Global law firm Goodwin announced that Eunice Choi joined the firm’s Private Investment Funds practice as a partner, resident in the firm’s San Francisco office.

“Eunice’s experience is a perfect match for our clients’ needs,” said Mandee Gruen, co-chair of Goodwin’s Private Investment Funds practice. “We are excited to welcome Eunice to our team as we continue to build on the strength of our full-service offering for venture capital clients on the West Coast and globally.”

Global law firm Goodwin announced that Jonathan Shapiro joined the firm’s Complex Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice as a partner, resident in the San Francisco office.

Erin Ashwell, an accomplished litigator and appellate practitioner who recently served as Virginia’s chief deputy attorney general, has joined McGuireWoods’ Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department as a partner in Richmond.

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Jeffery M. Chiow as a shareholder in its Government Contracts & Projects Practice. Chiow joins from Rogers, Joseph, O’Donnell, PC where he was co-chair of the firm’s Government Contracts Practice.

Womble Bond Dickinson announced that Rodney R. Miller has joined the firm as a partner on the IP Litigation Team. He is based in the firm’s Atlanta office. 

A registered patent attorney, Rodney concentrates his practice on intellectual property matters, including due diligence, licensing and transactional work, patent office post-grant review, and litigation. He has represented public and private companies defending against claims of patent infringement and has also represented companies in obtaining, protecting, licensing, and enforcing intellectual property. 

Gowling WLG is pleased to welcome Philip Kennedy back to our Hamilton office as a partner in the firm’s Advocacy Group.

A respected litigator and legal adviser, Phil focuses his practice on complex commercial and corporate litigation, as well as a range of regulatory issues. Over the course of his career, he has represented clients of all size across a variety of industry sectors - including manufacturing, financial services and franchising

Dentons is pleased to announce that Leonard Birmingham has joined the Firm as its Regional Head of Corporate and Commercial Law and a Partner. Based in our Trinidad & Tobago office and spending time in the British Virgin Islands and other offices, he will lead the regional corporate & commercial teams advising on transactional and financial law across the Firm’s Caribbean footprint. Corporate partners in their respective jurisdictions will continue to lead their local practice. 

DLA Piper will strengthen its Litigation & Regulatory practice group with the appointment of Marc Jacob as a new partner in the Frankfurt office, effective 1 April 2022. He joins DLA Piper from Shearman & Sterling, where he practised litigation and international arbitration since 2013.

Mills & Reeve appoints Claire Gregory as partner to expand environment team.

Claire advises on contentious and non-contentious environmental and energy matters and has a wealth of experience in areas such as contaminated land, landfill, waste and water, brownfield development, environmental permitting, energy regulation, chemicals regulation, site decommissioning and development.

Linklaters has expanded its Leveraged Finance practice with the appointment of three partners, Noel Hughes, Giacomo Reali and Christianne Williams, who join the group in London as market-leading high yield lawyers. This also marks the largest London-based team hire for the firm in recent years.