DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Ken Funahashi as a partner in the Corporate Practice. He will be based in the Los Angeles office.

Funahashi advises entrepreneurs, strategic investors and buyers, venture capital funds, and private equity funds engaged in business operations in both the US and internationally. He works on a wide range of M&A and corporate finance matters, from early-stage companies raising venture capital financing to multi-billion-dollar transactions for multinational and Fortune 500 companies.

A&O Shearman announces the addition of partners Paul Astolfi and Katy McNeil to its Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure practice in the U.S.

The Paris office of Winston & Strawn announced its continued growth with the addition of four lawyers to establish its new Restructuring & Special Situations practice.

The team, led by partner Julie Cittadini, includes three associates: Amélie Jungbluth, Leïla Bouhamidi, and Diane Zammit. They advise both French and international clients, whether debtors or creditors, on crisis management, financial, and operational restructurings, in both amicable and judicial contexts.

Sidley is pleased to announce that George Hunter has joined the firm’s M&A practice as a partner in the New York office. Mr. Hunter joins from Jones Day.

The arrival of Rudgee and Jeff signifies the fourth strategic hire this year in Mayer Brown’s Structured Finance practice, bolstering our presence in major financial hubs around the globe.

Kirkland & Ellis announced that Susan Burkhardt has joined the Firm as a partner in the Investment Funds Practice Group and will focus on credit funds.

“Susan is a highly regarded funds attorney with particular experience advising credit funds,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee. “We’re excited to welcome her to our market-leading investment funds group and our growing credit funds practice.”

A group of four lawyers is joining the Firm's Financial Markets Practice, based in the Madrid Office. The new arrivals include José Luis Pita da Veiga Subirats, who joins as a partner, and Borja Carpintero García-Arias, who joins as of counsel. Also joining as associates are Marina Zarza Santamaria and Nicolás Aragonés Escrivá de Romani.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP has strengthened its global Infrastructure capabilities with the addition of Richard Ceeney, who joins from Reed Smith as a shareholder in the London office. His arrival follows the recent addition of Kevin-Paul (K-P) Deveau, also from Reed Smith, with whom Ceeney will work closely to enhance the firm’s infrastructure and projects offerings.

International law firm Addleshaw Goddard has recruited experienced Partner Paul Anderson to its expanding Financial Regulation team.

Paul, who joins the firm from Squire Patton Boggs, will return to the firm's Leeds office at Sovereign Square having spent six years at Addleshaw Goddard earlier in his career. He has specialised in financial services and regulatory matters for over 25 years in a career which included a spell in-house and at a Magic Circle firm, having trained and qualified in the City.

Holland & Knight announced the opening of its new Seattle office with a group of 10 partners and six associates who practice in the areas of corporate/mergers and acquisitions (M&A), intellectual property, real estate, healthcare, labor and employment, and litigation. The office is Holland & Knight's 35th worldwide and will complement its vibrant office in Portland, Oregon, greatly expanding the Firm's reach in the Pacific Northwest.