Law firm Shakespeare Martineau has announced six new hires – including three new partners - at its Milton Keynes office as part of its national growth strategy and commitment to bolstering specialist expertise in healthcare, education, social housing and real estate development.

All six hires were formerly at EMW, within its healthcare, education, social housing and development teams, with their appointments being ‘just the start’ of accelerated growth for Shakespeare Martineau in the South region.

Kennedys has boosted its newly relocated office in Manchester with the hire of regulatory partner, Nathan Buckley, from Clyde & Co.

Nathan specialises in regulatory defence work, particularly corporate manslaughter/gross negligence manslaughter, health and safety, environment and motor crime investigations and prosecutions, together with inquests across all industries.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that William Hallatt will join the firm’s Hong Kong office.  Hallatt, formerly a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills, will continue his financial services regulatory practice.

He will be accompanied by an experienced financial services regulatory team comprised of associates Emily Rumble, Becky Chung and Arnold Pun.  All three were also formerly with Herbert Smith Freehills.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft is pleased to announce the appointment of David Hill to its health sector practice. This announcement closely follows the appointments of partners Katherine Calder (procurement), and David Roberts (clinical negligence).

Akin Gump announced that finance partner Clare Cottle is to join the firm’s London office.

Ms. Cottle advises on the finance aspects of cross-border and domestic financial restructurings, special situations funding and complex direct loans. She represents credit funds, institutional investors, private equity funds and portfolio companies in a wide range of financings, including debt restructurings, direct loans, leveraged buyouts, securitisations and bank/bond structures.

Global law firm Goodwin announced that Jean A. Lee joined the firm’s Technology M&A practice as a partner, resident in the downtown Los Angeles office.

Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Rachel Gray as a partner in the firm's New York office and a member of the Leveraged Finance team where she will play a key role in the expansion of the firm's lender designation practice in both the mid and large cap markets.

 The Amsterdam office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has added Ruud van Bork to its notarial practice as a shareholder and civil law notary in the Corporate Practice. Van Bork, formerly senior partner with Loyens & Loeff, started at GT on 19 April 2021.

Ethan Jin has joined Cooley as a partner in the firm’s global capital markets practice. Based in Beijing, Jin brings significant experience in taking companies public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, as well as in Hong Kong public M&A. He arrives from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

MIAMI – Reed Smith announced that Danielle Garno has joined the firm as a partner in its global Entertainment and Media Industry Group in Miami, significantly boosting the firm’s profile and capabilities in the fashion sector. Garno joins Reed Smith from Cozen O’Connor, where she served as co-chair of the firm’s retail industry group and led the fashion, beauty, and luxury goods practice.