New York – Sidley is pleased to announce that Johnny Skumpija, a leading capital markets lawyer, has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in its Capital Markets practice.
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has strengthened its industry-leading life sciences practice with the appointment of Dr. Lincoln Tsang, one of world’s leading lawyers in the field, as a partner and head of its European Life Sciences practice, based in London.
Dr. Tsang – a former senior UK regulator and advisor to numerous EU and global governmental authorities, qualified in law, medical and pharmaceutical science – joins the firm’s industry-leading Life Sciences Regulatory & Compliance practice to lead its European Life Sciences practice.
Hong Kong – Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced that corporate lawyer Jean Yu has joined the firm’s Securities and Capital Markets practice as a partner in Hong Kong. Her arrival continues the strong growth of the firm’s global Securities and Capital Markets practice, following recent partner additions in Frankfurt, Seoul and Washington, D.C.
London - Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has strengthened its energy, infrastructure and resources practice with the addition of energy disputes partner Ben Holland. Holland joins K&L Gates’ London office from Squire Patton Boggs LLP.
DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has appointed Ann Frances Cooney as Partner in its employment practice.
Ann Frances Cooney joins DWF from Addleshaw Goddard where she was a Legal Director and head of the Glasgow employment team. At DWF, she will be based out of the Glasgow office and will lead the employment practice in Scotland.
International law firm Osborne Clarke appoints Jim Margry as partner in the Employment, Pensions & Incentives team in Amsterdam as of 1 March 2021.
Perth—Dentons is already delivering on its growth strategy in 2021 with the addition of one partner and four lawyers across in Perth.
John Park joins Dentons as a Litigation partner in the Perth office, and brings with him four other lawyers, significantly expanding Dentons’ offering to clients in Western Australia.
Dentons now has more than 60 partners across Australia’s major capital cities.
Frankfurt—Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Corporate and M&A practice with the recruitment of partner Dr. Gesine von der Groeben who joined the Frankfurt office. She will advise on venture capital matters, expanding Dentons’ advisory services for investors, start-ups and founders.
Mark Segall, a recognized lawyer with over 20 years of experience has joined Dentons as a partner in the Banking and Finance team in Warsaw. His experience covers a wide range of financial products, including acquisition and leveraged finance, structured commodity finance and project finance. He advises international clients on cross-border syndicated lending and specializes in natural resources, agricultural and logistics projects.
Asia’s top tier international law firm King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is continuing its expansion in Southeast Asia with the appointment of leading cross-border Dispute Resolution partner Amanda Lees to its Singapore office. Amanda is the latest partner to join KWM Southeast Asia practice following the appointments of John Shum, Jake Robson and Nick Davies over the past 18 months.
Amanda has close to a decade of experience working in the region, most recently with Simmons & Simmons JWS Pte Ltd and, prior to that, with Ashurst.