Rob Hotz brings significant experience representing individuals and corporations in criminal investigations and follow-on civil litigation.

M. Adel Aslani-Far, widely recognized as one of the United States’ leading public company mergers and acquisitions attorneys, has joined the New York office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in the firm’s Global Corporate Practice. Aslani-Far joins from Latham & Watkins LLP, where he was a partner and former global co-chair of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice.

Dechert LLP announced that Howard Klein has joined the firm’s employee benefits and executive compensation group as a partner based in New York.

Mr. Klein advises private and public companies, private equity funds, senior executives and portfolio managers in connection with executive compensation and employee benefits in complex corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, financing arrangements and public offerings.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has announced that projects and construction lawyer Nick Kramer has joined the firm’s Dubai office as partner.

Nick joins the firm from CMS Dubai, where he was a partner and head of commercial construction in the Middle East. He has been based in Dubai since 2005 and has extensive experience in projects across a variety of different sectors, including power (conventional and renewable), water and wastewater, infrastructure, industrial, oil and gas, healthcare, hotels, education, commercial and residential (including smart cities).

UK law firm Shoosmiths has appointed Philip Tansley, an expert in cyber incident response, as a partner based in their London office. Philip was previously a partner at Keystone Law and co-founded a multi-award winning multi-disciplinary incident response service.

DLA Piper announced that Matthew Alshouse has joined the firm’s Real Estate practice as a partner in the Chicago office

Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of distinguished capital markets and M&A lawyers Eric Johnson and Michael Blankenship as partners in the firm’s Houston office. Eric and Mike bring to the firm more than 30 years of experience advising public and private companies and private equity investors and their portfolio companies on a wide range of corporate matters in the oil and gas industry.

Kristoffer is a Partner at Wikborg Rein's Bergen office and is part of the firm's Commercial Property practice. He is highly experienced within legal issues relating to law within the construction industry, procedural law, law of torts and contracts, negotiations, real estate etc.

Kristoffer Lerum, welcome back to Wikborg Rein! You started your career in Wikborg Rein Bergen and after 10 years absence you are now back as a Partner.

Dentons, the world's largest law firm, has hired seven lawyers to strengthen its Banking and Finance practice in Bucharest and across CEE. Partners Simon Dayes and Simona Marin and an additional five banking and finance lawyers joined Dentons over the last few months. This positions Dentons as the leading international Banking and Finance practice on the Romanian market, with a total of 16 lawyers, including three partners and two counsel.

DLA Piper is strengthening its Corporate offering in Asia with the appointment of David Kuo as partner in its Corporate practice, based in Singapore.

David joins the firm from Milbank, where he has been a partner since 2015. His practice focuses on M&A and private equity transactions, particularly in the real estate, technology and energy sectors. He has extensive experience in a broad range of transactions in Asia and the US, including advising on a wide range of cross-border M&A, business combinations and private equity transactions.