International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced that David Avery-Gee will join the Firm as an M&A partner in the London office.

David is currently a corporate partner at Linklaters. He has advised on many high-profile and complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and IPOs across a range of sectors, including natural resources, energy and financial services.

Skadden announced that George Knighton has joined the firm’s corporate practice as an M&A partner in our London office.

George is part of a two-partner team joining Skadden in London, together with Simon Toms, who is expected to start in 2020. Prior to joining Skadden, Mr. Knighton and Mr. Toms both spent their careers at another highly regarded global law firm.

Shearman & Sterling is pleased to announce that Thomas Philippe has joined the firm as a Mergers & Acquisitions partner in Paris.

Thomas specializes in private equity, advising financial sponsors on all aspects of their investment activities as well as their portfolio companies. He is particularly experienced in leveraged buyout transactions.

Global law firm Ropes & Gray LLP announced the arrival of prominent partner Leonard Klingbaum and rising star Andrea Hwang in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Klingbaum and Ms. Hwang will expand Ropes & Gray’s market-leading global finance practice, which represents many of the most sophisticated private investment firms, direct lenders, financial institutions, and private and public companies.

Milbank LLP is pleased to announce the addition of highly regarded litigator, Mona Vaswani, to Milbank’s London Litigation & Arbitration team.

Michael Anzelmo has joined McGuireWoods and McGuireWoods Consulting as an energy regulatory partner and policy advisor in the firm’s Columbia, South Carolina, office.

Katten announced that Vikas Khanna, Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney's Office in Newark, has rejoined the firm's New York office as a partner in the White Collar Litigation practice.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Ben Fryer will join the firm as a partner in the London office.  Currently a partner with Mayer Brown, Fryer will continue his tax practice at Gibson Dunn.

Baker McKenzie has added two partners focusing on FDA regulatory and biopharmaceutical compliance matters to the Washington, D.C. office. Veleka and Khelin were formerly with McDermott, Will & Emery, where Veleka was co-leader of the FDA practice. Veleka will serve as the Chair of the North America FDA Practice Group at Baker McKenzie.

National law firm Weightmans has appointed Paul Ryman-Tubb as the latest addition to the firm’s leading Insurance team. Paul is expected to join as a Partner in late 2019.

Paul joins Weightmans from the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) where he spent nearly 20 years, most recently as Chief Technical Officer. Weightmans continues to work with MIB as part of its legal panel.