Leading maritime law firm Hill Dickinson is delighted to announce the hire of partner Ian Teare to the firm’s Marine and Trade practice with effect from January 2021.

Ian joins from Wikborg Rein’s Singapore office where he has been both managing partner and led the casualty response practice for Asia. Following his return to Europe from South East Asia, Ian will split his time between Hill Dickinson’s London and Piraeus shipping practices.   

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Mitchell Kim as a partner in the litigation and dispute resolution practice. He joins K&L Gates’ Los Angeles office from Fox Rothschild LLP.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Georg Weidenbach will join the firm’s Frankfurt office.  Weidenbach, formerly a partner at Latham & Watkins LLP, will continue his global antitrust practice.

“We’re delighted to welcome Georg to Gibson Dunn,” said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn.  “He is an experienced and highly regarded antitrust lawyer who will be a strong addition to our market-leading competition practice across the globe and to our German and European practices in particular.”

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced that it has strengthened its projects and energy practice in Istanbul with the addition of project finance partner Utku Ünver. He will be part of the firm's associated Turkish law practice, which will now be known as İnal Ünver Attorney Partnership.

Margaux J. Hall, a leading lawyer in drug pricing, managed care and value-based payment arrangements, has joined global law firm Ropes & Gray in Washington, D.C. as a partner.

WASHINGTON—Gerald Masoudi, former General Counsel of Celgene Corporation and then JUUL Labs, has rejoined Covington’s Food, Drug, and Device Practice Group in Washington as a partner.

Calgary—Dentons is pleased to welcome Bonnie Anderson as a partner in its Real Estate group. Based in Calgary, Bonnie will be a key member of the Firm’s Planning and Development team.

International law firm Taylor Wessing announces the appointment of Ian Moore as a partner in its corporate technology and private equity teams.

Ian joins the firm from Eversheds Sutherland and has significant experience within the technology sector and private equity market.

He is especially recognised for his domestic and cross-border M&A work and his practice reflects a mix of corporate advisory work, acquisitions, disposals and equity and convertible debt financings for corporate and technology clients.

Patent and technology litigation expert Oscar Lamme has spent the last thirteen years building a strong reputation in the international patent litigation market

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has today announced that its intellectual property team will be joined by patent and technology litigation expert Oscar Lamme. Oscar will join the firm as a partner* in the firm’s Amsterdam office, alongside existing partners Paul Tjiam and Bas Berghuis van Woortman.

DLA Piper announces the appointment of Matthew Cole as a partner in the firm's Corporate practice in Dublin.

Matthew will join the firm at the end of 2020 from A&L Goodbody, where he is a corporate partner. His practice focuses on M&A and equity capital markets (ECM) as well as private equity and corporate advisory. Matthew has led on some of Ireland’s most significant cross-border M&A and private equity transactions over the past five years, particularly in the real estate, insurance and financial services sectors.