenig has joined the firm as a partner in the Asset Management Practice, based in New York. Koenig joins the firm from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where he was a senior counsel in the private funds practice. He previously served in various in-house counsel roles at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

Ropes & Gray announced that Jessica Murray has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s global private equity practice.  She is based in Ropes & Gray’s 500-lawyer New York office.

Morgan Lewis’s 150-lawyer market-leading investment management practice continues to add depth with the arrival of Christopher Paridon, a former Davis Polk lawyer who previously served with the Federal Reserve System, and Kristin Lee, former senior vice president and assistant general counsel in Citi’s bank regulatory group. Chris and Kristin join as partners resident in Washington, DC, and New York, respectively. They will continue their broad-based bank regulatory work, including considerations for traditional banks, fintechs and digital assets, and cryptocurrencies.

Global law firm Shearman & Sterling announces the addition of Mike Walsh as a partner, based in Washington, D.C. He joins the firm’s Litigation department, where he will advise clients on the national security aspects of cross-border transactions, represent clients in government enforcement actions, and counsel clients on mitigating geopolitical risk across business operations.

Further strengthening the firm’s presence in Asia and the fast-growing ASEAN region

Global law firm Clyde & Co has announced that it plans to open an office in Bangkok, Thailand through the hire of Ian Johnston and Sorawat Wongkaweepairot, who both join from Kennedys. 

Global law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Simon Rahimzada as partner in the Corporate practice, based in the UAE. 

Kieran Stone has joined Locke Lord’s London office as a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Practice Group. Stone’s extensive experience advising clients in the energy and technology sectors on equity capital markets transactions will further enhance the Firm’s capabilities as well as its growing London office.

Jeantet is recruiting a team recognized for its energy transition and sustainable development activities and strengthens its public law, banking and M&A departments with the hiring of three new partners and their teams: Hélène Gelas, Alexae Fournier-de Faÿ and Philippe Raybaud.

These hirings reflect the firm’s constantly growing momentum and are in line with Jeantet’s growth strategy, its desire to expand its offer to meet the increasing demand of its clients. Now the firm has 31 partners.