Movers & Shakers: London
2023
April
Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed Paul Lewis as the firm’s new joint managing partner for its global disputes practice and the UK/US regional head of practice effective from 1 May 2023.
Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Matthew Bool as a partner in its real estate practice based in London.
Linklaters has announced the election of 41 new partners across its global network, effective 1 May 2023. Promoted in London are: James Godfrey (banking), Sam Mahboubian (banking), Lucy Sidey (capital markets), Richard Hay (capital markets), Andrew Poulton (dispute resolution), Rebecca McGregor (dispute resolution), Nick Marshall (employment & incentives), Elizabeth Dowd (financial regulation), Alex Lehtinen (mainstream corporate), Lucy Reeve (mainstream corporate), Matthew Hearn (mainstream corporate), Nicole Meyer (mainstream corporate), Rhian Parker (tax), Sam Lintonbon (tax), Greg Palmer (TMT/IP) and Rich Jones (TMT/IP).
Linklaters has hired Rahul Chatterji as a partner in the firm’s Asia banking practice.
Pinsent Masons has hired partner Eleanor Ludlam to join the firm’s TMT team in London.
Pinsent Masons has hired partner Sylvia Tonova to the firm’s international arbitration practice in London.
Pinsent Masons has hired partner Graham Coop to the firm’s international arbitration practice.
Ashurst has appointed banking litigation and investigations specialist Philip Linton as a partner in its disputes & investigations practice based in London.
Irwin Mitchell has recruited commercial litigation and arbitration partner David Vaughan into its London office.
Irwin Mitchell has added to its private client services team in London with the appointment of partner Sangita Manek.
Irwin Mitchell has announced the promotion of nine colleagues to partner, with effect from 1 May 2022. Carmel Brown (family law) has been promoted in London.
Irwin Mitchell has announced the promotion of nine colleagues to partner, with effect from 1 May 2022. Chartered financial planner, Bronwen Lancaster has been promoted to associate director (partner level).
Charles Russell Speechlys has announced the hire of partner, Francis Ho, to its construction, engineering and project group.
Kennedys has completed its London office move into the ’Walkie-Talkie’ building located at 20 Fenchurch Street. The firm’s London team of more than 600 people have taken over two floors of the iconic building.
Property lawyer, Leona Ahmed, has joined Taylor Wessing’s international real estate group.
Sarah Atkinson has joined Addleshaw Goddard as a partner in its London real estate team.
Bird & Bird has reappointed Graeme Maguire as chair, effective from 1 April 2023.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (BCLP) has added partner Luke Mines to its corporate real estate and funds (CREF) team in London.
Punter Southall Law has announced that Adam Fortune has joined the firm as a partner.
Wedlake Bell has announced six partner promotions. Joining the partnership as of 1 April 2023 are: Nick Mendoza (private client, onshore); Parminder Sidhu (residential property); Liam Floodgate (commercial property); Kamalprit Lally (corporate); Kate Johnson (private client, offshore); and Nick Saville (commercial disputes).
Dr Matthew Jones has joined Reynolds Porter Chamberlain’s IP and technology practice as a partner in London.
McCarthy Denning has welcomed, lateral partner hire, David Cox as co-head of its private equity real estate (PERE) practice.
Lewis Silkin has announced the promotion of four of its lawyers to the partnership. Ali Vaziri, Naomi Hanrahan-Soar, Oliver Fairhurst and Nick Allan.
Howard Kennedy has welcomed Huseyin Huseyin, who is joining the real estate practice as a partner.
Owen Talfan Davies is set to join Withers as a partner in the commercial real estate team.
Dechert has announced that Sam Kay will be joining the firm as a partner in the financial services and investment management practice in London.
Dechert has announced that Aaron Scott has joined the firm’s global finance practice as a partner based in London. Scott specialises in structured finance and securitisation with a focus on CLOs.
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP (BSF) has announced that Andrei Yakovlev has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the international arbitration group.
Alan Holliday has re-joined McGuireWoods LLP as a partner in the debt finance practice in London.
Faegre Drinker’s London partner Patrick Corr became co-leader of the firm’s international practice group on 1 January 2023, joining co-leader and Washington, DC, partner Angella Castille.
