Continuing the expansion of its global transportation and aviation practices, Morgan Lewis welcomes Jennifer Trock as a partner in Washington, DC. Arriving from Baker McKenzie, where she served as chair of its global aviation group and led its advanced air mobility team, Jennifer will continue to advise commercial aviation and transportation clients on complex regulatory, commercial, transactional, investigation, and compliance matters.

Haynes Boone is pleased to welcome Partner Lesley Gregory—a highly regarded corporate lawyer with vast experience in cross-border transactions—to its London office. Gregory joins from Memery Crystal, where she held extensive executive management roles and built a reputation as a leading adviser on public and private M&A and capital markets transactions.

As of 1 March 2025, Dr Alexander Thomas has joined the Corporate practice group of Osborne Clarke as a Partner at the Munich office. Christina König will also join Osborne Clarke as a Senior Associate as part of his team.

DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Brian Burke as a partner in the Corporate Practice. He will be based in the Northern Virginia (Reston) office.

Burke advises high-growth companies and investors in connection with early stage, venture capital, growth equity, private equity, and M&A transactions. He frequently works with his clients on day-to-day corporate matters as outside corporate counsel, having worked with hundreds of companies and investors throughout the US across a wide range of industries.

Ropes & Gray announced that former United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Joshua Levy will rejoin the firm on March 31 as a partner, expanding the capabilities of the firm’s award-winning litigation & enforcement practice with his impressive case experience in health care fraud, white collar, public corruption and government procurement.

Proskauer, a leading global law firm, is pleased to welcome Sylvain Dhennin as an M&A partner in its London office.

A prominent corporate lawyer with significant cross-border expertise, Sylvain will further enhance Proskauer’s private equity offering in London and its growing international presence.

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Elliott Smith and Sarah Ross have joined the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice as a partner and counsel, respectively, in the New York office. Their additions further strengthen the firm’s public company and capital markets presence and capabilities in the world’s leading financial market.  

King & Spalding announced that Laurent Assaya has joined the firm’s Finance and Restructuring practice group as a partner. He is based in the firm’s Paris office.

Assaya’s practice focuses on pre-insolvency proceedings (mandat ad hoc and conciliation) and formal insolvency proceedings. His global corporate practice also includes distressed M&A, complex restructuring operations and special situations matters. His clients include groups of companies, debtors, creditors and investment funds.

Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce the expansion of the firm’s International Arbitration Practice Group with the addition of Patrick W. Pearsall as a partner in Washington, D.C. Patrick is a leading lawyer in the areas of international arbitration and public international law who served in the U.S. State Department for nearly a decade working on economic diplomacy and departed as the Chief of Investment Arbitration. Since leaving government, Patrick has developed a robust practice advising multinational corporations and sovereign states on a variety of cross-border matters.

Fried Frank announced that Kathy O’Neill has joined the firm as a partner in its global Antitrust and Competition Department, based in Washington, DC. O’Neill served nearly 16 years in the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Antitrust Division.

O’Neill focuses on clearance of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, as well as investigations and litigation under federal and state antitrust laws, and antitrust compliance counseling and training.