Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has appointed Matt Lewy as a partner in the firm's London office. Joining the corporate and commercial team, Matt will support WBD's international energy practice working closely with colleagues in the UK and US including Aberdeen and Houston.
Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its tax capabilities with the arrival of Olivier Couraud, who joins the firm’s corporate practice as a partner in Paris.
Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the expansion of its Global Corporate Practice with the addition of Marc Kenny as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office.
This news demonstrates the firm’s commitment to expanding its finance, corporate and capital markets capacity out of the Dublin office amid the increasing significance of the Irish legal market.
City-headquartered law firm RPC has hired business restructuring partner Finella Fogarty to work across its disputes, commercial and corporate practice. She joins from DWF, where she was head of the firm's Business Restructuring practice, becoming partner in 2014 after joining from DLA Piper.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that it has expanded its corporate finance practice in San Francisco with the addition of Bill Veatch and Catherine Hagerty, who join as partners from Reed Smith.
Veatch has extensive transactional experience in banking, equipment leasing, venture lending and leasing, cross-border leasing and vendor finance. He focuses much of his practice on advising financial institutions and technology clients on the structuring of global equipment and software vendor programs, including the sale and securitization of receivables.
Jonathan Blake, an eminent figure in the private equity industry, has joined Herbert Smith Freehills in London as the head of international private funds strategy.
DWF's Dubai office strengthens its corporate practice with the appointment of Edoardo Betto as Partner, who will provide corporate counsel to clients across Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region.
Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice in Germany with the recruitment of Dr. Thomas Nebel, who joins the Dusseldorf office as a partner. This is the second lateral hire for disputes in Dusseldorf within just a few months.
Charles Russell Speechlys stengthens its Swiss private client team with the hire of Dharshi Wijetunga as Partner in the firm’s Zurich office.
Dharshi is New Zealand and English qualified and has over 20 years of experience working in the trust and tax sectors, primarily in Switzerland and Singapore for law firms, trust companies and private banks. Her practice focuses on advising on international trust law and wealth structuring for wealthy families and their businesses particularly from China and the Pacific Rim.
Mark Summers, head of the firm's Zurich office said: