Dentons has enhanced its Corporate group with the addition of partner David Hunter in Vancouver. Joining the Firm from Norton Rose Fulbright, David’s practice focuses on securities, corporate and natural resources law.
DWF, the global legal business, has appointed Emmanuel Durand as partner in its sports and competition practice in France.
Emmanuel Durand has joined DWF in the Paris office, having previously been a partner at De Pardieu Brocas Maffei.
Arnold & Porter announced that Michele Rowland and John Ruppert have joined the firm's Corporate & Finance practice, resident in Denver. Working together for more than a decade, Ms. Rowland and Mr. Ruppert represent clients with respect to mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial finance transactions, restructurings and reorganizations, and general corporate matters. Mr. Ruppert also represents clients relating to executive compensation and tax.
Senior candidate civil-law notary Louisa van Isselmuden will join the Amsterdam office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a Local Partner on 1 February. Her arrival follows the recent joining of David van Dijk and his team.
Dentons has significantly strengthened its insurance capabilities by adding a team of nine lawyers and legal professionals in Canada. The team joins from Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP and includes five partners, three associates and one paraprofessional with expertise spanning corporate, regulatory and litigation.
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance is strengthening its Australian and global leveraged finance practice with the hire of partner Elizabeth Hundt Russell. The experienced finance specialist will join the firm's Sydney office in late March 2021.
With the hire of Elizabeth the firm further strengthens its regional sponsor-side offering and its position as the pre-eminent adviser on the financing of complex transactions worldwide.
International law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Mochamad Kasmali will be joining the Hogan Lovells DNFP office in Jakarta as a Corporate & Finance partner in the Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects practice. Mochamad has held both in-house and private practice executive roles and most recently was Managing Partner with one of the leading Indonesian domestic firms.
Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed Wieger ten Hove, as a partner, to its Corporate practice in Amsterdam.
Wieger specialises in Dutch corporate law and corporate governance. He has extensive experience in advisory and transactional work in both the corporate/M&A and financial markets practices. His practice focuses on matters ranging from mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, holding structures, reorganisations and employee participations.
International law firm Bird & Bird expands its Energy & Utilities team with the appointment of partner Grzegorz Pizoń and his team in Warsaw.
The appointment of Grzegorz is an integral part of Bird & Bird’s strategic plan to strengthen the firm’s Energy & Utilities sector group in Warsaw and to provide both local and international clients with expert advice on energy transactions in Poland.
International law firm Bird & Bird grows its Intellectual Property practice in the Netherlands with the appointment of patent and trade secrets specialist Tjibbe Douma as a partner in Amsterdam.
Joining from Dentons where he was a partner and also acted as head of the Netherlands’ Patent Litigation and Venture Technology practices, Tjibbe’s expertise focuses on patent and trade secrets law. He advises and litigates for companies active in the Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology & Communications, Energy & Utilities and the Retail and Consumer sectors.