Based in Montreal, Léa Couture-Thériault has joined Gowling WLG as a partner in the firm’s Restructuring & Insolvency and Commercial Litigation groups.

International law firm Withers has added partner Natalie Sherborn to its White Collar Defence and Investigations team. Natalie joins the firm from Pinsent Masons, where she was the co-head of the London White Collar Crime, Compliance & Investigations team.

Natalie was called to the Bar in 2000 and spent 14 years in independent practice both prosecuting and defending in heavyweight crime cases. She moved into private practice to focus on international disputes and investigations.

Simon Gwynne joins from Norton Rose Fulbright. Deeply experienced, his asset finance practice, which is both domestic and international, covers a broad range of asset classes but he has a particular focus on the transport sector and is tier 1 ranked in that context. The synergies with AG's transport sector team are clear. 

Brown Rudnick announced that Aaron Lang has joined its New York office as a partner in the Litigation & Arbitration practice and as a member of the Crisis Management Litigation & Government Response team.

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to expand its growing Energy & Natural Resources Practice with the addition of Shareholders: Audrey Louison, former co-chair of Mintz’s Projects & Infrastructure Practice, who will be based in Greenberg Traurig’s Washington, D.C. office, and Eric Macaux, also a former partner at Mintz, who will be based in the Boston office. Both Louison and Macaux advise clients at the cutting-edge of energy transition projects.

Peter Sugden joins the firm as a partner focused on advising companies and investors in the tech sector in venture capital, M&A, private equity and cross border transactions.
He joins an Orrick team that has ranked No. 1 for venture capital in Europe for six consecutive years (Pitchbook).

Pete is the 3rd tech-focused hire in London this year -- following the arrivals of data privacy advisor Kelly Hagedorn and Anna Humphrey, who counsels high growth companies on employee incentives and executive compensation matters.

Global, sector focused law firm HFW has continued to expand its fast-growing Australia practice with hire of leading commercial litigation and international arbitration partner, Bronwyn Lincoln.

Bronwyn specialises in international commercial arbitration and high value multi-jurisdictional disputes, with a focus on international trade, shareholder and joint venture and project/infrastructure disputes. She joins HFW's Melbourne office from Corrs Chambers Westgarth. Bronwyn previously spent over a decade as a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills (formerly Freehills).

Elmer Veenman joins CMS as a partner as per 1 May 2022. His arrival greatly boosts the further development and growth of our Corporate / M&A practice.

Global law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Martin Eimer as a partner in the disputes practice in Munich.

Martin joins from Pinsent Masons where he led the firm's global mass actions & collective redress offering, prior to which he trained and worked at Freshfields. Martin covers a broad spectrum of commercial litigation and arbitration. He has acted on some of the major mass actions in Germany in recent years across a range of sectors. He also has particular expertise in complex, international construction and engineering matters.

DLA Piper announces the appointment of Crystal Chen as a partner in its Finance, Projects and Restructuring (FP&R) practice, based in Hong Kong.