Veteran finance lawyer Jay Gavigan brings an extensive cross-border practice, adding breadth to the firm’s premier global finance capabilities.
Beijing based Chau Ee Lee, a recognised expert in contentious and non-contentious construction with experience advising on procurement, structuring project development and implementation and dispute resolution is the latest new partner to join Addleshaw Goddard's (AG) burgeoning global Construction, Energy and Infrastructure (CEI) practice, one of the firm's key investment priorities. Chau Ee, who will be based in our Singapore office, was most recently a Beijing-based partner in the Chinese arm (and when he was based in Singapore, a Mallesons’ partner) of King & Wood Mallesons.
International law firm Brown Rudnick LLP announced today the appointment of Charlotte Møller and Monika Lorenzo-Perez as partners in London, adding further depth to the firm’s international restructuring practice. Both Charlotte and Monika come from Reed Smith, where they were partner and counsel respectively.
These appointments follow the expansion of the firm’s European restructuring practice in November 2018 with the addition of partners Pierre-Alain Bouhénic and David Chijner and counsel Arnaud Moussatoff, Marta de Franciscis, and Emmanuelle Naulais in Paris.
Edward Nelson brings more than 25 years of private fund formation experience to Latham’s expanding practice.
Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Edward Nelson has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Corporate Department and member of the Investment Funds Practice. Nelson focuses on the organization and operation of private investment funds and has developed a broad practice working with a wide variety of clients, including buyout funds, infrastructure funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, secondary funds, and credit funds.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that corporate lawyer Debbie Yee has joined the Firm’s Houston office as a partner. Ms. Yee primarily advises public and private companies in the energy industry on strategic acquisitions and divestitures, as well as on capital raising transactions and corporate governance matters.
Duane Morris LLP announced that Samuel J. Pearse has joined as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in the Duane Morris London office. Pearse enhances the firm’s corporate and securities transactions capabilities. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Pearse was a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek adds a Salaried Partner in White Collar & Criminal Compliance at its Hamburg office. After two and a half years of practicing at criminal law boutique Langrock Voß & Soyka, Dr. Sabine Ottow (39) returns to Heuking.
Ottow has been a Salaried Partner at Langrock Voß & Soyka since 2017 where she defended clients in several white collar and criminal compliance cases and advised on complex compliance matters. Previously, Ottow had practiced at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Hamburg, most recently as Senior Associate.
Gide is strengthening its Projects practice, and Energy & Natural Resources sector expertise, with the addition of Colin Graham as energy and infrastructure partner in its London office.
WATSON FARLEY & WILLIAMS (“WFW”) IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE RESPECTED CORPORATE EXPERT IVY LIU HAS JOINED THE FIRM IN SINGAPORE.
She was previously a Partner and China Desk Head at DFDL, Bangkok. Going forward, Ivy will be dividing her time between WFW’s Bangkok and Singapore offices.
Stephenson Harwood LLP has added three new partners to its London-based dedicated private equity team: Malcolm MacDougall, Adam Crossley and Richard Coleman. They join the firm from Charles Russell Speechlys.
MacDougall brings more than 20 years of experience working predominantly for private equity sponsors in relation to investments and divestments and management teams on large cap deals.