Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is delighted to announce that leading energy law experts Carolyn Dong, Neil Macdonald and Russell Wilkinson are joining the firm in Hong Kong.
Carolyn has over 35 years’ experience advising on cross-border transactions involving China, most notably with major Chinese state-owned enterprises (“SOEs”) and private companies on outbound M&A transactions, acquisition financing, joint ventures with international partners and project development, including large-scale and complex oil and gas, petrochemical and mining projects worldwide.

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is pleased to announce that maritime disputes expert Andrew Rigden Green has joined the firm as a partner in Hong Kong. He was previously at Stephenson Harwood in the same city.
Andrew has over 20 years’ disputes experience having begun his career focussing on arbitration and London High Court litigation. In 2012, he relocated to Hong Kong to grow Stephenson Harwood’s maritime disputes practice and establish its international arbitration practice.

As part of our ongoing strategic expansion, we have appointed experienced higher education disputes specialist Nicola Bradfield as a partner in our Birmingham based dispute resolution team.

Qualifying as a solicitor in 2003 and with 24 years’ sector focused experience, Nicola will head our contentious education practice.

She joins from Coventry University, where she was associate pro vice chancellor and general counsel, and before that founded and led the contentious universities team at Pinsent Masons.

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has hired corporate partner, Rachel Soundy, to join the firm’s Birmingham office.

Rachel joins Pinsent Masons from Bevan Brittan where she led their health and education M&A practice. During the last four years, she played an instrumental role in growing Bevan Brittan’s independent health and social care and education M&A work. Before Bevan Brittan, Rachel spent 13 years at in the corporate team at Eversheds Sutherland where she rose to the position of Legal Director.

Michelmores is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew White as a Partner in the Firm’s Transactional Real Estate team. Matthew joins from Birketts, bringing with him a wealth of experience in all aspects of commercial property law, with a particular focus on high-value commercial leases.

Eversheds Sutherland has appointed M&A Partner Pieter Paul Terpstra to its corporate finance offering

Pieter Paul joins the global law firm’s Amsterdam office from DLA Piper where he was co-head of its Energy and Natural Resources practice in the Netherlands.

Pieter Paul, a highly skilled lawyer, brings more than 17 years of experience, with a particular focus on the renewable energy and technology sectors.

DLA Piper is pleased to announce the addition of Maria Alejandra “Jana” del-Cerro and Elyssa Kutner as partners in the National Security and Global Trade Practice. They will be based in the Washington, DC office.

DLA Piper is pleased to announce the appointment of Rob Macredie as a partner in the firm’s Corporate team in New Zealand.

International law firm Bird & Bird continues to deliver on its ambitious growth plans with the hire of Dr. Sebastian Weller, Shahin Foroughian and Matthijs van Leeuwen as partners in its international Corporate Group. Sebastian joined our Düsseldorf office on the 1st, Shahin in Singapore joined on the 5th, and Matthijs will join our Amsterdam office on the 15th of May

The hires follow the four partner promotions into the international Corporate team last week, and brings the number of new partners to 19 in Corporate in the last 18 months internationally.

Chu Strengthens the Firm’s Hong Kong Office and Enhances Capabilities for Transactions and Client Services in Greater China and Neighboring Regions

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced that Yang Chu has joined the firm as a corporate partner in its Hong Kong office. Chu brings a wealth of experience in corporate transactions and bolsters the firm’s presence in Asia, offering strategic support for existing client matters and future growth opportunities in the region.