International law firm DAC Beachcroft has announced the appointment of two transport specialists as partners in its Paris office, further expanding DACB's global Transport offering in aviation, marine and land transport.

Laura Dubois and Béatrice Fleuris join DACB as partners from the specialist boutique law firm they jointly founded in 2018, Leno Advocats, best known for its expertise in aeronautics, aviation, marine, insurance and transport.

Dentons announces that Van Durrer has joined the Firm as a partner in its Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy (RIB) practice. Durrer brings decades of extensive experience advising on some of the most complex and high-profile restructuring matters domestically and globally.

Dentons announces that Dr. Peter Bekker, a leading global practitioner in international arbitration, has joined the Firm’s Commercial Litigation practice as a partner, resident in the New York office. Bekker has a distinguished career helping clients navigate complex cross-border disputes, with a focus on arbitration and public international law.

CMS is pleased to announce the appointment of Steven Tran as a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong Corporate practice from which he will oversee M&A and private equity transactions across the Asia region. Steve joins CMS from Morrison Foerster where he was a partner.

Steve has 25 years of experience advising multinational corporations, as well as global and regional private equity funds and their portfolio companies, on complex multi-jurisdictional M&A and private equity transactions across Asia, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia.

CMS is pleased to announce the hire of a team of product liability specialists in London. The firm welcomes two senior hires, Simon Castley and Sarah Croft, who have joined CMS as partners in the Litigation & Arbitration practice. Both Simon and Sarah join from another international firm.

CMS also welcomes two legal analysts from the same team. Together with Simon and Sarah’s appointments, these hires will bolster the firm’s product liability and commercial litigation offering.  

Independent UK law firm Burges Salmon is pleased to announce the appointment of Charles Claisse as a partner in the firm’s Corporate and M&A team. Based in London, Charles joins the firm from Deloitte Legal, where he was head of M&A, and is ranked as a leading partner across the legal directories.

Global law firm Ashurst announces the strategic hire of James Ford as a partner in the global investment funds practice, based in Hong Kong. The appointment underscores the firm's commitment to continue to strengthen its capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region and enhancing its service offerings in the investment funds sector.

Akin announced that Daniel Wayte will join the firm as a corporate partner in London, expanding the firm’s preferred equity & hybrid capital offering and strengthening Akin’s recently launched global capital solutions team, comprised of market-leading transactional lawyers that advise on complex situations across debt and equity, hybrid and structured solutions, joint ventures, rollups and spinouts.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced the appointment of Karen Lam as Partner and Head of Hong Kong Securitisation and Derivatives, Greater China, effective 6 January.

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Intellectual Property, Data and Technology practice with the recruitment of partner Elze 't Hart in the Amsterdam office.