Allen & Overy has announced that Gareth
Price has been elected global managing partner with effect from 1 May 2020
Norton Rose Fulbright has announced the
appointment of Alison Goldthorp as a London-based partner in its
bankruptcy, financial restructuring and insolvency
team
Ashurst has appointed Jonathan
Cohen as a partner in the corporate team
Eversheds Sutherland has appointed Kari
McCormick as partner within its financial services disputes and
investigations group based in the London office
Charles Russell
Speechlys has
welcomed partner Helen Wong to its corporate team where she will also
take on the role as head of the China team in London
TLT has announced the
arrival of Craig Thompson as a partner in its commercial dispute
resolution team in London
With effect from 10 April 2020, Mishcon
de Reya has announced a change to their existing leadership
structure and split the current managing partner role into two. Kevin
Gold will become executive chairperson for an initial five-year
term. James Libson will become managing partner for an initial
four year term
Mishcon de Reya has announced that Madalina
Dumitrescu has joined as a partner in the firm’s private practice
Boodle Hatfield has appointed employment
lawyer Simon Gorham as a partner from Weil Gotshal & Manges where
he was counsel
Boodle Hatfield has appointed
construction specialist Navpreet Atwal as a partner in their property
practice
Enyo Law has announced the
appointment of Daniel Levy as partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer
& Feld LLP has
announced that leveraged finance partner Amy Kennedy is to join
the firm’s London office
White & Case has appointed Will
Smith as a partner in the global tax practice based in London
Orrick, Herrington &
Sutcliffe has
announced that regulatory and fintech lawyer Marco Boldini has joined
the firm as a partner and head of the Italian financial
services regulatory practice
Latham & Watkins has promoted a number of
counsel to partner, including Sarah Gadd and Oliver Middleton
Sam Newhouse is set to join Latham
& Watkins as a partner in the M&A practice
and corporate department
Greenberg Traurig has welcomed Ian Jack
to the London office
Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom has
announced that Peter Newman has joined the firm’s corporate
restructuring group as a partner
Brown Rudnick has added to its
international restructuring and finance practice with the appointments of Richard
Obank and Colin Ashford as partners
K&L Gates has promoted Richard
Dollimore to partner
Macfarlanes has announced that Alexandra
Green (financial services regulation) and Alicia Thomas (tax and
reward) will become partners in the firm on 1 May 2020
Wedlake Bell has appointed partner Antoaneta
Proctor to its private client group where she joins the offshore practice
from Taylor Wessing
HFW has announced a number
of promotions, effective 1 April 2020. In the London office Claire Womersley
(shipping) and Paul Woodley (aerospace) have been promoted to
partner
Stewarts Law has appointed Emily Cox as a partner in the media disputes team
Marriott Harrison LLP has welcomed partner Andrew Ross to its corporate team from the London office of US firm Arnold & Porter
Fletcher Day has appointed Janis Wilderspin as a partner specialising in corporate and commercial law
Royds Withy King has appointed four new partners. Rod Smith is set to become the new head of private client at the firm’s London office in May 2020
Forsters has announced the promotion of three senior associates to partner with effect from 1 April 2020. Emily Holdstock is promoted to partner in the construction team, Emma White in private client and Rowena Marshall in banking and finance
Royds Withy King has appointed four new partners. Rod Smith is set to become the new head of private client at the firm’s London office in May 2020Senior Appointments
Senior Appointments
DMH Stallard has appointed Olga
Powell as a senior associate in the private client team
Macfarlanes has promoted the
following senior solicitors to senior counsel as of 1 May 2020
HFW has announced a number
of promotions, effective 1 April 2020. In the London office Ben Atkinson (insurance
and reinsurance), Caroline Murphy (shipping) and Katherine Noble (ship
finance) have been promoted to legal directors
Slater and Gordon has appointed Nils
Stoesser as chief development officer, having previously been
chairman of the group since 2018
Bargate Murray has announced the
promotion of Dominic Bulfin to senior associate
Douglas Hamer, a specialist education
solicitor with a particular focus on special educational needs, has joined Geldards
