Loyens & Loeff is pleased to announce that Mirjam van de Hel-Koedoot will join the firm as a partner, effective 1 May 2025.

Shoosmiths announces expert real estate finance lawyer James Salford has joined the Banking & Finance team to enhance the firm’s capabilities in real estate finance, particularly across the hotels & leisure sector.

James joins from Bird & Bird where he spent five years as a Partner and Head of Real Estate Finance (REF). Prior to this, he spent 14 years as a Partner at Addleshaw Goddard.

Global law firm Hogan Lovells has announced that Phill Hall has joined the firm as a Corporate & Finance partner in the Capital Markets practice area, based in Singapore.
Phill joins from Linklaters. He advises underwriters and issuers on a broad range of international capital markets transactions across India, Asia-Pacific and Australasia, including convertible/exchangeable bonds, medium-term note programs, covered bonds, green and ESG bonds, Islamic finance, regulatory capital, perpetual securities, straight debt issues, and liability management transactions.

DLA Piper is pleased to announce the addition of Lewis Goss II and Warren Seay, Jr. as partners in the Real Estate Practice. Goss and Seay will split their time between the Washington, DC and Dallas offices.

Dentons is delighted to announce the appointment of Kathryn Alexander as a partner into its Corporate team in London. She joins the firm on (14 April).

Kathryn joins Dentons from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where she specialised in leading large and complex private equity real estate deals. She has experience leading both private M&A and joint venture transactions across the UK and Europe, and has worked with some of the world's largest and most recognisable private equity firms.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft has appointed catastrophic and fatal injury claims specialist David Spencer as a partner in the Sports Liability practice within its CSG business.

David joins from Clyde & Co, where he was a lead partner in its National Catastrophic Injury Group and also headed its Sports Practice Group, advising on a full range of sports-related issues covering insurance, claims, risk and regulation, particularly in relation to motor sports.

Simone Herbert-Lowe joins the firm’s global Cyber practice, strengthening its Australian presence in Sydney. Simone has 30 years’ experience and is currently the Principal and Founder of advisory firm Law & Cyber.

Global law firm Clyde & Co announces the hire of Simone Herbert-Lowe as Partner. Simone is a cyber risk strategist with 30 years' experience in legal, insurance, and risk management, including eight years in cyber risk, governance, and regulatory strategy.

Global law firm Clifford Chance has hired partner Robert Chung from White & Case, further expanding its Corporate M&A practice in the US.
Chung brings 25 years of experience advising corporations, boards of directors, special committees, financial sponsors and other stakeholders on a wide range of complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions.

International law firm BCLP announced the addition of Partner Joy Odom to the firm’s White Collar Defense & Investigations practice, based out of the Atlanta office.

Reed Smith, a global law firm, announced that Nick Roecker has joined its Financial Industry Group as a partner in its Atlanta office. Roecker brings more than a decade of experience representing financial institutions, private equity sponsors and corporate issuers in complex lending transactions. Roecker’s addition continues the firm’s strategic expansion of its finance capabilities.