Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added a team of four lawyers focused on environmental litigation and regulation and mass tort litigation in its Newark office. Joseph F. Lagrotteria, Dorothy Mello Laguzza, Gary M. Sapir, and Adam G. Husik all join the firm from LeClairRyan, where Lagrotteria served as head of the environmental practice area.
Dechert LLP has strengthened its private equity, corporate and investment funds capabilities with the hire of Philip Dowsett as a partner in the firm's Dubai office.
Fraser Mitchell, a highly respected planning lawyer has been appointed to national law firm Shoosmiths as a partner within its expanding Edinburgh based real estate team.
He has acted for public bodies and private developers in connection with all aspects of planning and development, including providing clients with strategic advice on planning applications and appeals, the negotiation of planning agreements, and advising on roads issues and compulsory purchase procedure and compensation. He has also sat on the Scottish Property Federation Planning and Development Committee.
UK law firm Shoosmiths has recruited a leading planning and development partner to boost its real estate team.
Karen Howard has more than 30 years of experience in resolving complex planning law issues including large mixed use schemes, infrastructure development – such as a gas pipeline and motorway schemes – and compulsory purchase orders including acting for objectors on the Olympics and Emirates Stadium developments.
International law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed partners Mark Waddell and James Morgan-Payler to further enhance the firm's infrastructure and energy practice in Australia and across Asia Pacific.
Ruairí has more than eleven years' experience working with domestic and international financial institutions, alternative lenders and borrowers operating in Ireland, and is joining DWF from William Fry. His practice consists primarily of acquisition, development and real estate finance and he also has experience in loan sales, financial regulation and general corporate banking, working across various sectors.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Chandra Westergaard, a healthcare regulatory and enforcement lawyer, has joined its Denver office as a partner.
Westergaard, who previously practiced at Perkins Coie, represents companies and individuals in civil, criminal and administrative government enforcement actions and investigations. She handles and litigates major healthcare enforcement and regulation matters, including False Claims Act litigation, congressional inquiries and internal investigations.
Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that it has expanded its renewable energy capabilities in Texas with the addition of partner Becky Diffen and senior counsel Sam Porter to the global law firm's Austin office. Diffen and Porter arrive from McGuireWoods, where Diffen served as chair of the firm's renewable energy practice.
We are pleased to announce the addition of insurance coverage attorney Louis Kozloff.
With over 20 years’ experience in the insurance field, Lou represents insurers in coverage and bad faith litigation, and regularly advises insurance industry clients on a wide variety of coverage issues, including directors’ and officers’, errors and omissions, general liability, marine and extra-contractual exposure matters. He joins as a partner in our Philadelphia office.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Banking Practice with the addition of new partner Mark Holmes in Houston.