Weil Gotshal & Manges has announced that Brendan Moylan will join the firm as a partner in the London office.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has announced that Edward Aldred is set to join the firm’s private equity practice in London, as a partner.
Birkett Long has announced the opening of their new premises in Devonshire Place, London. The office is situated at 8 Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4YJ.
Hunters Law LLP has promoted Sunir Watts to partner.
Corker Binning, has appointed new leadership, with Jessica Parker appointed as senior partner and Andrew Smith as managing partner, effective from 1 April 2023.
Laytons ETL has appointed Michael Kashis as managing partner CEO.
Devonshires has promoted five solicitors to partner in its annual round of promotions. They include London-based, Rachel Orgill-Harris (banking, governance & corporate), Carlos Fernandes (securitisation), Joanna Bouloux (real estates & projects) and Pauline Lépissier (litigation & dispute resolution).
Rohan Campbell has joined Burges Salmon’s banking and finance team as a partner.
Steve Downey has joined TLT’s structured finance practice in London as a partner.
Gardner Leader has appointed litigation lawyer, Harry Stewart-Moore, as a partner in the firm’s London office.
gunnercooke has hired two new cryptocurrency partners further strengthening the firm’s offering in the sector. Will Foulkes, and Gareth Malna.
gunnercooke has made a number of partner appointments. Steven Strassheim joins as a technology partner and the real estate team welcomes Sloan Kelly, Dawn Staal, James Singleton, Robin Staal, Amanda Hodgson and Katie Hawksworth. The banking and finance team has been joined by Marcus Jamson and Matthew Harvey. Meanwhile, Robert Wieder, Kenneth Awoonor-Renner and Sarah Miles join as corporate partners. Also joining the London office are Luiz Costa in the dispute resolution team and Ignacio Morillas-Paredes as an employment partner.
Edwin Coe has promoted Karen Lee and Thomas Johnson to the partnership within the Intellectual property and Class Action & finance litigation teams respectively.
Lee & Thompson has announced the promotion of three new partners, effective from 1 April 2023. The new partners are Johan Ewing, Joshua Metliss and Amanda McDowall.
Forsters has made seven partner promotions: Joe Beeston (employment), Dickon Ceadel (family), Charlotte Evans- Tipping (private wealth), Hannah Mantle (contentious trusts and estates), Polly Montoneri (rural land and business), Peter Selwyn (commercial real estate) and Ben Ward (commercial real estate).
Company secretarial (CoSec) business Bruce Wallace Associates is joining Shakespeare Martineau as part of a shared growth strategy.
Linklaters has promoted 53 of its lawyers to counsel, effective 1 May 2023. Promoted in London are: Lauren O’Brien (antitrust & foreign investment), Mark Daniel (antitrust & foreign investment), Scott James (capital markets), David Thomas (dispute resolution), Elenor Parkhouse (dispute resolution), Neil Boyd (dispute resolution), Nick Szmigin (energy & infrastructure), Subir Rajadhyaksha (energy & infrastructure), Clare Whittle (financial regulation), Victoria Hickman (financial regulation), Jennifer Calver (fintech), Sophia Le Vesconte (fintech, London/Paris), Julia Vergauwen (investment funds), Benjamin Wilkinson (mainstream corporate), Simon Borhan (pensions) and Alexander Goldsmith (tax).
Hogan Lovells has announced that Dr Marion Palmer will assume the role of head of global sustainability, policy and strategy.
HFW has announced the promotion of 14 new senior associates, effective 1 April 2023, including two in London. James Neale (shipping), and Zoe Triantafyllou (shipping).
Tom Farrell has joined Burges Salmon’s banking and finance team as a director.
Lee & Thompson has promoted Carrie Finlay (film & TV) to legal director. Meanwhile, James Rushton (music), Fi Tudor and Victoria Gaisford (film & TV) become senior associates.
Forsters has made six counsel promotions: Helen Bravery (banking and finance), Daniel Bryan (corporate), Robert Keylock (private wealth), Owen Spencer (commercial real estate), Richard Spring (construction) and Lucy Zaremba (property litigation).
March
Aster Crawshaw has been chosen as the new senior partner at Addleshaw Goddard, from 1 May 2023, for a period of four years.
