DLA Piper announced that Kevin Bettsteller has joined the firm’s Finance practice as a partner in Los Angeles.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft is pleased to announce the appointment of Alex Stovold as Aviation partner in its Global Insurance practice in London. Alex will start with DACB in July, having been a partner at Clyde & Co.

ADDLESHAW GODDARD HAS DOUBLED THE SIZE OF ITS GLOBAL INVESTIGATIONS PRACTICE FOLLOWING THE ARRIVAL OF TWO NEW PARTNERS WHO BETWEEN THEM HAVE MORE THAN 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE AND THE PROMOTION OF THREE INTERNAL CANDIDATES IN THE UK AND HONG KONG.

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance announced today that Shaun Langhorne will join its Singapore office next week as partner in the firm's international Restructuring and Insolvency team. Shaun is a senior practitioner with vast experience in complex, multi-stakeholder and cross-border restructuring matters covering contentious and non-contentious situations across the Asia Pacific region.

Mayer Brown has strengthened its transactional real estate capabilities with the addition of Simon Price, who will join the firm as a partner in the Real Estate practice in London. In September, Simon will join Mayer Brown from Linklaters, where is a partner and co-leader of the global funds and financial investor group and co-leader of the real estate sector group.

Leading health law firm Hill Dickinson has boosted its fast-growing national health team with new partner hire, Ben Troke.

Ben joins the firm’s Leeds office from Browne Jacobson where he led the firm’s national health and social care advisory team, dealing with all aspects of legal and ethical issues relating to patient care.

DWF, the global legal business, has appointed two new partners in the Insurance Sector with Karen Mann joining in the Fraud and Financial Crime group and Ian Welland joining the Professional Indemnity group.

DLA Piper announced that Donna Thiel has joined the firm’s Litigation and Regulatory practice and Healthcare sector as a partner in Washington, DC.

Thiel’s practice focuses on regulatory issues affecting healthcare providers and practitioners in their operations, transactions and compliance efforts, with a particular focus on Medicare and Medicaid payment systems. She has extensive experience in Medicare coverage, payment and compliance, as well as healthcare administrative litigation.

Bevan Brittan has strengthened its Banking and Finance practice with the appointment of two new partners.

DLA Piper is appointing Deborah Bould as partner to its Intellectual Property and Technology (IPT) Practice in London, joining on 11th May.

Deborah joins us from Pinsent Masons where she has been a partner since 2006. She is an Intellectual Property specialist with a particular focus on tech patent litigation coupled with a strong scientific background. She has experience of working with international clients across a variety of sectors including Energy , Technology and Industrials.