Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Jessica Valenzuela has joined the firm as a partner. Previously a partner at Cooley LLP, Valenzuela will continue her securities litigation practice.
New partner expands the firm’s corporate finance capabilities.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP continues to broaden the capabilities of its Finance Group with the addition of partner Angela Batterson in New York. Batterson joins Cadwalader from Jones Day, where she was a partner.
Womble Bond Dickinson announced that Donald J. Detweiler has joined the firm’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Creditors’ Rights practice as a partner in the Wilmington, Del., office. He was formerly a partner at Troutman Pepper.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke is expanding its international tax, employment and benefits offering with the appointment of a new incentives Partner – Anika Chandra – who joins the firm in London.
International law firm DAC Beachcroft is pleased to announce the appointment of regulatory partner Gemma Brannigan to its market-leading health, care and public law team.
Gemma joins DACB from Clyde & Co where she acted predominantly for NHS Trusts, NHS Resolution and private healthcare insurers, having previously been a partner at Capsticks. She brings particular specialism in inquests, inquiries and investigations in the health and social care sectors and has advised on many of the highest profile cases.
The team advises French and foreign clients on mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity and joint ventures as well as on strategic alliances and transactions involving listed companies. Working closely with BCLP’s competition, labor and tax teams, it is also active across a wide range of industries, including energy, telecom, technologies, media and real estate, among others.
Global law firm Ashurst announces the hire of two new project partners in its market-leading transport and infrastructure group in a move that will expand the firm's focus on the energy & resources and infrastructure sectors.
Andrew McCormack - Brisbane
Andrew McCormack is an experienced front-end construction lawyer with extensive experience in the infrastructure sector in Queensland.
Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the lateral hire of Anupreet Amole, as partner in the firm’s corporate crime and investigations team.
Having begun his career at Slaughter and May, Anupreet joins the firm from Brown Rudnick where he spent several years and was the UK practice group leader for corporate crime and investigations.
DLA Piper has added Matt Servies as partner in the firm’s Transactions Services practice, a sub-practice within the Corporate and Private Equity practices, in Atlanta.
Servies focuses his practice advising private equity funds and their portfolio companies on tax structuring and corporate matters in connection with fund formation, acquisitions and dispositions, financing transactions and operational matters.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP announced that Andrew Hill has joined the firm’s corporate practice as a partner based in Silicon Valley.