Addleshaw Goddard has appointed Anthony Willis as a partner in its construction & engineering team.
Catherine Williams has been appointed as co-head of Addleshaw Goddard’s real estate ‘living’ business.
Freshfields has announced the appointment of partners Alex Mitchell (London) and Allison Liff (New York) as co- heads of the global leveraged finance group.
DAC Beachcroft has announced the appointment of Lois Duguid as head of ESG (environmental, social, and governance issues).
Linklaters has launched a new global investigations initiative. The firm has extensive global investigations capabilities across sectors, regulators and practice groups and this new initiative combines the global team of specialists with diverse but complementary expertise.
Pinsent Masons has hired European and UK life sciences partner Kristina Cornish into its London office.
DWF has appointed Carla Revelo as a new partner in the real estate practice.
Watson Farley & Williams has announced that tax specialist Claire Miles has re-joined the firm as a partner in London.
Weightmans has welcomed Orla Scanlan to its police legal team. She is joined by solicitor Nicola Howlett, who specialises in defending civil actions against police forces.
Ashfords has appointed Anna Thompson as a legal director in the banking & finance team.
Womble Bond Dickinson has appointed Rebecca Ferguson and Carl Powlson as partners in the corporate team based in London.
Kingsley Napley has announced that Waqar Shah has joined as a partner to launch a dedicated tax disputes & investigations service offering.
Cripps has appointed Sarah Glockler as a partner in the employment team based in London.
Geoffrey Simpson-Scott has joined Hodge Jones & Allen’s medical negligence team as a partner.
King & Wood Mallesons has promoted James McKenzie to partner in the dispute resolution team in London with effect from 1 January 2023.
Dechert has announced that Saira Henry will be joining the firm’s antitrust/competition practice as a partner in London.
Richard Sharples has joined Dentons UK banking and finance team as a partner in London.
London-based partner, Vica Irani, has been made co-leader of Jones Day’s newly structured corporate practice, alongside New York-based partners Andy Levin and Randi Lesnick.
Sion Richards has been named leader of Jones Day’s global disputes practice.
Reed Smith today has hired Linton Bloomberg as a partner in its restructuring and insolvency team and London office.
Paul Hastings has added Helena Potts as a partner in its restructuring practice in London.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has announced that Paul Yin will join as a partner on the firm’s special situations and private credit team in the London office.
Ed Ford and Sacha Gofton-Salmond have joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett as partners in the London office, where they will focus on secondaries transactions.
Sacker & Partners has appointed Sophia Russell an associate.
Fladgate has appointed Douglas Cherry as a financial services and regulatory partner, specialising in investigations and advisory work.
Taylor Rose MW has announced the appointment of eleven new partners across the firm. The newly promoted partners are: Charlotte Osborne (residential property); Chris Cuthbert (family & children); Gemma Hastewell (family & children); Gina Padmore (residential property); Jacob Robinson (wills, trust & probate); James Swede (residential & commercial property); Mark Quinn (dispute resolution); Payall Dave (family & children); Sean McCormack (personal injury); Sushma Awtani (immigration & family & children); and Wendy Rixon (contentious probate).
Druces LLP has announced that Parveen Abbas has joined the firm as a partner in the real estate team.
Keoghs has appointed Michael Harvey and Edwin Milburn as partners in the property risks & coverage division based in London.
Sam Collard, partner at Osbornes, has been appointed head of the firm’s specialist cycling accident claims team.
Herbert Smith Freehills has hired arbitration specialist Anuradha Agnihotri as of counsel (India) in the India disputes practice based in London.
Karen Higgins has joined Clarke Willmott as head of ESG (environment, social and governance).
Mishcon de Reya has announced that Justin Lambert joined the firm’s intellectual property team as of counsel on 20 February 2023.
MFB has welcomed Alexandra Vella as a new member of the team.
Mackrell Solicitors has promoted Asim Arshad to senior associate and head of the firm’s crypto and blockchain department. Meanwhile, Iqra Mumtaz has begun her training contract with Mackrell.
Mackrell Solicitors has appointed Samantha Aldridge as its new head of human resources.
Bates Wells has welcomed Joe Whitfield as head of development finance.
