Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced that Joshua Kaplan has joined the firm as a partner in the London office. He will be a member of the corporate practice.
Global law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of partner Markjan van Schaardenburgh to the London corporate practice.
Global law firm Ashurst is pleased to announce that Jonathan Chapman is joining as a partner in the global markets practice, based in Hong Kong. His addition follows the recent arrivals of corporate partner Melody He and disputes partner Cliff Chow to the firm's Hong Kong office.
Osborne Clarke has hired a restructuring and insolvency partner from Michelmores in London
Douglas Hawthorn has been a partner in Michelmores’ banking, restructuring & insolvency team since 2017. He was previously senior counsel at Travers Smith. He was a co-chair of Michelmores’ International Committee and remains a vice-chair of the Insolvency Section of the International Bar Association.
Leading business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has announced the appointment of Niamh Caffrey as a partner in the firm’s Tax team. Niamh is a very experienced tax lawyer who advises international and domestic clients on tax planning and structuring across sectors such as healthcare & life sciences, energy, technology, real estate and international trade. She also advises financial institutions, private equity and investment management firms on tax matters relevant to structuring transactions including investment funds, structured finance and securitisation transactions.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced that Bernard “Barry” A. Nigro Jr. will rejoin the Firm from the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, where he served as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General (2019-2020) and as Deputy Assistant Attorney General (2017-2019). He will serve as chair of the Firm's Global Antitrust and Competition Department and will be based in Washington, DC. His first day back at the Firm is Monday, November 2, 2020.
Dechert LLP announced the lateral acquisition of an elite privacy & cybersecurity team, consisting of partners Brenda Sharton and Karen Neuman. Ms. Sharton will serve as co-chair of Dechert’s global Privacy & Cybersecurity practice and Ms. Neuman will serve as global head of Privacy Counseling.
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces today that Michael Drobac and Gregory Walden have joined the Public Policy practice as principal and partner, respectively. The pair will be resident in the Washington, DC, office.
Highly experienced in the public policy arena, Drobac and Walden join from consulting roles, where they focused on regulatory and policy issues related to emerging technologies including drones and autonomous vehicles, online travel, ecommerce, information technology services and internet platforms.
International law firm Bird & Bird welcomes corporate M&A specialist Dr Marc Seeger as a partner in the Düsseldorf office. He will join the firm on the 1st of November 2020.
King & Spalding announced that former U.S. Department of Justice Acting Assistant Attorney General Ethan Davis is returning to the firm as a partner in its San Francisco office. Davis, who also clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch in October Term 2017, will be a member of the firm’s Special Matters and Government Investigations team.