Ashley Hill Joins London Tax, Trusts And Estates Team
Leading national law firm Irwin Mitchell has recruited a new partner to its London tax, trusts and estates team.
Tax accountant Ashley Hill joins from BDO LLP, where he spent twelve years as a tax principal. Prior to this he spent time at top accountancy firms Ernst & Young and KPMG among others. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is delighted to welcome Sarah Yu to the partnership, strengthening the firm’s financial services regulation team.
Sarah joins the KWM partnership from Herbert Smith Freehills, where she practiced for more than 20 years.
Specialising in superannuation and life insurance, Sarah has a strong track record advising high profile financial services organisations, including in relation to changes arising from the banking Royal Commission.
Eversheds Sutherland welcomes Claire Stockford to its Litigation and Dispute Management practice
Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the appointment of Claire Stockford as a Partner in the Commercial Dispute Resolution practice. Claire will join the London team in August 2019.
Eversheds Sutherland has appointed new Partner Christopher Akinrele to its banking team.
Christopher, who joins the global legal practice from Addleshaw Goddard, advises financial institutions, sponsors and corporate clients on a wide range of leveraged finance, fund finance and general corporate banking transactions.
Christopher has extensive experience advising financial institutions, sponsors and corporate clients in syndicated and leveraged finance transactions.
Simon Waller, Partner and head of Eversheds Sutherland’s finance group, commented:
Milbank LLP is pleased to announce that four highly regarded intellectual property litigators – David Gindler, Gary Frischling, Lauren Drake and John Lu – have joined the firm as partners in the firm’s Litigation and Arbitration Group in the Los Angeles office. The team adds recognized patent trial experience to the firm; each of the new partners has experience representing some of the world’s preeminent life sciences and technology companies in high stakes trials and other matters. Prior to joining Milbank, each was a partner at Irell & Manella LLP.
Australia’s leading independent law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, has today announced that leading tax lawyer Cameron Rider will be joining the firm’s partnership.
Corrs CEO Gavin MacLaren commented on the appointment: “Cameron’s ability to deliver value on complex transactions and disputes is first class. With more than 30 years’ experience advising companies on challenging tax issues, Cameron brings unmatched expertise and we are delighted to welcome him to the Corrs partnership.”
International law firm DAC Beachcroft is delighted to announce that a seven-strong team of senior insurance lawyers will be joining Liam O'Connell, who left his position as Norton Rose Fulbright's Head of the EMEA insurance claims team in May 2019 to head up DAC Beachcroft's Global London Insurance practice. The team includes leading insurance litigation partner Kirsty Hick and the team will complete their move from Norton Rose Fulbright’s insurance claims practice by September 2019.
Bonnie Lau brings almost 15 years of experience in antitrust and unfair competition matters to the firm’s premier Global Antitrust Law Practice
Damara Chambers, an internationally-recognized attorney who advises corporate clients on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), export controls and international trade matters, has joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner and will co-lead the firm’s National Security practice, adding further depth to the practice group.
Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that Robert M. Keane, Jr., has joined the Firm’s downtown Los Angeles office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group.
“Bob is widely recognized as a leader in the private equity real estate space,” said Jeffrey C. Hammes, Chairman of Kirkland’s Global Management Executive Committee. “Kirkland is committed to growing our transactional offerings on the West Coast, and Bob’s extensive experience advising on market-leading private equity real estate transactions will be invaluable to our clients in Los Angeles and beyond.”