Fried Frank Harris
Shriver & Jacobson has announced a number of promotions, effective 1
March 2020. In the London office, Leigh Mallon has been promoted
to special counsel
Fletcher Day has welcomed Suzie
Stanley as a consultant solicitor specialising in property litigation
Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s
law firm, has announced the appointment of six of counsel across six of its international offices
Browne Jacobson has announced 22
promotions to senior associate. The promotions will take effect from 1 May
2020
Avonhurst has announced four
associate appointments. Senior associate Joshua Swerner joins the firm
from Linklaters
Following the successful completion of
their training contracts, four newly qualified solicitors have been given
permanent positions at Russell-Cooke. Susannah Foden and Georgia
Haughey have both qualified into the trust and estates disputes team, Patrick
Kershaw has qualified into the property litigation team and Katie O’Kelly
has qualified into the family team
Sinclair Gibson has welcomed Amelia Groom and Lily Hurley to the firm on the successful completion of their training contracts
February
Partners
CMS has
announced the re-election of Penelope Warne as the senior partner of CMS UK
LLP
Pinsent Masons has appointed Dr Anne Sammon as an employment partner
in its employment and reward
group in London where she will focus on clients within
the financial services sector
Shoosmiths has appointed Philip Tansley as a partner based in
its London office
Sam Tyfield has joined Shoosmiths corporate team as a
partner
Bird & Bird
has
welcomed James Salford as a partner
in London
McCarthy
Denning has
welcomed Justin Conway, a
pan-European special situations and credit trading lawyer, as a partner in its banking & finance
department
Bristows has appointed Richard Dickinson as a partner in its
commercial and IP transactional
practice
The Ince Group plc has announced that a team from Bentleys, Stokes and Lowless will join
Ince’s shipping team in London
Latham &
Watkins has
announced that Mike Turner and Shing Lo will join the London office
as partners in the emerging companies practice and corporate
department
Brown Rudnick has promoted six lawyers
to partner with effect from 1 February 2020
Bryan Cave
Leighton Paisner has
recruited Anton Chambers as a
partner in London
Cadwalader,
Wickersham & Taft has
welcomed Michael Newell in
London
Christophe
Bondy has
joined Steptoe & Johnson in
London as a partner
Mayer Brown has appointed two
projects lawyers, Kirsti Massie and
Meredith Campanale, as partners
in the global banking & finance practice in London
Dechert has announced that Solomon Noh joins the firm’s financial
restructuring practice as a
partner based in London
Curtis,
Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP has announced a number of partner and counsel promotions across its
offices. In London, Luciana Ricart has been promoted to partner
Seyfarth Shaw has promoted Tessa Cranfield to partner in the
firm’s London office
Orrick,
Herrington & Sutcliffe has promoted three lawyers in London to the firm’s
partnership
Wiggin LLP has announced the
appointment of Charles Moore,
head of its film and TV group, as its first senior partner
Harbottle &
Lewis has
appointed Sofie Hoffman as a
partner in the private capital practice
group
Hodge Jones &
Allen has
launched a family mediation service
Payne Hicks
Beach has
appointed partner Matt Ingham to
its citizenship and immigration practice from Mishcon de Reya
Forsters has announced that Emily Exton has been made managing
partner with effect from 1
February 2020
MBM Commercial has welcomed Bryan Shaw as a partner in London
Fletcher Day has welcomed three new
partners to its family department. Siobhan
Lomasney, Shameela Ahmed and Julius
Brookman
Senior Appointments
DWF has appointed Imogen Makin as a director and head of
financial services regulatory investigations in London
RBG Holdings plc (formerly Rosenblatt Group plc) the professional
services group, has announced the appointment of Keith Hamill as the new chairman of the group
Simpson Millar has appointed Jonathan Maskew as its new national
head of wills, trusts, probate and Court of Protection
Ropes &
Gray has
appointed Paige Berges as a
counsel, based in London
Avonhurst has hired four new
senior advisors: Gavin Barwell, Sean West, Nick Houghton and Andrew Dowler
Three Crowns
LLP has
promoted Penny Martin to counsel
Stewarts Law has appointed personal injury
lawyer Rebecca Smith as a senior
associate
SA Law has
announced the arrival of Bindu Malkan, who joins the family law team in London
January
Partners
Norton
