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.

Macfarlanes is pleased to announce that Michael Sholem joins the firm on 3 October as a partner in the financial services regulation team.
Michael has significant experience in financial regulation acting for banks, fund managers and financial technology firms. He also has a particular interest in ESG and cryptocurrency.

Michael joins from the London office of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP where he has been practising for the past three years, having started his career at Slaughter and May.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft is pleased to announce the appointment of Planning partner Martha Grekos to its Real Estate team in London.  Martha has been acting as an independent planning consultant and barrister since 2019 and immediately prior to that she was partner and Head of Planning at Howard Kennedy. 

Latest Partner Hire Will Bolster Firm’s Expertise In ‘Pivotal’ Sector

Dentons continues to expand its Australian offering, with the announcement of the appointment of Toby Blyth.

Toby Blyth is a Sydney-based compliance practitioner with a particular focus on the insurance sector. Toby’s practice includes expertise in digital governance, risk, regulator interaction, data protection and privacy. His appointment strengthens Dentons’ highly regarded regulatory and compliance offering.

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces that Amy Rubenstein has joined the Firm as partner in its Health Care practice. Adding to Dentons’ growing US Region Cannabis team, Rubenstein will focus on advising clients in the rapidly growing cannabis industry and in cannabis adjacent businesses.

“Amy shares our commitment to client service, and is known for creating new opportunities through proactively identifying risk and mitigation solutions for clients,” said Eric Berlin, co-chair of Dentons’ Cannabis group.