Francesca Titus, an accomplished white collar lawyer and barrister with significant experience representing clients in multijurisdictional investigations and criminal cases, has joined McGuireWoods London as a partner in the firm’s Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department.

To quickly meet increasing demand from its clients, Dentons has appointed commercial litigation Partner, Kon Tsiakis to the Melbourne recovery and restructuring team.

Kon brings over 20 years’ experience in advising major banks on asset recovery, insolvency practitioners on all aspects of external administrations, and clients in relation to international cross-border insolvency issues. Kon’s appointment  complement’s Dentons’ already strong recovery and restructuring practice and expands the Firm’s client offering in Melbourne.

Global law firm Goodwin announced that Nick Losurdo returned to the firm as a partner in its Financial Industry practice in Boston. Losurdo rejoins Goodwin after serving at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as counsel to Commissioner Elad Roisman.

DLA Piper announced that John Phillips has joined the firm’s Litigation practice as a partner in Northern California, based in the San Francisco office.

Phillips handles complex commercial litigation, class actions and mass torts for energy companies, consumer product manufacturers, financial services companies and other clients. He has substantial trial experience in state and federal courts and counsels senior management on a wide variety of matters across the country. He also has handled cases on appeal in federal and state courts.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft is pleased to announce the appointment of Ana Catalina Restrepo as a partner in its Bogota office. Ana Catalina joins from Tamayo Jaramillo & Asociados, where she was also a partner.

Ana Catalina is a recognised insurance practitioner in Colombia, specialising in litigation and arbitration, primarily on cases relating to general liability matters, medical malpractice, financial lines and property.  She is also highly experienced in claims handling services.

Winston & Strawn is pleased to announce the addition of three highly accomplished health care partners in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office: T. Reed Stephens, Amandeep (“Aman”) Sidhu and Winston S. Kirton. The attorneys will bolster the firm’s Health Care practice by solidifying Winston’s robust experience in investigative, regulatory and litigation in health care and life sciences matters.

Arnold & Porter announced that Howard Sklamberg has joined the firm's Life Sciences and Healthcare Regulatory practice as a partner, resident in the firm's Washington, DC office. Mr. Sklamberg advises clients on US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation and policy, and he has assisted a wide array of FDA-regulated companies in critical FDA matters.

Nicola Bushby joins the firm from Wilsons Solicitors, having qualified in 2012 after being called to the Bar in 2004. Nicola is an expert in all things relating to people’s capacity and mental health and how these impact on their private legal affairs; a number of the cases she has worked on in the High Court and Court of Protection have been reported. Nicola acts for high-net-worth individuals, advising and representing them in complex private wealth disputes, including contentious wills and multi-jurisdictional inter-family matters involving trusts and asset tracing.