Expanding national law firm Bevan Brittan has announced its second senior hire so far in 2022 with the recruitment of a leading national practitioner in public & regulatory law.
National law firm Weightmans LLP has welcomed aviation specialist Sonia Lopez as Partner into its London-based team.
A Rising Star in the Legal 500, Sonia brings with her over 21 years of aviation industry legal experience, having started her training at Beaumont and Son and latterly as a Legal Director at Clyde & Co.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced that James Renahan will join the firm as a M&A and private equity partner, resident in the London office. He joins from Travers Smith.
Renahan is a trusted advisor to pan-European and international corporates, institutional investors, alternative asset managers, senior management teams, private equity firms, founders, and investee companies for both transactional and advisory matters. With more than 20 years of experience, Renahan specializes in complex cross-border M&A and private equity transactions.
Akin Gump announced that global financial restructuring leader Sam Brodie has rejoined the firm as a partner in its financial restructuring practice in London. Brodie was a partner at Akin Gump from 2018 to 2021, and his return strengthens the firm’s leading financial restructuring practice in London as global macroeconomic trends increasingly impact clients across all industries.
Kirkland & Ellis announced that James Boswell will join the Firm as a partner in the Debt Finance Practice in the London office. Mr. Boswell advises on a wide range of financing transactions, with a particular emphasis on infrastructure finance.
“James is a very talented lawyer with a strong reputation for leading complex infrastructure financings in the UK and throughout Europe,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee. “We are excited to add him to our rapidly growing energy and infrastructure practice in London.”
International law firm Bird & Bird appoints Niel Liebenberg as a partner in its Aviation team in Singapore. He joined the firm on 30 August.
Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer A. Riley have joined as partners in Duane Morris LLP’s Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group in its Chicago office. Maatman will chair the newly formed Workplace Class Action Group division within the firm’s employment practice, and Riley will serve as vice chair. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Maatman and Riley were partners at Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Additional partners, associates and staff on their national class action team have joined Duane Morris as well. Partner Michael DeMarino, special counsel Brandon L.
Shannon M. Kasley has joined McGuireWoods’ global litigation practice as a partner in Washington, D.C., bringing 25 years of experience representing multinational companies in commercial and civil litigation and appeals, including clients in the oil and gas industry.
Katten announced that Danette R. Edwards, former Senior Counsel in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Enforcement Division, has joined the firm's Securities Ligation practice as a partner in Washington, DC.