Front-end tax specialist Brendon Lamers has joined Clayton Utz as a partner in the national Taxation practice, from KPMG Australia.
Brendon has more than 20 years' experience advising local and foreign funds and Australian companies on transactions and international tax issues. A large part of his practice is advisory work in relation to infrastructure projects, M&A transactions and real estate projects.
Morgan Lewis’s intellectual property services will grow significantly in London with the arrival on July 1 of partner Nick Bolter, who focuses on trademarks and design. Nick will join with a team of four associates, a paralegal, and three trademark professional staff from another global law firm, where he led the trademark, copyright, and advertising practice.
Hill Dickinson Hong Kong has welcomed new partner YK Chan to its capital markets team as it reaffirms its commitment to Hong Kong’s capital market.
YK Chan, who joins from Paul Hastings LLP, will jointly lead the firm’s equity capital markets (ECM) team together with corporate partner Kurt Lau, who joined the firm from Eversheds Sutherland in September 2019.
Arrival of Alexandra Bigot further expands the firm’s market leading Restructuring & Special Situations Practice in Europe and globally.
Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Alexandra Bigot has joined the Paris office as a partner in the Restructuring & Special Situations Practice. An accomplished practitioner, Bigot’s practice focuses on advising investors, shareholders, and distressed companies on a variety of complex financial restructurings and insolvency proceedings.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has hired real estate funds regulatory and investment specialist Dorothee Atwell into its Frankfurt office
Dorothee is a funds regulatory lawyer advising on regulatory aspects of transactions and fund formation to institutional investment managers investing into real estate in Germany and abroad.
Leading commercial law firm Hill Dickinson has boosted its London pensions team with the hire of a new partner, John Dinnegan.
John joins the team from Simmons & Simmons and brings extensive experience in advising corporates and pension scheme trustees, with a focus on restructuring and regulatory investigations.
In particular, John has advised in relation to a number of Company Voluntary Arrangements, Regulated Apportionment Arrangements and a Scheme of Arrangement.
Leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Michael Jacobs to join its market leading Global Corporate practice as an Equity Capital Markets partner in London.
Michael joins the firm from Allen & Overy where he was a partner. He returns to London from Hong Kong, where he has spent the last three years.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced that David “Dave” Strong has joined the firm as a partner in the Palo Alto office. He will be a member of the firm’s tax and tax equity practice.
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced that highly regarded litigator James Bo Pearl has joined the firm as a partner in the Entertainment and Media Litigation practice, based in the Century City office.
King & Spalding announced that Damien Marshall, Andrew Z. Michaelson, Leigh M. Nathanson and Laura Harris will join the firm as partners in the New York office. Marshall, Nathanson and Harris join the firm’s Trial and Global Disputes practice with Michaelson joining the firm’s Government Matters practice. Together, they specialize in navigating significant commercial disputes and global investigations with expertise in coordinating complex, multi-party cases and overlapping government inquiries.