Global law firm Shearman & Sterling announces that Phil Cheveley is joining the firm as a Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) partner in London.

Phil brings wide-ranging experience in domestic and cross-border public company takeovers, private mergers and acquisitions, and private equity transactions. Phil’s practice also has strong synergies with Shearman & Sterling’s equity capital markets offering and the continued growth of its restructuring capabilities.

Bird & Bird LLP appoints project finance expert Alexander I. M. Wojtek as a partner in Hamburg. Joining with him are associates Volkan Top and Michele Bering. Alexander started on March 16, 2021; the two associates will join subsequently.

International law firm Bird & Bird grows its team in Madrid with the arrival of tech and comms and data protection specialist, Joaquín Muñoz as partner.

There is an increasing need for data protection specialists across the firm and Joaquín’s arrival will further promote Bird & Bird’s privacy and data protection offering within the international Commercial practice. The appointment of Joaquín is part of the firm’s growth plan for the Madrid office.

DLA Piper announced that Jayme Long has joined the firm’s Litigation and Regulatory practice as a partner based in Los Angeles.

Thomas Lenné has joined Loyens & Loeff in Belgium as partner on 8 March 2021. He will be the fourth partner in the Corporate/M&A practice group in Brussels, next to Grégoire Jakhian, Robrecht Coppens and Wim Vande Velde, where he will further strengthen our corporate capabilities in Belgium. Thomas is joined by associate Florence Gypens, who has been working with him for several years.

Brian H. Pandya has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Trial Practice Group in its Washington, D.C., office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Pandya served as Deputy Associate Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Alexander P. Okuliar as a partner in its Antitrust Practice Group in Washington, D.C. Mr. Okuliar will serve as co-chair of the firm’s Global Antitrust Practice Group with current co-chairs Jeff Jaeckel and Lisa Phelan. He brings to the firm over two decades of experience, both in government and private practice roles. Mr. Okuliar joins the firm from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he most recently served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Enforcement in the Antitrust Division.

King & Spalding has recruited international arbitration lawyer Kenneth D. Beale as a partner in the firm’s Trial & Global Disputes Practice in London. He will relocate to Washington, D.C., in the fall.

Michael Vernick, a leading government contracts lawyer, has joined Akin Gump as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Vernick will lead Akin Gump’s government contracts practice. He comes to Akin Gump from Hogan Lovells, where he led their government contracts practice and education industry sector team.

Global law firm White & Case LLP continues to expand its Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice with the addition of two new partners, Thomas Christopher and James Hu, in New York. Both new partners further strengthen the Firm's substantial public company M&A and financial sponsor capabilities in the United States.