Gowling WLG has welcomed a new partner, Mike Stewart, to its construction and engineering disputes team in London.

Mike joins the firm with nearly 25 years of experience advising on complex, high value disputes arising out of major infrastructure and energy projects, particularly in the Middle East. He has advised on disputes arising out of projects in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Yemen, UAE, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq, as well as India and Sri Lanka.

Firm appoints Nigel Watson as a corporate partner in its Employee Incentives team, based in Edinburgh

Burges Salmon is pleased to announce the appointment of Nigel Watson as a corporate partner to lead its Employee Incentives team.

Building on its successful Edinburgh launch in May 2019, Nigel Watson’s appointment to the Burges Salmon partnership demonstrates the firm's ongoing commitment to building its growing reputation in Scotland and to delivering exceptional client service across the UK.

Lauren A. Ferrante has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm’s Chicago office. Ferrante offers experience representing clients in state and local tax (SALT) controversies and planning matters. Prior to joining Duane Morris, she was a partner in McDermott Will & Emery LLP’s SALT Practice.

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP is pleased to announce that Jerritt R. Pawlyk has joined the firm as a Partner in the Edmonton office. Jerritt has a restructuring and insolvency practice and is an experienced advocate and ‎advisor for ‎clients across many industries, in particular the real estate and real estate finance sector. ‎

DLA Piper is pleased to announce that Luis Muñoz is joining as partner in its Tax practice, based in Luxembourg.

Luis, who is joining the firm on 5 January from Allen & Overy, focuses on international and corporate tax law. He has significant experience in advising clients on the tax aspects of cross-border investments and corporate reorganisations, as well as on the structuring of private equity, real estate and distressed debt investments via regulated/unregulated funds and securitisation platforms.

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Dr. Katja Kaulamo, a leading capital markets lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner, based in Frankfurt. She joins from Skadden. Her arrival adds further momentum to the firm’s strong growth and performance across its global platform this year, particularly in London and Frankfurt, which are instrumental to the firm’s European strategy.

Hogan Lovells has confirmed that Joel Smith will be joining the firm as a partner in its Intellectual Property, Media and Technology (IPMT) practice, based in the firm’s London office.

Proskauer, a leading international law firm, announced that Todd Ohlms has joined the Firm’s Litigation department as a partner based in Chicago.

""Todd’s experience in the field of asset management generally, and specifically private equity, as well as securities and shareholder litigation, trade regulation, and complex multi-jurisdictional disputes will add tremendous value to our clients and makes him a great addition to our team,"" said Tim Mungovan, chair of the Firm’s Litigation department.

Koorosh Talieh (KT), a nationally recognized trial lawyer with more than three decades of experience handling complex commercial insurance disputes, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in Washington, D.C.

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, the member firm of Baker McKenzie International in Singapore, has welcomed Emmanuel Chua as Local Principal to the Dispute Resolution practice. Emmanuel, whose practice has been built on complex, cross-border disputes in the Asia Pacific region, has significant experience in financial restructuring and formal insolvency processes (including schemes of arrangement, judicial management and liquidation), international arbitration and multijurisdictional litigation.