Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added James C. Crowley as a shareholder in its Washington, D.C., office. Crowley is the second shareholder addition to the firm this week, following the return of Gregory Keating. He is also the fifth shareholder to join Littler’s D.C. office in recent months from Akin Gump, following Daniel Nash, Stacey Eisenstein, Nathan Oleson and Amanda McGinn.

William Fry is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Partners: David O’Shea (Banking & Finance), Colm Booth (Energy & Natural Resources) and Cian O’Sullivan (Tax).
William Fry employs over 500 legal and tax professionals at its offices in Dublin, Cork, London, New York, and San Francisco.

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added two attorneys in Texas. Michelle Rosenblatt joins the Private Wealth Services Practice as a shareholder and Shayla Friesen joins the Finance Practice as of counsel.

Gowling WLG is pleased to welcome Shane Hardy and Brigeeta Richdale to its Intellectual Property Group. Based in Toronto and Vancouver respectively, Shane and Brigeeta bring decades of experience helping global brands protect, expand and enforce their IP assets across the tech, manufacturing, retail and entertainment sectors.

DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Matt Posthuma as a partner in the Investment Funds Practice. He will be based in the Chicago office.

Posthuma’s practice focuses on the formation of private investment funds, representing clients in both domestic and international transactions. He supports sponsors with open and closed-end funds in a wide range of investment strategies such as real estate (including core, value-add, and opportunistic), private equity, infrastructure, credit, hedge, and other alternative asset classes.

CMS is pleased to announce the appointment of Amélie Chollet as partner in its Life Sciences & Healthcare group in London. Amélie’s appointment is part of CMS’s strategic plan to strengthen its life sciences regulatory practice and support the firm’s growth in this critical sector.

Steptoe LLP has announced the continued growth of its Professional Liability and Trial practices with the addition of partner Allison Miller in the firm's Houston, TX office.

Allison is an experienced trial and appellate litigator whose practice encompasses legal and professional malpractice defense and commercial litigation. She also counsels law firms and lawyers on professional responsibility, state bar proceedings, firm policy, operations, and risk management.

Sidley is pleased to announce that Deepak Nanda has joined the firm’s M&A and PE group as a partner in Sidley’s office in Century City. Mr. Nanda joins from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where he was a partner in the M&A and Private Equity practice groups.

Ropes & Gray announced that Sarah Coyne, a New York-based leading litigator and former senior federal prosecutor who is highly ranked by Chambers USA for White Collar Crime and Government Investigations, has joined the firm’s New York team as a partner in its award-winning litigation and enforcement practice.

Holland & Knight has bolstered its corporate Oil and Gas Practice with the addition of Luke Burns as a partner in Houston. He was previously a partner with Reed Smith.