Fried Frank announced that Aranpreet Randhawa has joined the firm as a partner in its global Asset Management Practice, based in London. She joins from Proskauer, where she was a partner in the firm’s private funds group.
Cravath announced that Andrew C. Finch, a leading antitrust lawyer who served as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Acting Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division from 2017 to 2019, will join the Firm as a partner.
Cleary announced that Justin “J.T.” Ho has joined the firm as a partner in the Capital Markets Group in the San Francisco Bay Area, advising public companies and their boards on a range of corporate advisory, securities reporting, and shareholder engagement and activism issues.
“We are excited to welcome J.T. to our growing Corporate team in the Bay Area,” said Cleary Managing Partner Michael Gerstenzang. “His experience in corporate advisory matters – activism and crisis communication in particular – will be a significant value-add to our clients.”
Jeantet is proud to announce the arrival of Benjamin May, co-founder of the Aramis law firm, and David Roche, as well as their team. Their arrival will consolidate and establish the excellence of the firm's Tech/IP division, which will be co-led by Fréderic Sardain.
The international commercial law firm ADVANT Beiten continues to expand its Public Sector practice, winning Dennis Hillemann as Equity Partner from Fieldfisher. Dennis Hillemann, who works at the Hamburg office, joined the firm on 1 January 2025 together with Salary Partners Tanja Ehls in Frankfurt and Johannes Voß-Lünemann in Berlin.
Global law firm Clyde & Co announced the appointment of Eric Olson as partner in its Orange County office located in Irvine, CA. Olson is a commercial litigator who joins the firm from Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey PC. His hire is the latest expansion of Clyde & Co’s North American Trial & Defense practice.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has strengthened its antitrust and competition practice in Italy with the appointment of two new partners, Veronica Pinotti and Martino Sforza.
Veronica and Martino, who both join from White & Case, will be based in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Milan office and will work particularly closely on EU matters with the firm’s Brussels office. They will also work alongside the firm’s existing market-leading EMEA antitrust and competition team, located across numerous offices around the world.
National law firm TLT has strengthened its tech, IP and data team, by appointing digital transformation and AI specialist Tom Sharpe as partner in its London office, enhancing TLT’s position as a leading firm in the digital sector.
International law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its asset finance capabilities with the arrival of maritime finance expert Andreas Papachristodoulou. He joins the firm's maritime, trade and offshore (MTO) practice as a partner, based in Greece.