International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced the appointment of Diego Avolio as partner in its growing tax practice in Milan. Diego brings extensive experience in advising on local and international corporate tax matters and his arrival will provide a further boost to the Firm’s market-leading tax capabilities.

Mayer Brown announced that Dr. Andrea Pomana joined the Firm as a partner in its Antitrust & Competition practice in Brussels. She joins from Advant Beiten, in Frankfurt, where she was a partner.

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Danielle Conley has joined, and Jonathan Su has rejoined, the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as partners in the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice and members of the Litigation & Trial Department. Conley and Su recently finished their service as Deputy Counsel to President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. in the White House Counsel’s Office. They bring high-level government credentials and unparalleled experience across white collar matters.

Alexander J. Wilson, former Chief of the Money Laundering & Transnational Criminal Enterprises Unit in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, has joined Jones Day as a partner in the Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice. Mr. Wilson will be based in the New York Office.

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Iris Leung as a corporate/capital markets partner in its Hong Kong office. Leung joins K&L Gates from the Hong Kong office of Linklaters.

Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that David Cole, a nationally recognized tax controversy attorney, has joined the Firm as a partner in the Houston office.

“David is a talented tax attorney with substantial experience advising private equity sponsors, corporations and individuals on a range of domestic and international tax matters, and we are excited to welcome him to our strong and growing tax disputes practice,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee.

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has hired Vinod Bange as a partner in the Data Privacy & Security team, which sits within the Firm's IP, Data & Technology practice. Vinod will lead Baker McKenzie's London Data Team, joining the Firm's Global Data Privacy and Security Leadership.

Vinod joins Baker McKenzie from Taylor Wessing, where he was Head of Data and Cyber and co-chaired its 29 office International Tech & Data Practice. 

Charles Russell Speechlys announces the lateral hire of Simon Hofstetter as a Dispute Resolution Partner within the Firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution team in Switzerland. Simon is a Swiss qualified lawyer and has extensive experience in domestic and international commercial litigation, asset recovery and bankruptcy proceedings as well as Swiss corporate law.

Starting at the beginning of October, Marcin Robenek will head the Dispute Resolution practice at Osborne Clarke’s office in Warsaw.

Marcin specialises in infrastructure and post-transaction disputes as well as in disputes relating to project implementation and IT contracts.

Hill Dickinson has appointed two new partners as it prepares to expand its Commercial Litigation and Commercial, TMT and IP practices within the firm’s Business Services Group offering.

James Lonsdale and Raj Pabla join the firm’s Manchester and London offices respectively. 

James Lonsdale, a commercial lawyer, joins from DWF as partner in Hill Dickinson’s Manchester TMT and IP team.