Emma Morris has joined Burgess Mee Family Law as legal director.
February
Simmons & Simmons has announced that Alexander Keepin will be joining the firm’s corporate practice in London as a partner.
Anna Walsh has joined CMS as a partner in the insurance & reinsurance practice in London.
Charles Russell Speechlys has appointed Alison Goldthorp as a partner in the restructuring and insolvency team based in the London office.
Ashurst has announced that partner Etay Katz has been appointed as a panel member to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new innovation advisory group.
DAC Beachcroft has announced that insurance and professional & financial disputes specialist Simon Konsta, of Clyde & Co, has joined DACB as a partner, also taking on the role of international and business development lead in the firm’s global insurance practice.
Stephenson Harwood LLP has welcomed two new dispute resolution partners, Michael Bywell and Peter Dalton to the firm’s technology practice.
Beatrice Puoti has joined Stephenson Harwood as a partner based in the firm’s London office.
Farrer & Co has announced that Jeremy Gordon has been elected as its new senior partner.
Withers has appointed Carrie Duncan as a partner in its probate team based in London.
Kingsley Napley has welcomed James Bell to the firm as a partner and as head of the medical negligence & personal injury practice.
Gateley Legal has announced two new senior appointments from within its private wealth team. Partner Sean Williams has been made national head of private wealth with responsibility for teams across London, Birmingham, Manchester and Nottingham.. The announcement follows the appointment of partner Ravi Francis as head of private wealth in London.
Leigh Day has appointed James Glasper as a partner in the personal injury department.
Sidley Austin has announced that Kieran Sharma has re-joined the global restructuring group as a partner in London.
Dechert LLP has hired Douglas Lahnborg to lead antitrust matters in London.
White & Case has expanded its tax practice with the addition of Jessica Kemp as a partner in London.
Matthew Peel has joined Jones Day’s London office as partner in the real estate practice.
Jones Day has appointed Julian Bailey as a partner in the global disputes practice, based in London.
Samantha Mobley, senior partner in Baker McKenzie’s competition, trade & foreign investment practice in London and former chair of the firm’s global antitrust and competition group, has been appointed as co-chair of the International Bar Association’s antitrust section.
Greenberg Traurig in London has welcomed Tim Dolan as a shareholder focused on UK and European financial regulatory matters.
Hilka Hollmann has joined Dawson Cornwell’s family practice as a partner.
Dawson Cornwell has announced that Anna Shadbolt has been made partner.
Paul Hastings has announced that infrastructure and energy lawyers Jessamy Gallagher and Stuart Rowson have joined the firm as partners in London.
Paul Hastings LLP has welcomed Alexander Horstmann-Caines as a partner in London.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has announced that Stephanie Biggs will join the firm as a partner based in the London office, where she will co-lead the firm’s European financial services and funds regulatory team.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld elevated 15 lawyers to its partnership, effective 1 January 2023. They included London-based Hamish Annandale (investment management) and Matthew Durward-Thomas (tax).
Phil Cheveley has joined Sidley Austin’s M&A and private equity practice in London.
Duane Morris has promoted London- based Natalie A. Stewart to partner.
Duane Morris has appointed Nic Hart as managing partner of its London office.
Schulte Roth & Zabel has announced the addition of Dan Roman as a partner in the London office and a member of the tax group.
Cahill Gordon & Reindel has elected Tom Rocher to the firm’s partnership in London.
Cohen & Gresser has promoted Thomas Shortland to partner in London.
Morrison & Foerster has welcomed Sam Riley, who joins as a partner in the transactions department in London.
Milbank has elected a number of lawyers to its partnership, effective 1 January 2023. Newly promoted in London are: Laura Bonamis, Munib Hussain and, Sarah Levin.
Beale & Co has appointed Peter Kitson as a partner in the firm’s contracts and projects advisory team.
Ogier has welcomed Richard Bennett to the firm’s partnership.
Linklaters has announced that Stephanie Boyce will join the firm as a strategic advisor to support in the delivery of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) objectives.
Pinsent Masons has hired former Serious Fraud Office (SFO) COO, John Carroll, to boost its professional services and corporate crime and investigations capabilities.
