International law firm Taylor Wessing has announced the appointment of Adrian Toutoungi as a partner* in its patents team.

Adrian will join the firm's Cambridge office from Eversheds Sutherland. He is a leading figure in the life sciences and technology, media and communications sectors.

Adrian specialises in non-contentious IP supporting clients who need transactional, licensing, commercial contracts and regulatory advice. He is also very experienced in complex patent litigation and IP licensing disputes.

International law firm Taylor Wessing announces the appointment of Paolo Palmigiano as a new partner in its financial services and competition group.

Paolo joins the firm today as Head of Competition in the UK from Sumitomo Electric Industries where he was the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, EMEA.

Paolo spent three years at Lloyds Banking Group as Head of Competition and nine years as Head of Competition and Regulatory Law at BT where he handled several high profile cases.

Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the arrival of infrastructure development and finance partner G. Scott Rafshoon, who joins the firm’s Global Corporate Practice, resident in Atlanta. Mr. Rafshoon arrives from Hunton Andrews Kurth.

Jane Park-Weir has joined international legal practice Osborne Clarke as a Partner in its Commercial Disputes team. Jane joins from Norton Rose Fulbright and will be based in Osborne Clarke’s Reading office.

Jane specialises in contentious corporate and commercial work and has over 16 years’ experience in all forms of corporate and commercial dispute resolution, investigations and providing anti-corruption corporate transaction support, including in relation to potential corruption concerns.

Hill Dickinson’s leading national health team continues to grow as new partner Rebecca Hunt joins the firm’s 200-strong health sector practice. Rebecca joins the health litigation team in London where she acts on behalf of NHS organisations in the defence of clinical negligence claims and leads a team of lawyers acting on behalf of NHS Resolution and private insurers.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) announced that Ethan Klingsberg, one of the top M&A lawyers in the US, and a team of leading M&A, governance and litigation lawyers have joined its New York office in a move that will establish it at the top tier of the US M&A market, matching its capabilities and reputation for M&A and strategic advisory work globally.

DLA Piper is further strengthening its Real Estate practice with the appointment of Katie Jacobson as a partner in its Birmingham office. She joins the firm from Hogan Lovells and she will have a clear focus on advising institutional investors across the retail, office and industrial sectors.

Commenting on the appointment, UK Head of Real Estate, William Naunton, said:

Dentons is pleased to announce that Robin Longe has joined the Firm as a partner in our Corporate group.

Based in Vancouver, Robin is a natural resources lawyer with extensive experience in all aspects of corporate transactions, focusing specifically on the mining and forestry industries.

Dentons has expanded its UK People, Reward and Mobility (PRM) team with the hire of partner and employment law specialist Purvis Ghani in London. Purvis joins from Stephenson Harwood where he has been a partner since 2015.

Purvis advises on all areas of employment law with particular expertise in international and cross border matters, discrimination and other tribunal litigation, outsourcing and TUPE. He works on both contentious and non-contentious matters across a range of industries with extensive experience in the financial services, information and technology sectors.

Global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) announced that J. Ashley Ebersole has joined the firm as a partner within the Investigations, Financial Regulation & White Collar Practice Group, residing in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Ebersole joins the firm from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).