Two reputated teams join CMS in Luxembourg, reflecting the success of the firm globally as well as the dynamism of Luxembourg as a financial centre.

With the integration of these teams, active respectively in Corporate M&A and Tax, CMS realizes a major expansion of its activities in Luxembourg.

Clifford Chance announced that Michael L. Bonsignore has joined the Firm's Americas Corporate Group as a partner in Washington, DC.

Bonsignore advises public and private companies and financial sponsors on transactional matters that include mergers and acquisitions, buyouts and dispositions, special situations, distressed M&A, restructurings and private equity investments, with significant experience in renewable and conventional energy transactions. He joins Clifford Chance from Akin Gump.

BLM has appointed a new partner to its London office, with Jason McNerlin joining as head of product recall and liability. He joins after five years at Clyde & Co.

Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Parthiv Rishi has joined the firm in Singapore as a partner in its global M&A and Private Equity practice. Mr. Rishi was previously a partner at Linklaters LLP, where he led the firm’s financial sponsor and private equity practice in Southeast Asia.

First arrival in Texas for 2020 adds to firm’s well-established Mexico and Latin America practices

Matthew Miner, who since 2018 had served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, at the US Department of Justice, will rejoin Morgan Lewis as a partner on January 21, resident in Washington, DC. Matt’s practice focuses on matters relating to white collar enforcement and compliance, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), crisis management, congressional inquiries, and internal investigations.

Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that Lisa Stevens has joined the Firm’s London office as a partner in the Restructuring Practice Group. Ms. Stevens focuses her practice on special situations financings and financial restructurings for a wide range of stakeholders including individual lenders, steering committees, sponsors, borrowers and officeholders.

King & Spalding announced that Steven Zager has joined the firm’s Trial and Global Disputes practice as a partner in the Austin office. Zager is a jury trial lawyer who represents clients in industries including medical devices, telecommunications, computer hardware and software, professional services, transportation, food and beverage, and chemicals.

Continuing to build on its growing global Corporate Practice, Greenberg Traurig, LLP welcomes corporate attorney John Holland as a shareholder in its Dallas office. Holland joins the firm from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Smith W. “Smitty” Davis, a former counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee and its Crime Subcommittee, has joined the Washington, D.C. office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in the Government Law & Policy Practice. Davis joins from Akin Gump where, over the course of his career, he served in several management positions including practice manager of the firm’s Public Law and Policy Group and a member of its firmwide management and compensation committees.