Arnold & Porter announced that Suneeta Hazra has joined the firm's White Collar Defense and Complex Litigation practices as a partner. She will be resident in the firm's Denver office.
International law firm Squire Patton Boggs continues to grow in key practice areas with the appointment of Ashley Rose, who joins the firm’s global Corporate practice as a partner in the Sydney office. His former law firm experience includes Allen & Overy, Herbert Smith Freehills and Gilbert + Tobin.
Osborne Clarke welcomes a partner from Taylor Wessing in Hamburg. Lawyer and diploma engineer Martin Launer (50) specialises in advising companies from the mechanical engineering and plant construction sector and started on November 1st.
Launer will primarily advise clients from the mechanical and plant engineering sector and will be responsible for project development and the transaction phase until the proceedings in dispute. Other areas of focus include product compliance, transport and logistics law as well as related insurance law.
Norton Rose Fulbright announced that Felicia Boyd, a distinguished intellectual property lawyer, has joined the global law firm as a partner in its Minneapolis office. She comes to Norton Rose Fulbright from Barnes & Thornburg, where she previously served as co-chair of the firm's IP practice.
Linklaters announced that Chris Smale will be joining as a partner in the London Tax practice. Chris is currently a partner at Kirkland & Ellis where he focuses on Private Equity and Corporate tax work.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Michael Kuh has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate practice in New York, effective Nov. 1. Kuh has represented some of the country’s largest sports organizations in high-stakes transactions. He also represents clients in M&A and corporate matters in the entertainment, technology, ecommerce, fintech and private equity sectors.
On October 28, David Bensimon joined Fieldfisher as a partner to develop the real estate practice of the Paris office.
David is involved primarily in commercial real estate and office and complex real estate transactions. In this capacity, he has extensive experience in the field of real estate investment, particularly in acquisitions and disposals of companies or real estate assets, as well as in the financing and creation of real estate joint ventures. David also advises clients on commercial leases, construction contracts and asset management.
Eversheds Sutherland has recruited Giles Dennison, a highly respected corporate partner with over 20 years’ experience, into its London M&A practice.
Giles joins Eversheds Sutherland from Simmons & Simmons where he was head of the UK corporate group, advising on corporate matters, including private and public M&A, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, corporate governance and general corporate support. His clients include UK and US corporates from the TMT, consumer, diversified industry and healthcare sectors.
International law firm DAC Beachcroft has announced that a five partner-led team has joined its Glasgow office from BLM Scotland.
The appointments further strengthen the firm’s top-tier ranked national Claims Solutions business.
Partners Louise Gallagher, Gillian Rushbury, Rachel Rough, Iain Buchanan and Jamie Varney completed their move on 4 November 2019, bringing with them extensive experience of handling complex and high value injury claims.
International law firm CMS is pleased to announce the appointment of pensions specialist Tim Green, bringing the total partner count across the UK pensions practice to 16. Tim joins from DWF, where he was National Head of the Pensions team.