O’Melveny announced that experienced capital markets lawyer David Ni has rejoined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Capital Markets Practice Group. His arrival bolsters the team’s East Coast capabilities and expands its nationwide roster of top-tier transactional advisors.
Amplifying Morgan Lewis’s German, European, and global intellectual property (IP) capabilities, particularly in technology and life sciences patent disputes, the firm welcomes partner Alexander Ritter, resident in the Munich office. Arriving from Baker McKenzie where he most recently chaired the German patent litigation practice, Alex represents clients across a range of industries, including high tech, engineering, chemical, healthcare and medical device, and biotechnology.
Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Hugh O’Sullivan will join the firm’s London office as a partner in the Banking Practice. O’Sullivan advises private equity sponsors, companies, funds, and financial institutions on a variety of complex, multi-jurisdictional financing transactions, with a particular focus on leveraged finance, bridge finance, and restructurings.
Holland & Knight announced that three longtime partners from Los Angeles-based private wealth services law firm Karlin & Peebles LLP joined the firm's Century City office on Jan. 1. Michael Karlin, Maria-Soledad Otero and Cynthia Brittain joined Holland & Knight's distinguished Private Wealth Services Group, the largest practice of its kind in the country, as partners. All three attorneys are recognized as leading advisors in Private Wealth Law by the Chambers High Net Worth guide.
Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce that Hagen Rooke has joined the firm’s Singapore office as a partner in its Financial Regulatory Practice Group.
Commenting on his arrival, William Hallatt, Hong Kong partner and Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Financial Regulatory Practice Group, said: “We have seen rapid growth in our financial regulatory and fintech practices, and Hagen’s arrival will add firepower to our team. He is a top-ranked expert who is well known throughout the region, and who regularly works with regulators and industry associations across Asia.”
Cleary Gottlieb announced that Mike Taylor has joined the firm as a partner in the Abu Dhabi office.
Cleary Gottlieb is expanding its award-winning global antitrust team in the U.S. and Europe, with Puja Patel joining the firm as a partner in the New York office and Amaryllis Müller joining as counsel in the Brussels office.
Both bring extensive experience in antitrust matters, covering a variety of transactional and behavioral work.
Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie announced that the Firm's Tax Practice has added partners Julia Ushakova-Stein in San Francisco and Niki Ford in New York.
Both Julia and Niki are esteemed legal professionals and strong additions to our bench of powerhouse tax lawyers, said Salim Rahim, Chair of Baker McKenzie's North America Tax Practice Group. Their deep business acumen and skillsets will bring immediate value to the Firm, strengthen our capabilities in a wide range of tax matters, and will be tremendous assets to our clients.
Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie is pleased to announce the addition of Dimitri Van Uytvanck as a partner and head of the Firm’s Belgium Employment & Compensation Practice, effective 2 January 2025. Dimitri is based in Brussels and joins the Firm from Simmons & Simmons.
Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its commercial litigation practice with the addition of Tim Knight. He joins the firm in London as a partner.