Womble Bond Dickinson is pleased to announce that Jed M. Nosal has joined the firm as a partner in the Business Litigation Group. Nosal is the second litigation partner to join the Boston office in as many months. His arrival comes on the heels of former Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, who joined the firm from Greenberg Traurig.
DLA Piper announced that Nate Bolin has joined the firm’s Litigation and Regulatory practice as a partner based in Washington, DC.
Global law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Will Chalk as partner in the London corporate team
Will joins from Addleshaw Goddard where he was a partner and head of corporate governance. Focusing on governance, corporate compliance and listed company issues, he advises listed, AIM quoted and larger private companies. Will has also acted as company secretary of a FTSE-listed telecommunications company and is a member of the Financial Reporting Council Reporting Lab's Steering Group. Will trained and practised at Ashurst before joining Addleshaws in 2002.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced that prominent litigation lawyer Brian Sun has joined its Los Angeles office as a partner.
Arthur Cox is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Thompson as a partner in our Finance Group. Sarah’s appointment is with effect from 1 March 2021.
Sarah joins Arthur Cox from Kirkland & Ellis in London, where she was a partner in its Financial Services Regulatory team. Prior to this, Sarah also worked at Linklaters in its Financial Regulation Group for several years.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced that James Board will join as a Partner in the Firm’s London office.
“We are delighted to welcome James to the Firm,” said Bill Dougherty, Chairman of Simpson Thacher’s Executive Committee. “We have a market-leading global Private Funds Practice and James’ skills and depth of experience will benefit our private fund sponsor clients in the United Kingdom, throughout Europe and around the world.”
London — Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced that Dr. Max Kirchner, an experienced securities and capital markets lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner, based in London. Dr. Kirchner’s arrival adds further momentum to the strong performance and growth of the firm’s global Securities and Capital Markets practice, following the recent additions of partners Katja Kaulamo in Frankfurt, Iksoo Kim in Seoul and Brandon Bortner in Washington, D.C.
Leading finance lawyer Anna Robson has joined Shoosmiths’ growing Leeds office as a banking partner.
Anna has built an impressive reputation as one of the go-to finance lawyers in Yorkshire. She will work closely with corporate partner James Foster and restructuring and insolvency partner Lemi McAuley to build a market-leading private equity, banking and restructuring offering in Leeds and the North East.
Global law firm DLA Piper announces that M&A and ECM Corporate specialist James Nicholls joins the firm’s Perth office, effective 3 March 2021.
James joins DLA Piper as a lateral hire from international firm Allen & Overy, where he was a Special Counsel specialising in M&A and corporate law, ECM transactions and Head Office regulatory advice. James assists both domestic and foreign companies in successfully implementing inorganic value solutions, predominantly in the Energy & Resources sector.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced that Geoffrey Bailhache will join the Firm’s London office as a Partner.
Geoff will join the Firm from Blackstone, where he is a Managing Director and General Counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and provides transactional advice for Blackstone’s Private Equity and Tactical Opportunities, Energy, Infrastructure and Growth Equity Groups. Prior to joining Blackstone, he spent several years in private practice advising on private equity mergers and acquisitions and other corporate matters.