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has hired financial crime consultant Ben Cooper. He joins the firm’s regulatory group in London.
Shoosmiths has announced the appointment of Rachel Reid as chief operating officer (COO), effective March 2023.
Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV) has appointed its first four legal directors. London-based Andrew Andrews (regulatory compliance) has moved from a senior associate position to the newly created legal director position.
Rafael Singer, a senior associate in the wills & probate team at Hodge Jones & Allen, has become a fully qualified member of STEP.
Four new solicitors, Hayley Jack, Patricia Lobo del Castillo, Simon Foxcroft and Imran Sarfraz have joined the Hodge Jones & Allen housing team.
Leigh Day has appointed Jess Pittman as a senior associate in the personal injury department, specialising in industrial diseases.
Danielle Brown has been promoted to counsel in Cahill Gordon & Reindel’s capital markets & lending practice in London.
Crowell & Moring associate, Edmund Northcott has been promoted to counsel.
Andrew Vickers has joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft as a special counsel in the firm’s global leveraged finance & private credit team, resident in the London office.
Davitt Jones Bould has appointed five new associate directors. Alice Dearden, Jennifer Hotston’s, Leanne Macdonald, Eva Hendry and Pascale Van Zyl.
Meanwhile, Davitt Jones Bould has appointed Eleanor Smith as a consultant.
Schulte Roth & Zabel has promoted London-based Laura Eatwell to special counsel.
Neville Eisenberg has been appointed as an adviser to the Mishcon de Reya Group and will work closely with executive chairperson Kevin Gold and the MDR Group management team.
Birketts has welcomed Ashley Chambers as a senior associate in its housebuilder team based in the London office.
Birketts has announced the appointment of Anousha Vasantha as a chartered trade mark attorney in the IP team.
Beale & Co has appointed Ben Couldrey as an associate in the firm’s contracts and projects advisory team.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has announced that London-based Anne-Mette Heemsoth and Natasha McCarthy have been named international counsel to the firm. Their promotions are effective from 1 January 2023.
Hannah Cheesebrough joins Hempsons LLP as a Solicitor in their Regulatory, Crime and Professional Discipline team.
Hempsons LLP has hired Robert McCartney who has joined their Corporate Commercial team as an Associate who is a specialist in the GP & Primary Care sectors.
Simmons & Simmons has hired David Hicks as partner in the corporate team.
Thomas Fisher is re-joining Clifford Chance in London as a partner on 1 March 2023.
Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Ambarish Dash as a partner in the finance practice based in London. He will join the firm in March 2023.
Norton Rose Fulbright has announced the reappointment of Peter Scott as managing partner for Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) for a second three-year term, effective 1 April 2023.
Norton Rose Fulbright has announced a new Africa leadership group. Forming part of the firm’s Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) emerging markets practice, led by London-based partner Martin McCann, the group consists of a team based across London, Paris and South Africa. It includes Paris-based M&A and projects partner Christophe Asselineau; London-based projects, renewables and carbon finance partner Laura Kiwelu and corporate finance partner Bayo Odubeko; South Africa-based head of Africa Greg Nott, head of corporate, M&A and securities Stephen Kennedy- Good, and banking and finance director Izak Lessing.
CMS has hired Robert Dedman as a partner in the firm’s financial services & products team.
DLA Piper has appointed Anthony Lombardi as a new partner in its international finance practice in London.
Hill Dickinson has announced the hire of partner Alastair Moss as a partner in the real estate team based in London.
Lewis Silkin has announced that Richard Miskella and Jo Farmer have been respectively elected to the role of joint managing partner.
Clyde & Co has welcomed Jahnavi Ramachandran as a partner in its aviation finance and leasing team.
DWF has appointed Deepa Deb as global head of development and investment in its real estate practice. Deb’s appointment follows a number of recent hires that strengthen the firm’s real estate capabilities. In January 2023, Yolanda Walker, a construction partner and Alan Barnett, a corporate real estate partner from CMS and Ince, respectively; in November 2022, planning partner John Webster joined, and In September 2022, Jim Jordan, a non-contentious construction partner, joined. They are all based in London.
