Mayer Brown has continued the expansion of its regulatory, investigations and enforcement capabilities with the arrival of prominent federal prosecutor Gina Parlovecchio, who joins the firm as a partner in the global White Collar Defense & Compliance and Regulatory & Investigations practice groups in New York. Previously, Ms. Parlovecchio was an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY), where she served as the chief of the office’s International Narcotics and Money Laundering Section (INMLS).

Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ) announces the addition of Andrea “Andi” Mandell as a partner in the Tax Group and Paula-Marie “Polly” O’Brien as a partner in the Finance & Derivatives Group. Ms. Mandell is resident in the New York office and Ms. O’Brien is in the firm’s London office. Ms. Mandell joins the firm from Dentons, where she was a partner in the capital markets and tax practices. Ms. O’Brien was previously a finance partner at Jones Day.

Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed lateral Partner hire, Philip James, to its data privacy and cybersecurity team.

Philip, a highly experienced data protection lawyer, joins the global law firm’s commercial team from media technology law firm Sheridans, where he was head of its data practice.

Specialising in disruptive technology platforms, cloud computing, digital media, data and cybersecurity, Philip also focuses on the media and entertainment, interactive, marcomms and fintech sectors. Clients include Cifas, GSMA and Sport England.

DLA Piper announced that James Muenker has joined the firm’s Restructuring practice as a partner in Dallas.

Muenker has more than 20 years of experience representing publicly and privately held companies, boards of directors, bondholders, equity security holders and creditors in a variety of restructuring matters, including major bankruptcy cases, and other transactions.

DLA Piper announced that Michael Haworth has joined the firm’s Real Estate practice as a partner in New York.

The Washington, D.C., office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Andrew D. Ruskin as a partner in the health care practice. He joins the firm from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed Transactional Services partners Nicholas Hanna and Mark Tan, as it grows its corporate capabilities in Singapore.

Nicholas and Mark both join from K&L Gates, where they have worked together for several years across the ASEAN region.

Global law firm Clyde & Co has announced the hire of Ian Birdsey as a partner in London. He joins as part of the firm's ongoing expansion and development of its global cyber risk offering.

Global law firm Clyde & Co has announced the joining of Chris Williams as a partner in its London Intellectual Property (IP) team.

Chris joins from Blake Morgan and specialises in soft IP disputes including trade mark infringement actions and design, confidentiality and copyright disputes.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Commercial Litigation Practice with the addition of Kate Perumal as a partner in Sydney.