Sidley is pleased to announce that Joanna Rubin Travalini has joined the firm’s Securities Enforcement and Regulatory group as a partner in its Chicago office. Ms. Travalini’s practice focuses on regulatory investigations and enforcement, internal investigations, securities litigation, and accountants and professional liability. She joins Sidley from Winston & Strawn, where she was a partner in the Securities Litigation Group.

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP continues the expansion of its intellectual property practice with the addition of partners Hannah Koyfman, Ph.D., and David Lu, Ph.D., and their 10-person team. The team, which includes lawyers, patent agents, technology specialists, and other allied professionals, joins K&L Gates’ Boston office from Lando & Anastasi, LLP, and enhances the firm’s life science IP capabilities.

Dechert LLP is pleased to announce that Edward “Jay” Southgate has joined the global finance practice as an asset finance and securitization partner based in New York.

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has hired Swedish national Ylva Hult Palmryd as a partner in its growing real estate practice, joining the Firm's office in Stockholm on May 1st. 

Global law firm Dentons announces the recruitment of Stefano Ambrosioni as a partner in the Corporate and M&A practice in the Milan office, along with associate Tommaso Buda.

We're pleased to share the recruitment of Abdullah Mutawi to our international corporate group as Head of Corporate for MENA.

Abdullah will be joining the team in our Dubai office this summer on completion of his notice from Al Tamimi, where he is a partner, Head of Corporate Commercial and leads the M&A and Venture Capital & Emerging Companies practices.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has appointed Howie Farn as a partner. He will be based in Hong Kong.

Howie Farn joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a capital markets partner, focusing on U.S. securities transactions. Before joining Kirkland & Ellis, Howie was a Counsel at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in Hong Kong. Dual qualified in Hong Kong and New York, Howie brings a wealth of valuable experience. He speaks Chinese and English.

Schulte Roth & Zabel announced that Ned S. Schodek has joined the firm as a partner in the Business Reorganization Group, based in the New York office.

Ned focuses his practice on representing creditors (with a focus on fund clients), ad hoc creditor groups, debtors, acquirers of assets, and other parties-in-interest in large and complex prepackaged, pre-negotiated and traditional Chapter 11 bankruptcies, out-of-court workouts, debtor-in-possession financings, adversary proceedings, and broker-dealer liquidations.

International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) announced that Heidi J. Azulay has joined the firm as a partner in the Chicago office. Azulay joins from DLA Piper.

Frequently recognized in national and regional legal rankings, Azulay concentrates her well-regarded practice on transactional real estate, finance law and proptech. She previously served as U.S. co-leader of DLA Piper’s global proptech practice.

Global law firm Clyde & Co has announced the hire of Susana Martínez as a Partner in Madrid to strengthen the firm’s global insurance group.

Susana’s practice focuses on advice, coverage dispute and defence work in complex matter across multiple jurisdictions within EMEA and Latin America for leading insurers and reinsurers as well as insurance and reinsurance intermediaries, with a particular focus in financial lines.