Macfarlanes has appointed Stephen Ross as a partner in the investment management team with effect from 18 January 2023
Michelmores has appointed Dhana Sabanathan as a partner in the private client department in the tax, trusts & succession team in London. James Gribbin, will also be joining the firm’s private client department in January 2023.
Mishcon de Reya has hired corporate partner Nigel Stacey.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has added Chris Beaumont-McQuillan to its partnership.
Travers Smith has appointed Lucie Cawood as head of the firm’s private equity & financial sponsors group. She will be assisted in this role by Will Yates as deputy.
Dentons has hired an M&A partner into its UK corporate practice, James Vernon.
Reed Smith has announced a number of promotions worldwide, effective 1 January 2023. Promoted to partner in London: Alexander Brandt,Daryl Cue, Daniel Kyriakides, Ravi Pattani, and Oliver Rawkins.
Faegre Drinker has announced that Gary Bellingham has joined the firm as a partner in the finance and restructuring practice group in London.
Artem Faekov has joined Locke Lord’s London office as a partner in the firm’s energy and infrastructure practice group.
King & Spalding has recruited restructuring lawyer Patrick Schumann as a partner in the firm’s corporate, finance and investments (CFI) practice group in London.
Sarah McAtominey is set to Goodwin’s complex litigation & dispute resolution practice in London, as a partner.
Goodwin has announced that Jacqueline Eaves will join the firm’s private equity and private investment funds practices as a partner, resident in the London office.
Squire Patton Boggs has hired partners Lee Norman and Ben Johnson into its litigation practice.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has welcomed Fergus Wheeler to the firm’s special situations and private credit team as a partner in the London office.
Immigration barrister, Zoe Jacob has joined Boodle Hatfield from Farrer & Co.
Patrick Gilmour is set to join ebl miller rosenfalck as a partner and head of corporate as of 1 February 2023.
Karolina Kupczyk has been appointed as a partner in Hodge Jones & Allen’s dispute resolution team.
Kit Burden, an intellectual property and technology partner based in DLA Piper’s London office, has been elected to the firm’s international board.
RWK Goodman LLP has announced that Sonal Ghelani has joined the residential property, farms and estates team as a partner.
Deloitte Legal has announced the appointment of Isabel Parker as a partner in its legal management consulting team.
MBM Commercial has promoted Caroline Urban to partner in the London office.
Fox Williams has announced the appointment of Gavin Foggo as its new senior partner effective from 1 May 2023.
Two partners, Solomon Noh and Alastair Goldrein, are set to join Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP’s restructuring practice based in London. The duo were previously at Dechert.
Kevin McManamon, an experienced member of the education team in Geldards’ London office, has been promoted to partner at the firm.
Walkers, the international law and professional services firm, has opened a new office in the City of London.
Nautica Law, specialists in all types of shipping disputes, has confirmed its move to new offices based at 1 Great Tower Street, EC3.
Constantine Law has hired Emmeline Coerkamp as a new partner in the firm’s regulatory and criminal investigations practice.
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP (RPC) has announced the appointment of Béatrice Butsana-Sita as its first independent non-executive director (INED).
Womble Bond Dickinson has appointed Robert Holme, a highly experienced insurance practitioner, as head of claims based in the London office.
Tim Fox has joined Clyde & Co’s London office as a legal director. He joined the firm in December 2022 from K&L Gates.
Russell-Cooke has announced that associate Lui Asquith, of the public law litigation team, has been appointed as co- vice chair of the Human Rights Lawyers Association.
Reed Smith has announced a number of promotions worldwide, effective 1 January 2023. Promoted to counsel in London: Andrew Harper (transportation industry group); Josh Hughes (financial industry group); Asélle Ibraimova (global corporate group); Kelly Knight (financial industry group); Rebecca Naylor (pro bono/community service); Chu Ting Ng (financial industry group); and Harrison Stimson (global corporate group).
Sacker & Partners has announced that Emma Martin has been promoted to senior counsel.
Forsters has announced that Ashleigh Carr has been appointed co-chair of ConTrA (Contentious Trusts Association).
Sinclairslaw has promoted Helen Gill to director in the London office.
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has appointed Kimberley Nanson as senior PR and external communications manager.
January
Norton Rose Fulbright has announced Scott Atkins, the firm’s Australia chair, will become the firm’s global chair effective 1 January 2023.
