Linklaters today announced the hire of Pierre Guillot, a leading French public law expert who will be joining the firm in Paris from FinInfra, the Infrastructure Finance & PPPs Unit within the French Treasury, where he was a Project Manager – Legal Affairs. Prior to this he spent seven years working in Linklaters’ Public Law team in Paris.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce the Honorable Kevin J. Carey will be joining the firm’s Business Restructuring and Insolvency Practice as a partner effective October 1. Judge Carey joins the firm following his retirement on August 31 from the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware, where he earned a reputation for being one of the nation’s top bankruptcy judges.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has appointed Matthew O’Callaghan to the partnership as co-head of financial services, Asia. He will be based in Hong Kong.
Bevan Brittan LLP has strengthened its national corporate & finance with the appointment of two new partners - Christian Hunt in Leeds and Marti Burgess in Bristol.
Marti Burgess, who will be based in Bristol, advises on a broad range of corporate matters, advising on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, re-organisations, corporate governance, commercial contracts and general aspects of company and commercial law. She has specialist knowledge of the SME, owner-managed business and food/drink/hospitality sectors.
Julian Moore, a veteran prosecutor, will be joining Allen & Overy as a partner in the New York office. Moore will join the litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution practice and work closely with a wide range of A&O teams to support the firm’s regional and global growth.
Mayer Brown announced that it has expanded its Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice with the addition of two highly regarded trial lawyers: veteran US Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutor Jason Linder, who joins the firm as a partner in Los Angeles and Washington DC, and leading securities litigator Glenn Vanzura, who joins the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Both partners were previously with Irell & Manella LLP, where Mr. Linder was head of that firm’s Global Investigations and Anti-Corruption practice.
King & Spalding has recruited Edward F. Fernandes as a partner in the firm’s Trial & Global Disputes Practice. He joins from Hunton Andrews Kurth, where he was most recently the managing partner of the Austin office.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its Government Law & Policy Practice in Las Vegas with the addition of Alisa Nave-Worth as a shareholder and Matthew J. Walker as a director. Both join the firm from the Las Vegas office of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP.
Daniel O. Canales has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner to lead the firm’s labor and employment practice in Chicago. Canales further enhances the firm’s employment litigation and counseling capabilities. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Canales was a shareholder at Ogletree Deakins.
“Dan’s well-rounded employment practice will be a benefit to our clients, from the counseling stage through to litigation,” said Matthew A. Taylor, CEO and Chairman of Duane Morris. “He will be a trusted business partner.”
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology and energy law firm, announced that George Fibbe has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department. Mr. Fibbe previously served as Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, Regulation and Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). He will join the Litigation Department in Houston and also maintain an Energy Regulatory practice in Washington, D.C.