Linklaters is pleased to announce that Matthew Hodgson has joined the firm as an arbitration partner and Head of Public International Law in London – further bolstering the firm’s international arbitration offering. Matthew’s arrival builds on a number of recent high-profile hires for Linklaters’ Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations practice, including the recent addition of litigation partners Adeel Mangi, Muhammad Faridi, Diana Conner and George LoBiondo in New York, newly appointed Global Co-Head of International Arbitration, Joseph R.

Global law firm Hogan Lovells has announced that Orson Alcocer is joining the firm’s Corporate & Finance team as a partner to lead the Real Estate practice in Madrid. 
Orson joins from DLA Piper where he was Head of Real Estate, Spain. With more than 25 years of experience, he is a highly regarded lawyer with a distinguished track record of advising leading investors, developers, financial institutions, and corporate clients on complex, high-value real estate transactions.

Dentons in New Zealand continues to strengthen its Banking and Finance team with the arrival of Joshua Jones, on 28 April 2025.

Joshua specialises in banking, restructuring, and insolvency law, with extensive experience advising banks, private equity sponsors, corporates, and non-bank lenders.

Global law firm K&L Gates welcomes Matthew Osborne as a partner in the Energy, Infrastructure, and Resources practice, with a focus on project development and finance. He joins the firm’s Melbourne office from White & Case, where he was a partner in their Southeast Asia Project Development and Finance Group and Head of Philippines Country Group.

WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Brian Boynton, the former head of the US Department of Justice’s Civil Division, has rejoined the firm as chair of its best-in-class Government and Regulatory Litigation Practice.

Reed Smith announced that David Long-Daniels has joined the firm’s Labor & Employment Group as a partner in its rapidly growing Atlanta office.

Formerly with Squire Patton Boggs, Long-Daniels handles high-profile labor and employment and complex commercial litigation trials in courts across the U.S. He is the 17th partner to join the firm’s Atlanta office, which launched in January and now comprises nearly 40 lawyers.

In a move that expands and strengthens Pillsbury’s growing Private Capital and Investment Funds practice and adds important new dimensions to the firm’s market-leading offering to tech investors and startup clients, the firm has welcomed David Holland as a partner in its Washington, DC, office. He joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis.

Elevating its global tax service offerings, Morgan Lewis welcomes partner Andrew Callaghan, who represents clients on the tax aspects of domestic and international corporate and finance transactions, as well as provides structuring and consultancy advice. Andrew arrives from Milbank and is resident in the firm’s London office.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Josh Simon as global head of the Litigation Practice Group. The group has over 250 litigators representing clients across every business segment in high-impact cases, government investigations, and dispute resolution proceedings.

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Dr. Kate Hillier has rejoined the firm’s Bay Area offices as a partner in the Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice. Hillier represents public and private life sciences companies on complex licensing and collaboration transactions, with a particular focus on counseling clients on strategic partnering and related intellectual property (IP), business and legal issues.