Gowling WLG has appointed Vivian Desmonts as a partner within its China Practice and to the role of head of the firm's Guangzhou office.

As Gowling WLG's new Chief Representative Officer in Guangzhou, China, Vivian will focus on building relationships with Chinese businesses entering or expanding in international markets, as well as international companies looking to do business in China. He will also be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Guangzhou office.

DLA Piper is welcoming back Joanne Owen as a partner in its London Real Estate practice on 4th November.

Global law firm Clyde & Co has announced that leading disputes lawyer, Nicholas Lum, will re-join our Shanghai office as a partner in December 2019.

International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Jasmin Gütle as a partner in its investment funds practice in Munich.

Dentons is pleased to welcome partners Morgan Camley and Sarah Nelligan, as well as, associate Roark Lewis, as the newest additions to the Firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution group.

Based in Vancouver, Morgan, Sarah and Roark’s practices will focus primarily on commercial litigation.

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced that Jenny Doak will join the Firm as a Tax partner in the London office.

Jenny is currently a Tax partner at Vinson & Elkins. She has a versatile practice covering restructurings (including formal insolvency arrangements and solvent restructurings); public and private M&A, joint ventures, financings, debt and equity capital markets; and loan acquisitions.

David S. Kovsky and Erin E. McQuiggan have joined Duane Morris LLP as partner and special counsel, respectively, in the firm’s Private Client Services Practice Group in the Philadelphia office. Kovsky and McQuiggan strengthen the firm’s private client services capabilities. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Kovsky and McQuiggan were partner and counsel, respectively, at Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC.

Group boosts securities enforcement and regulation practice, adding expertise for financial industry clients, including in the investment adviser and broker-dealer space

Significant development on the domestic legal market - renowned lawyers Ivo Deskovic and Peter Solt, currently partners at Benn-Ibler Attorneys at Law, will join the Vienna office of Taylor Wessing as partners at the beginning of next year. They will be joined by a further five lawyers and associates. The Dispute Resolution and Real Estate teams of Taylor Wessing will be significantly expanded with these new additions.

TLT has announced the forthcoming appointment of Rich Hughes as banking and finance partner in London, who joins from Norton Rose Fulbright.

The appointment demonstrates TLT's continued strength in supporting financial services clients with a full range of expertise from market experts, including in transactional banking and finance.