Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Nikolai Sokolov will be joining as a partner in the firm's Private Equity practice, based in the Frankfurt office. He joins on 1 November from Allen & Overy.
Nikolai advises on a wide range of mid-cap and large investors on cross-border and domestic private equity transactions as well as for corporate clients from a variety of industries on M&A deals.
Leading commercial law firm Hill Dickinson is delighted to announce the addition of new partner Adrian Jones to the firm’s Commercial Litigation team in London as it drives forward with ambitious plans for growth.
Adrian brings with him over 20 years of experience representing clients in international arbitrations, with a particular focus on companies in the oil and gas, mining, metals, pharmaceutical and financial services industries.
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces that Jenny Williams rejoins the Firm’s Corporate practice as a partner, resident in the Dallas office.
Williams has an external general counsel practice that is dedicated to providing legal services to private equity portfolio companies and similar clients. She has significant experience managing complex litigation (including class actions), M&A, commercial transactions, contract review and negotiation, international matters, labor and employment, compliance, governmental relations and corporate governance.
International law firm CMS is pleased to announce that Borys Danevych will be joining the firm as a partner and Head of Life Sciences at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang in Kyiv from 1 November 2020. Borys was previously the owner and head of Danevych.Law, a leading life sciences boutique law firm in Ukraine, which will be strategically integrated into CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang in Kyiv following his appointment.
DLA Piper announced that Rafael Bussière has joined Campos Mello Advogados (CMA), which has a cooperation agreement with DLA Piper, as a partner in the Real Estate practice. He will be based in the Rio de Janeiro office.
Bussière recently served as Secretariat of Coordination and Governance of the federal government’s real estate assets for Brazil’s Ministry of the Economy. During his term of office in the Executive Branch, Bussière contributed to modernizing the legal framework governing the process for selling federal real property and lands.
Morgan Lewis today welcomes Richard Knott as a partner resident in Abu Dhabi. Richard joins from one of Abu Dhabi’s leading sovereign wealth funds, where he spent the last four years as a Senior Legal Counsel.
Jennifer Pepin brings broad experience in private equity and public company M&A, capital markets, and public company representation matters.
Baker McKenzie announced that Ye (Cecilia) Hong has joined the Firm as a partner in New York, as the Firm continues to expand its transactional practice in key financial centers globally.
Squire Patton Boggs has expanded its International Dispute Resolution (IDR) Practice with the addition of two partners in Paris. Sabrina Aïnouz and Jérôme Lehucher spent the last 13 years practicing international arbitration together, first at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, and later at DWF. Their arrival follows an earlier announcement this week that Michelle Glassman Bock joined the firm’s IDR Practice as a partner from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, splitting her time between its Brussels and Washington DC offices.
Mishcon de Reya is pleased to announce the appointment of Neil Sharpe, who today joins the Firm as a Partner in the Employment Department. Neil will be part of the Incentives & Remuneration team, advising on strategic remuneration, governance and regulatory issues.
Neil is a senior lawyer with over 25 years' experience advising on the design, implementation and compliance of all types of incentive arrangements ranging from private company incentives such as management incentive plans through to global all-employee share plans of listed companies.