Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced that Mei Lian, a prominent finance lawyer, has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Finance & Restructuring practice. She joins from Shearman & Sterling, where she was a partner for over 10 years. Her arrival advances Paul Hastings’ amassing of impressive partner additions to its Finance & Restructuring practice in Los Angeles, Paris, New York and Houston and builds on the firm’s strength in London.

Global law firm Goodwin announced today that James Grimwood has joined the firm’s Private Equity group as partner in the London office.

Grimwood advises on private equity transactions for institutions and management teams both domestically and cross border. He has a wealth of experience in handling corporate transactions, including M&A, joint ventures and reorganizations, having acted on many large and high-profile matters. Grimwood is ranked as a ‘Leading Individual’ for Private Equity: Buyouts by Chambers UK.

Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its international aviation finance practice with the addition of James Collins as partner, based in its London office.

Collins advises financiers, equity investors, arrangers, operators and lessors on a broad range of asset-backed transactions. He has extensive experience advising clients on financing, operating and tax-leasing structures, asset sales, export credit deals and equity investments.

Simmons & Simmons is pleased to announce that Dan Ornstein will be joining its leading employment practice, as a partner in the firm’s London office.

Simmons & Simmons is pleased to announce that Dan Ornstein will be joining its leading employment practice, as a partner in the firm’s London office on 1 May 2020. Dan’s arrival heralds the latest expansion to a team that has already added three new partners in the past two years - Fiona Bolton joining from Eversheds and Olly Jones and Cath Bean being promoted internally.

International law firm RPC has hired three partners, Boey Swee Siang, Navin Joseph Lobo, and Lin Yuankai, to strengthen its disputes, regulatory compliance and investigations practice for its joint legal venture (JLV) RPC Premier Law in Singapore.

We are pleased to announce that we have hired healthcare partner, Tom Armstrong, to head up a new healthcare team based in our Sheffield office, which opened in 2010.

Tom, who joins from Browne Jacobson, will lead a team in Sheffield able to defend clinical negligence claims against GPs, NHS Trusts and private healthcare providers. Tom will be working closely with our healthcare lawyers in Birmingham, Cambridge and London.

The move marks a return to Kennedys for Tom who joined us in 2002 and was appointed a partner in 2007 before leaving for Browne Jacobson in 2014.

Gowling WLG is pleased to announce the arrival of two new real estate partners, its new head of senior living Dominic Morris and property litigation specialist Paul Barker.

DWF, the global legal business has recruited James Gee, Natasha Atkinson and Stewart Anderson as Partners in its finance and corporate teams in London.

James Gee joins DWF from EY and specialises in financial services regulation and private funds. He will work with the wider corporate, banking and real estate teams to provide a full service offering to fund managers and funds clients, including transactional activity and regulatory advice.

Dentons has hired Brian Hutcheson as a partner in its UK Real Estate practice. Brian will be based in the firm's Glasgow office and joins from Morton Fraser where he has been a partner since 2006.

Brian specialises in development work, investment sales and purchases, property finance and leasing arrangements across a range of sectors including retail, student housing, build to rent/multifamily, hotels, leisure and hospitality. He is also chair of the Investment Property Forum in Scotland.

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced that Michael Moiseyev has joined the Firm as a partner. Mr. Moiseyev joins Weil after 30 years at the Federal Trade Commission, including 16 years as Assistant Director leading the Mergers I Division in the Bureau of Competition. He is part of the Firm’s global Antitrust/Competition practice and is based in Washington, D.C.