Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Xiaoxi Lin, who joins the firm as a partner in the Corporate Group based in Hong Kong. Lin brings over 15 years’ experience to Morrison Foerster, with a private equity and M&A practice with established client relationships in the Greater China, Asia, and U.S. markets.
Global law firm K&L Gates continues to grow its Intellectual Property (IP) practice with the appointment of patent litigator Rachelle Downie as a partner in Melbourne. Downie joins the firm from Corrs Chambers Westgarth, where she was a special counsel in its intellectual property litigation group.
Dechert announced the addition of Jennifer Csik Hutchens as a partner in its corporate and securities practice, further bolstering the firm’s capabilities in healthcare and life sciences transactions and regulatory work. Ms. Hutchens leads Dechert’s healthcare regulatory practice and is a leader in the firm’s healthcare industry practice and cross-practice group healthcare initiatives. She is based in the firm’s Charlotte office.
The international law firm Gianni & Origoni announces the arrival in the Milan office of Cecilia Buresti, a professional active in the insurance and banking litigation sector, who will join the Litigation and Arbitration department as a Partner. Together with Buresti, the professionals Lucia Salerno (Senior Associate), Sabrina Palermo and Marianna Giordano (both Associates) also join the Firm.
We are delighted to announce that Adrian Lo has joined Ince & Co. as a Partner.
Global law firm DLA Piper has appointed leading finance partner David Kirkland as a partner in its Sydney office.
David brings a wealth of experience and a strong reputation in the leveraged finance and acquisition finance sectors.
“David is a leading finance partner in Australia with long-standing relationships with major financial institutions and private equity firms. We are very pleased to have David on board to grow our practice in this important area,” said Amber Matthews, Australia Country Managing Partner, DLA Piper.
International law firm Gianni & Origoni is pleased to announce the appointment of Giulio Andreani as Partner in the Tax Law department. Giulio will join with his team experts in tax restructurings and tax litigation: Angelo Tubelli, Erika Andreani and Valeria Andreani, who will all join GOP as Senior Counsels.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce the addition of Guillermo Larrea as a partner in our Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Area. Larrea, who joins the firm from Jones Day, will be joining the Global Regulatory & Intellectual Property practice group in our Mexico City office. He advises clients on privacy and cybersecurity matters, including cyber-incident response and litigation, maintaining his leadership on white-collar matters dealing with anticorruption compliance and related investigations and enforcement.
European law firm Fieldfisher has appointed leading medical negligence partner Mandy Luckman to spearhead a new personal injury and medical negligence (PIMN) team in the firm’s Birmingham office. Effective 7 January 2025.
Mandy joins from Irwin Mitchell where, alongside running a high-calibre caseload, she was instrumental in developing the firm's forward-thinking business strategy focusing on client relationships.
European law firm Fieldfisher continues its investment with the hire of leading commercial disputes partner Darren Kenny.
Darren joins Fieldfisher from DWF, effective 2 January 2025, and will be based in the firm's Birmingham office.