Reed Smith announced the addition of Ari Edelman, a leading transactional lawyer with a wealth of experience representing special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), underwriters and placement agents in IPOs and de-SPAC acquisitions. Ari joins the firm’s Global Corporate Group as a partner in New York.
As part of its redeployment plan, Gowling WLG's Paris office is pleased to announce the arrival of Emilie Renaud as a partner, accompanied by associate Nassim Vareilles.
The new tax team will work in particular alongside the Corporate M&A and Private Equity department led by Barbara Jouffa, Simon Lowe and Patrick Mousset, as well as the Real Estate department led by Sylvain Canard-Volland. It will also be in charge of developing the firm's international tax law activity.
King & Spalding announced that corporate lawyers Heath Trisdale and Michael Hamilton have joined the firm as partners in its Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group in the Houston office.
Both partners were previously at Baker McKenzie and will work closely with Jonathan Newton, who joined King & Spalding in August from the same firm (more here).
Simmons & Simmons has announced that its Madrid office is to welcome a new dispute resolution partner; health sector legal specialist, Raquel Ballesteros.
Raquel joins the firm after 14 years as a partner of Bird & Bird, and her arrival will strengthen Simmons’ Healthcare and Life Sciences (HLS) practice in Europe. Raquel is ranked in Band 1 of the international Chambers and Partners listing and she is widely recognised as one of the leading legal minds in the healthcare sector.
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced that Peter McKeever, a commercial real estate partner, has joined its Dublin office.
Peter joins the firm from Matheson, where he has spent the last fourteen years building a strong reputation across the real estate sector. Peter’s experience includes advising on acquisitions and disposals, commercial and industrial properties and land development, commercial landlord and tenant work, and planning/environmental issues.
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces the growth of its Commercial Litigation practice with the addition of Mark Califano as partner. Califano focuses on litigation, regulatory law, compliance, privacy and information security, and is resident in the Washington, DC, office.
Global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has expanded its Data Privacy & Cyber Security Practice with the hire of Geraldine Scali, who joins the firm Sept. 14 as a partner in the London office.
Scali joins from Sidley Austin, where she advised international clients on data protection, privacy and information security including GDPR compliance, cybersecurity and security breach responses.
O’Melveny announced that leading Washington, DC litigator Jeffrey Gordon has joined the firm as a partner in the General Litigation Practice. Gordon was previously a senior attorney in the litigation practice of a top 100 AmLaw firm.
Milbank LLP is pleased to announce that market-leading M&A attorney Neil Whoriskey has joined the firm’s Global Corporate Group.
A highly respected attorney, Mr. Whoriskey has advised private equity and strategic corporate clients on both public and private deals. In his over 30-year legal career, he has worked on a number of high-profile international transactions, from General Motors’ acquisition of Daewoo Motors to Western Digital’s $19 billion acquisition of SanDisk.
McGuireWoods continues to expand its formidable global banking and finance capabilities with the arrival of partner Linn Mayhew, who joins the firm’s top-ranked debt finance practice in London.
Mayhew focuses on international acquisition and leveraged finance for private equity sponsors, alternative investment funds, banks and corporate clients. She advises borrowers and creditors at all levels of the capital structure. She also advises on fund finance, restructurings and general banking matters.