Clyde & Co has announced the appointment of Peter Barnes and Charlotte Kelly as partners in its global insurance practice.
Pinsent Masons has announced that Laura Cameron will be the firm’s managing partner with effect from 1 May 2023.
Shoosmiths has expanded its ECM team with the hire of two partners at its London office, Oliver Pilkington and Nick McCarthy.
Hogan Lovells has announced that 38 of its lawyers have been promoted to partner effective 1 January 2023. In London: Rita Hunter (global regulatory); Jenna Ralfe (litigation, arbitration and employment); Lydia Savill (litigation, arbitration and employment); Amelia Stawpert (corporate & finance); Alice Wallace-Wright (global regulatory (London & Dublin)); and Stella Wong (intellectual property, media and technology).
David Sinclair has joined Stephenson Harwood as a partner. He joins the firm’s real estate practice in London.
KPMG has appointed Stuart Bedford as its new UK head of law.
KPMG has made four new partner promotions.
Ashurst has appointed forensic and financial crime specialist Rachel Sexton to its risk advisory business in the UK.
Gowling WLG has welcomed a new partner, Jason Freedman, to its commercial litigation team in London.
DWF has announced a number of senior promotions in London. The following partners have been promoted within the firm’s career grades: Patrick Eaton (corporate transactional and advisory); Laurence Applegate (corporate); Natasha Atkinson (restructuring and insolvency); Kiran Soar (markets and global risk); and James Froud (real estate). Promoted to partner in London are: Imogen Makin (financial services regulatory investigations); Katrina Boyd (public liability fraud); and Daniel Jordan (insurance litigation).
Mark Thomas has joined TLT’s banking and finance team in London as a partner.
As of 1 January 2023, Mishcon de Reya and Taylor Vinters completed their merger after it was first announced in September 2021.
Howard Kennedy has welcomed three new partners - Jonathan Huth has joined the business crime practice, Katherine Res Pritchard joins the family practice and John Kiely has joined the immigration practice.
Charles Russell Speechlys has appointed Richard Kiddell as a new partner in its litigation and dispute resolution team in London.
Fieldfisher has announced the appointment of Peter Knust as a partner in its financial markets and products group in London.
HFW has re-elected Jeremy Shebson, an aerospace specialist, to serve a second four-year term as managing partner, effective 1 April 2023.
Mona Patel has joined Penningtons Manches Cooper’s corporate practice in London.
Paul Hastings has announced that Patrick Bright has joined the firm’s global finance practice as a partner in London.
Dentons has extended London TMT partner Anna Copeman’s trainee principal role to include responsibility for apprentices, reflecting the equal importance of both cohorts in the firm’s early career pathways.
Dechert has elected 17 lawyers to its partnership, effective 1 January 2023. The new partners include London-based Katie Carter and Nathalie Sadler.
The London office of Dorsey & Whitney has appointed Aymen Khoury as a partner in the firm’s commercial litigation practice.
Boies Schiller Flexner has announced that Michael Jacobs has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the litigation group.
Brown Rudnick has announced the appointment of Paul Doris as a partner in the firm’s energy transition practice.
WilmerHale has elevated three London-based lawyers to partner, as of 1 January 2023. Jonathan Lim (litigation/controversy, international arbitration); Cormac O’Daly (regulatory and Government affairs, antitrust/competition); and Annsley Ward (litigation/controversy, intellectual property litigation).
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has elected nine new partners, effective 1 January 2023. They include London-based Alexander Collins (capital markets) and Mathan Navaratnam (finance).
Andrew Rearick is set to join Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson as a partner in the firm’s M&A and private equity practice, based in London.
Winston & Strawn LLP has welcomed partner Paul Fleming to lead the restructuring & insolvency practice in the firm’s London office.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has announced the addition of ESG finance and investment partner Sukhvir Basran in the firm’s London office.
Financial regulatory partner Alix Prentice has joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft’s London office.
Reed Smith has announced the hire of Linn Mayhew as partner in its financial industry group based in the London office.
King & Spalding has named 24 new partners effective 1 January 2023. Promoted in London are: Alon Blitz; Andrew Brown; and Amy Levin.
Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP has announced the promotion of Lorraine King to equity partner effective from 1 December 2022.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has elected seven lawyers to join its partnership, effective 1 January 2023. Newly elected in the London officed is Marina Boterashvili.
Sidley Austin has announced the names of its 44 newly elected partners, effective 1 January 2023. In London, Francesca Blythe and Steve Quinn
White & Case has expanded its global mergers & acquisitions practice with the addition of Ian Ivory as a partner in London.
Eram Khan has joined Goodwin’s antitrust & competition practice as a partner in the London office. Khan’s hire into the London antitrust team follows closely on from that of counsel Charlotte Brunsdon and associates Anuj Ghai, Sophie Entwisle, and Chloe Birkett.
Druces LLP has promoted Jack Dervyn to partner in its corporate team.
Payne Hicks Beach has announced that Sarah Williams, a modern family specialist, has become a partner in the family department.
Jenner & Block has announced that Christine Braamskamp is the new managing partner of its London office.
Harneys has elected William Peake as its new global managing partner, with effect from 1 January 2023.
Capsticks has announced that Martin Hamilton has been re-appointed as the firm’s managing partner for a further term through to April 2026.
Fenchurch Law has announced the expansion of its team in London with three new appointments to its coverage disputes team.
Distributed law firm, arch.law, has been joined by London-based Mayfair Rise Solicitors.
From 1 December 2022 Dawson Cornwell has converted from a partnership to a limited liability partnership.
Jed Pennington has been made a partner at Wilson Solicitors LLP.
Khaled Moyeed has recently joined gunnercooke as a dispute resolution partner.
Hogan Lovells has announced that 77 of its lawyers have been promoted to counsel effective 1 January 2023. In London: Simon Bacchus (corporate & finance); Louise Crawford (global regulatory); Andrew Eaton (global regulatory); Scott Gibson (corporate & finance); Christopher Hyde (corporate & finance); Katie McMullan (global regulatory); Naomi Parmar (corporate & finance); Malcolm Parry (corporate & finance); and Charlie Shute (litigation, arbitration and employment).
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has announced that Jeffrey Wool has joined the firm as senior global advisor working out of both its London and New York offices.
Hannah Yellop joined Hodge Jones & Allen on 12 December 2022.
Former deputy general counsel at the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Rebecca Dix, has joined Dentons’ regulatory and investigations team in London.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has promoted eight lawyers to special counsel and counsel, effective 1 January 2023. In London Elena Bernal (capital markets), James Hoggett (finance) and Jack Andrew Kelly (financial services) have all been promoted to special counsel.
Arnold & Porter has elected nine new counsel, effective 1 January 2023. They including Alastair Brown a member of the antitrust practice, resident in the London office.
Goodwin has announced that 17 lawyers have been promoted to the role of counsel. They include Hayley Davis (technology), Thomas Plowman (private equity) and Stanislav Shishkin (private equity) in London.
King & Spalding has promoted 17 lawyers to counsel effective 1 January 2023. They include Simon Maynard in London.
Andrew Pearce has joined Family Law in Partnership.
Sidley Austin has announced the names of its 16 lawyers newly promoted to counsel, effective 1 January 2023. In London, Jonathon M. Hamill and Ed Perry.
Faegre Drinker has announced its 2022 first-year associate class including Paige Izquierdo (corporate) based in London.
Levison Meltzer Pigott has appointed Lucy Hoare as a solicitor in the family team.
Russell-Cooke has promoted three individuals to the newly established role of legal director.
Russell-Cooke has welcomed Harriet Butterfield as a consultant to the firm. She will be joining the real estate team to focus on construction law.
Russell-Cooke has announced that its January 2021 trainee cohort have all qualified with the firm and taken up their new positions following the successful completion of their training contract.
Payne Hicks Beach has promoted Nick Grant to legal director in the dispute resolution department. Grant joined the firm in 2017 as a senior associate.
Taylor Rose MW has appointed Bellamy Forde director of dispute resolution.
Fenchurch Law has announced the expansion of its team in London with three new appointments to its coverage disputes team. Dru Corfield and Grace Williams join the firm as associate solicitors.
Freeths has appointed Nick Pryor as director of knowledge management and innovation.
