Experienced banking and financial services attorneys Josh McNulty and Rachael Craven have joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Dallas, where they will advise clients on an array of corporate, regulatory, product development, technology and fintech matters.

As the newest additions to the firm’s Financial Institutions Corporate and Regulatory (FICR) group, McNulty joins the firm as a partner from Bracewell, LLP and Craven, who was with Hunton Andrews Kurth for four years before joining the legal department at Apple Inc., returns as a counsel.

Akin Gump announced that Ing Loong Yang has joined the firm as a partner in its Hong Kong office.

Mr. Yang, who joins the firm from Latham & Watkins, is one of the foremost international arbitration and cross-border disputes practitioners in Hong Kong, ranked Band 1 in Chambers Greater China Region 2022 and recognized as a Leading Individual in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022.

Jeff Kayes and Adam Griffin have joined the firm as partners in our Energy & Infrastructure Group in San Francisco and New York, respectively.

Adam and Jeff bring extensive experience in energy and renewables project financings and tax equity transactions, bolstering an Orrick Chambers Band 1 ranked U.S. renewables team.
They join Orrick from Baker Botts where Jeff served as chair of the firm’s Project Finance practice.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Svetlana S. Gans has joined the firm as a partner.  Previously Vice President and Associate General Counsel at the NCTA – The Internet & Television Association and a former Chief of Staff for Acting Federal Trade Commission Chair Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Gans joins the Antitrust and Competition; Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation; and Public Policy Practice Groups at Gibson Dunn.

Leading law firm Shoosmiths has boosted its dispute resolution and litigation practice with the appointment of specialist financial services disputes resolution lawyer Andrew Bowden-Brown as a partner in London.

Previously head of banking & finance at Francis Wilks & Jones, Andrew has more than 20 years of experience across the asset-based lending, alternative finance and banking and finance industry.

DLA Piper has announced it is further strengthening its International Projects practice with the addition of new partner Iain Elder from Shearman & Sterling, who will be based in London, UK.

Iain joins the firm from Shearman and Sterling, where he has been a partner since 2010, focusing primarily on the energy sector in emerging markets throughout the Middle East, Africa and CIS.

King & Spalding has recruited energy partner Nina Howell to its Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) Practice Group in London.

Howell has more than 20 years of experience advising clients across the energy sector, with a particular focus on the LNG sector. She has represented clients across the LNG chain globally from the development of LNG import and export projects to LNG transportation, sales and trading. Nina also has extensive experience of upstream joint ventures, unitization, M&A and other corporate transactions, across jurisdictions and continents.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced that Aaron J. Schlaphoff has joined the firm as a partner in the Private Funds Group within the Corporate Department, based in New York. Mr. Schlaphoff, a seasoned asset management industry practitioner, advises some of the largest global investment firms on a wide range of legal, regulatory and compliance matters.

Kelly Hagedorn joins the firm as a partner in our Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation practice, bringing a strong enforcement background advising companies in privacy compliance, cyber incident response and privacy-related litigation.

She will be based in London and add to Orrick’s 20-lawyer team providing pan-European coverage in cyber and privacy.

Joining from Jenner & Block, where she was a partner, she was named to Global Data Review’s “40 under 40” list of the “best and the brightest of the data law bar.”

Mayer Brown Capital Markets, a leading debt and equity capital markets practice advising clients across the United States, Europe and Asia, strengthened the breadth of its offering with the hiring of Dr. Susanne Lenz.