Frank Saviano advises prominent sports and media organizations on complex corporate transactions.

Dentons Canada has enhanced its national Trusts, Estates and Wealth Preservation group with the addition of partner Blair L. Botsford in Toronto.

Blair’s practice focuses on will and estate planning, trusts, powers of attorney and advance care planning, guardianship, disability planning, estate and trust administration, elder law, charitable giving, and related taxation.

Her clients include professionals, business owners and high net worth individuals, many of whom have multi-jurisdictional planning needs.

International law firm CMS is delighted to announce the appointment of pensions partner Jae Fassam, bringing the total partner count across its UK pensions law practice to 18. Jae joins from the Edinburgh office of Pinsent Masons and will be based in CMS’s Edinburgh office.

Jeremy White brings significant experience to the firm’s market-leading Japan corporate practice; further cements position as top international law firm in Japan.

 Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Jeremy White has joined its Tokyo office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Mr. White brings to the firm more than 20 years of experience in cross-border M&A, carve-outs, and joint ventures. His arrival further cements Morrison & Foerster’s position as the top international law firm in Japan.

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is delighted to announce that Cyrille Gogny-Goubert has joined the firm’s Paris office, establishing an on-the-ground real estate practice in France for the first time. Prior to joining WFW, Cyrille was a Partner and Head of Real Estate at boutique French firm Bersay, having previously worked at both Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and King & Spalding in Paris.

McGuireWoods is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Hogan, former senior vice president of market regulation enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), has joined the firm’s nationally recognized Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department in Washington, D.C.

 Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added veteran intellectual property litigator Brent D. Sokol as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office. Sokol focuses his practice on complex intellectual property disputes, including those involving international forums and multiple forms of intellectual property. He joins the firm from Jones Day, where he was a partner, and where he had practiced for nearly two decades.

Baker McKenzie recruits Erik Forsin as a new partner. Erik Forsin joins on 16 November and will strengthen Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution practice in Stockholm.

""Erik Forsin is a recognized skilled lawyer and I am pleased that he chooses to join Baker McKenzie. The recruitment of Erik Forsin is part of our strategy to continuously strengthen our competence within our focus areas,"" says Anders Fast, Managing Partner, Baker McKenzie in Sweden.

Global law firm Clyde & Co has announced the hiring of two partners to its International Arbitration Group in Paris, deepening the group's offering and continuing to grow its continental European disputes presence.

Hery Ranjeva and Ivan Urzhumov join from Foley Hoag having previously worked together at Winston Strawn, operating as a team for over 10 years. They will initially be joined by two associates. The International Arbitration Group in Paris now comprises more than 15 team members who are dedicated to representing clients in international arbitrations.

Global law firm Clyde & Co has bolstered its Regulatory & Investigations Group in London with the appointment of partner Rachel Cropper-Mawer.

Rachel joins from DAC Beachcroft, prior to which she worked in-house at insurance broker Willis Towers Watson and oil and gas company BP where she had significant responsibilities for compliance issues. Rachel previously worked at Clyde & Co for ten years, progressing to become a partner.