Reed Smith announced that bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers Louis Curcio and David Pisciotta have joined the firm as partners in the firm’s Financial Industry Group in New York.

Curcio and Pisciotta, who specialize in creditors’ rights and related litigation, are latest in a series of recent hires made by the firm to strengthen its formidable restructuring practice in the United States. The duo joins from Troutman Pepper.

Dentons is delighted to announce that James Batham will be joining the firm as co-Clients and Markets Partner in the firm's UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) region. He will join existing Clients and Markets Partner, Martin Fanning, to progress the root and branch strategic review placing clients at the centre of the UKIME region's strategy. Both will work closely with UKIME CEO Paul Jarvis.

Global law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Miriam Kleiner as a partner in Legal Governance Advisory, the firm's head office strategic advisory practice led by partner Rob Hanley. 

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the lateral hire of Rashpal Soomal, as a partner in the firm’s real estate litigation team. Rashpal joins the firm from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where her experience encompassed contentious property matters, development litigation and mitigation around development constraints.

Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce the arrival of intellectual property litigator Damon Lewis as a partner in the Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology (IPMT) practice group in Washington, D.C. Lewis brings a strong technical background and experience representing clients at the federal district court, International Trade Commission (ITC), and Federal Circuit levels.

Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce the arrival of Elizabeth Boison as a partner in the Global Regulatory & Intellectual Property, Media & Technology (IPMT) practice group in Washington, D.C. Boison joins the firm from the U.S. Department of Justice, where she was an attorney in the Bank Integrity Unit and National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team. She was also detailed to the U.S.

DLA Piper continues to expand its Real Estate practice with the arrival of Kimberlie Pearlman as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office.

Pearlman counsels clients on a wide variety of real estate matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, financing and development, as well as business strategy. Her practice is national in scope and she has experience in virtually all asset types, including hotels, office buildings, multifamily, retail, medical office and industrial. Her background also includes serving as general counsel of a Chicago multifamily developer.

DLA Piper has appointed Emma Dowden-Teale as a partner to head its UK wide Contentious Public Law team, that sits within the wider Litigation and Regulatory practice.

DLA Piper has added nationally regarded corporate restructuring and bankruptcy partner Oksana Lashko in its New York office.

Lashko practices in the area of corporate restructuring and bankruptcy and represents debtors, creditors, and investors in a broad range of matters, including Chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructurings, cross-border insolvency matters, bankruptcy-related acquisitions, and insolvency sensitive transactions and investments.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP announced that Timothy T. Howard has joined the firm as a Partner in its US litigation practice, based in New York.  

Mr. Howard joins from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where he spent nearly 12 years in varied roles, most recently as Co-Chief of the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit. At Freshfields, he will focus on white-collar and government regulatory investigations, with special attention to cybersecurity, data breaches and cryptocurrency fraud.