Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice with the addition of four new partners in New York. The group is led by Richard Brand, a recognized market leader in advising clients on complex strategic matters, governance and shareholder engagement as well as public and private M&A, and includes partners Kiran Kadekar, Erica Hogan and Jaye Kasper.

Leading international law firm Proskauer is pleased to welcome Gwenaël Kropfinger as partner in the Firm’s Tax Department in Paris office, where he will strengthen Proskauer’s support for private capital and asset management clients investing in Europe.

Gwenaël has extensive experience in advising private equity funds and multinational groups on the tax structuring of M&A deals including LBOs and capital markets transactions. He has been involved in general reorganisation work for corporate groups and advises on the creation of French and pan-European private equity funds.

Mahnvir Singh, a seasoned restructuring and insolvency attorney, has joined Troutman Pepper Locke’s London office as a partner in the firm’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice Group.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has boosted its Italian and international energy, natural resources and infrastructure (ENRI) capabilities through the hire of partner Tommaso Tomaiuolo in its Milan corporate and commercial practice with a team composed by Andrea Pototschnig, Giulio D’Argento and Gianluca De Donno.

Experienced family lawyer Terina Kiss has joined Knights in Exeter as the business’ South West growth continues.

Terina, who joins Knights as a Partner, offers premium legal advice on complex family law issues including divorce law, matrimonial financial remedy, private Children Act matters, pre and post nuptial agreements, co-habitation agreements, separation agreements and civil partnerships matters.

DLA Piper is pleased to welcome partner Brian Janovitz to the National Security and Global Trade Practice. He will be based in the Washington, DC office.

International law firm BCLP announces its expansion into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with plans to open offices in both Riyadh and Al-Khobar. The move is an important next step for the firm’s growth strategy in the Middle East, where BCLP has been established for nearly twenty years.

Gerald “Jay” Konkel, a highly accomplished litigator regularly recognized by Chambers USA for his track record of success in significant insurance recovery matters, has joined Pillsbury as a partner in Washington, D.C. Before joining Pillsbury, Konkel was a partner at Morgan Lewis, where he has spent essentially his entire legal career.  

Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Dan Harris as a partner in the firm’s Emerging Companies + Venture Capital (ECVC) Group, based in its San Francisco office. Harris brings nearly two decades of experience working closely with a wide range of innovative food system and consumer technology, consumer products, software, hardware, and marketplace-based companies throughout their lifecycles. He advises on general corporate and commercial matters, equity and debt financings, and mergers and acquisitions.

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Jerome McCluskey has joined the firm as a partner in the Banking and Private Equity Finance Practices. He is resident in the New York office and looks forward to expanding his practice to Boston. McCluskey brings extensive experience advising private capital firms and their portfolio companies in complex domestic and cross-border leveraged finance and private credit transactions, including leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, bridge and mezzanine financings, and debtor-in-possession (DIP) and exit facility financings.