Sidley is pleased to announce that Dave Perkins has joined the firm’s M&A and PE group as a partner in Sidley’s office in New York. Mr. Perkins joins from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where he was co-head of the Private Equity group.

In a move that significantly expands Pillsbury’s international Insolvency & Restructuring practice, the firm has welcomed Natasha Atkinson to join its Finance & Restructuring group as a partner in London. Atkinson comes to Pillsbury from DWF, where she served as Head of Restructuring in the UK and internationally.

Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of James Lee as a partner in the Private Equity Group, based in the New York office. Lee brings over two decades of experience representing private equity funds and their portfolio companies, in a wide range of complex domestic and cross-border transactions. Lee’s arrival underscores the firm’s continued strategic investment in its global private equity and M&A capabilities in recent years. Notably, he is the eighth partner to join the firm’s private equity practice in the last three years.

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Franz Ranero and James Smallwood will join the London office as partners in the Structured Finance Practice. Highly regarded in their field, Ranero and Smallwood regularly advise investment funds, financial institutions, and asset managers on a variety of complex, cross-border structured finance and structured products transactions, with a particular focus on collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and bespoke funding solutions.

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology, and life sciences law firm is pleased to announce that Linda H. Martin has joined the firm as a partner in its litigation practice.

Alston & Bird has further expanded and strengthened its IP Litigation Group by adding partner Michelle Clark in San Francisco. Michelle focuses her practice on advising emerging technology companies in intellectual property matters, including patent, trade secret, contract, unfair competition, inventorship, and a host of other commercial disputes.

National law firm TLT has appointed M&A and ECM specialist Paul Keohane as a partner in its national corporate team, as part of strategic plans to enhance its UK-wide corporate offering. Paul will be based in the firm’s Manchester office.

Joining TLT from Addleshaw Goddard, Paul brings with him over 15 years of experience working with many of the UK’s largest privately owned and listed companies on their most strategically important transactions. He specialises in advising clients on M&A (including cross-border matters) and on UK public company transactions.

Global law firm Clifford Chance has hired US partner David M. Feldman to co-lead its Global Restructuring & Insolvency practice alongside Philip Hertz, who has led the practice since 2016, further strengthening the firm's Restructuring & Insolvency team in the US.

Global law firm Ashurst has appointed Max Savoie as partner in the London financial regulatory practice, in a further boost to the firm's global payments and fintech offering.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Trade Practice and Foreign Direct Investment Reviews Practice with the addition of Laura Black as a partner in Washington, DC.

Black brings an extensive skillset in foreign direct investment matters, including experience working at the US Department of the Treasury as the Director of Policy and International Relations for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).