We have expanded our real estate sector group with the hire of a team from Greenberg Traurig.

Michael Goldberg joined our London office as a partner on 1 March, bringing with him a team of three associates all of whom are specialists in structured real estate.

The blend of expertise across corporate M&A and commercial real estate is an area of growth and focus for us following the appointments of Matthew Swainston from Forsters in June last year and Mark Rajbenbach from Paul Hastings in 2017.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced that Aditi Sanyal joined its banking team in the Middle East as a partner on 1 March 2021, based in the firm’s Dubai office.

Aditi joins the firm from Herbert Smith Freehills in Dubai where she was part of the regional banking practice and has been based for the last ten years.

DLA Piper announces the appointment of Arthur Tso as a partner in its Corporate practice, based in Hong Kong.

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced that preeminent commercial litigator Alex Leitch has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Complex Litigation practice. He joins from Covington & Burling, where he was the co-chair of the London Dispute Resolution group. His arrival continues the strong growth of Paul Hastings’ global Litigation and Investigations practices, following the recent addition of Investigations and White Collar Defence partners Jonathan Pickworth and Jo Dimmock in London.

Global law firm Clyde & Co has announced the appointment of Rachael Shek as a Partner in Hong Kong to strengthen the firm's market-leading global disputes practice.

DLA Piper announces the appointment of David Trott as a partner, and International Group Head of the firm’s Finance, Projects and Restructuring group.

Anthony Bongiorno has joined the firm as a partner in the Boston office.  Anthony is a well-known first-chair trial lawyer. He was previously “partner-in-charge” at McDermott, Will, & Emery’s Boston office. He has extensive experience in mass torts, product liability defense, and complex commercial litigation. His work has recently involved large health care systems, energy providers, international developers, and life sciences companies

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced that Lesli C. Esposito, Brian J. Boyle and Justin P. Murphy joined the Firm’s antitrust practice as partners based in Washington, DC. Timothy (Ty) C. Carson also joined as antitrust counsel. The group’s combined experience in private and government sectors provides clients with increased antitrust capabilities to tackle intricate enforcement policies emerging in a rapidly evolving, high-tech and post-pandemic environment.

Fieldfisher JAUSAS has appointed lawyer Tomás Nart as a partner to lead the bankruptcy section in Barcelona. Given the forecast for 2021, and the economic impact of COVID-19 on our companies, the firm is also preparing to strengthen the Restructuring and Insolvency area in Madrid in its growth plan.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced that Mark W. Bellomy has joined the firm’s technology transactions practice as a partner in the Boston office, where he will focus on representing life sciences clients. The addition reflects the continuing growth of Wilson Sonsini’s Boston office and rising demand for life sciences experience.