We are pleased to announce the appointment of David Gunn as a partner in the firm’s Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities team.

David specialises in project development and finance and advises developers, banks, contractors and the public sector across a range of areas including infrastructure, housing, education and energy. He has advised on the construction aspects of large scale infrastructure projects and PPPs in both Ireland and Australia, and also spent four years as in-house counsel advising on the winding up of an Irish bank.

International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has recruited partner Navinder Grover to the commercial dispute resolution team in London.

Law firm Stephenson Harwood has expanded its international funds capabilities with the arrival of Penelope Shen, who joins the firm’s Hong Kong partnership.

Global law firm Dentons has recruited partner Eduardo Gomez de Enterria as Head of the Employment and Labor practice in Spain. He will be based in Madrid.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced that Andrew M. Parlen is joining the firm as a partner in the Restructuring Department, resident in the New York office. Mr. Parlen represents public and private companies, ad hoc groups of creditors and investors in a variety of distressed situations, including out-of-court restructurings, prepackaged and prearranged chapter 11 reorganizations, debtor-in-possession financings and acquisitions of distressed companies.

Patxi Arrasate has joined the Garrigues Tax Department as an equity partner at the Bilbao office.

With 19 years of professional experience, he specializes in the areas of transfer pricing, transactions and reorganizations, particularly in the design of operating structures and transfer pricing policies for large and multinational enterprises from a broad range of industries. He has also advised on numerous company sales and purchases (M&A) and on diverse types of tax inspection proceedings.

International law firm Bird & Bird is pleased to announce the arrival of a new Forensic Services team based in Warsaw.

The team joins from PwC and is a decisive factor in supporting clients in challenging situations, such as internal investigations requested by management or owners, regulatory inquiries and investigations conducted by law enforcement authorities, as well as in disputes and due diligence reviews.

International law firm Bird & Bird today expands its Intellectual Property practice with the appointment of patent litigation specialist José Miguel Lissén Arbeloa as a partner in Madrid.

With over 22 years of experience as a patent litigator, José Miguel brings his extensive expertise in patent and trade secrets litigation. He advises companies especially in the technology, communications and life sciences industries on the protection and commercialisation of intangible assets and IP rights as well as handling disputes of all kinds in the IP and trade secrets area.

Global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has announced that Ariel White-Tsimikalis will join the firm as a partner with the London M&A and Corporate Finance Team.

White-Tsimikalis joins from Davis Polk & Wardwell where she advised banks, corporates and private equity funds on equity capital markets transactions, corporate governance matters and general public company representation. She has extensive experience having worked at Latham & Watkins and undertaken secondments to the in-house legal teams at Jefferies, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs.

Global law firm Clyde & Co has announced the appointment of four partners to expand its real estate and finance teams in the UK.