Rose Fulbright has announced that Andrew Robinson has become its global
chair and has made a number of
partner promotions in London: Daniel Cowdy, Alexandra Dunn, Daniel Giemajner, Richard Green and
Matthew Thorn , Christopher McCarthy, Shane O’Reilly and Charlie
Weston-Simons
Herbert Smith
Freehills has
appointed Justin D’Agostino as its next chief executive officer for a
period of four years
Hogan Lovells has confirmed Miguel
Zaldivar as their new global CEO from 1 July 2020
Hogan Lovells has made a number of
partner promotions with effect from 1 January 2020. In London they are: Fiona
Bantock James Black, Jennifer Dickey, James Maltby Liam Naidoo, Hannah Quarterman ,
Jonathan Russell and Jane Summerfield
Fieldfisher has appointed Janita Good as
the new head of its life sciences practice
Weightmans has made two partner appointments
in London. Kiran Sekhon and Lilli Oliver
Bird & Bird has appointed Peter
Nicholson as a partner in the real estate practice
Taylor Wessing has made two
leadership appointments. Ronald Graham has been appointed as UK head of
private wealth. Meanwhile, Vinod Bange has
been appointed as co-head of international commercial technology & data
The London office of Gateley Legal
has announced the appointment of Sarah Reynolds as a new partner
in the commerce, technology and media team
Russell-Cooke has announced the
appointment of Neil Dryer as a partner in the firm’s real estate
department
Veale Wasbrough Vizards has welcomed
Thomas Dick, a dual-qualified US/English tax lawyer, as a partner in its London
office
Patrick Harney has joined Mishcon de Reya
as partner in the tax team
Lewis Silkin has today announced the appointment
of Sara Hanrahan as a partner to head up planning within the firm’s real estate
practice group
King & Wood Mallesons has announced
the promotion of two new partners in London Samantha Coleman and Wilson Antoon
Reed Smith has announced that Sam Webster
is to join the firm as a partner in the corporate group
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has confirmed
that St. Louis partner Steven Baumer has formally assumed the duties of co-chair of the firm
Squire Patton Boggs has welcomed Peter
Stewart to the firm’s London office as a partner
Milbank LLP has elected a number of new
partners: Miko Bradford and William Charles
Milbank has appointed M&A
specialist Lisa O’Neill as a partner in the London office
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has made
two partner promotions in London, Nathan Parker and Joanna Valentine
Morrison & Foerster has appointed Polly
Ehrman as a partner in its corporate department
Sidley Austin has elected 30 lawyers to
its partnership, as of 1 January 2020. The newly elected partners in the London
office are: Alastair Hopwood and Michelle Tong
Nicola Phillips has joined Crowell
& Moring’s London office as a partner in its international dispute
resolution group
Bracewell has promoted Eimear Murphy to
partner in the London office
Jenner & Block has promoted Rob Dalling
to partner in the investigations, compliance and defence practice
Jones Day has named 34 new partners.
Luke Johnson, based in the London office, has been admitted to the Partnership
Kirkland & Ellis has announced that
Lisa Stevens has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the
restructuring practice group
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
has made two partner promotions in the London office
Duane Morris has appointed Steve Nichol
as a partner in the firm’s trial practice group
Keystone Law has been joined by two new
private client property partners. Sakhjit Randhawa and Ian Cooke
Immigration firm Fragomen LLP has announced
that Nadine Goldfoot has been appointed as managing partner of the firm’s UK practice
Harbottle & Lewis has welcomed Kieran
Jay as a partner in its technology, media and entertainment practice group
Seddons has acquired Drukker Solicitors.
Founder Nicholas Drukker, partner David Wheeler, and partner Charles Burrell
join Seddons’ dispute resolution department
Senior Appointments
Ashurst has appointed David
Fitch as its director of knowledge
Kirkland & Ellis has announced that
associates Hannah Brown, Henry Ellis and Krista Sirola have
joined Kirkland’s London restructuring team
Cadwalader, Wickersham
& Taft has
promoted Catherine Richardson (tax) to counsel in the London office
Crowell & Moring has announced a number
of promotions. Based in the firm’s London office Lydia Taylor has been
promoted to counsel
Vinson & Elkins has made two promotions
to counsel in the London office, Andrew Callaghan and Lauren Davies
Boies Schiller Flexner
has
promoted Michael Jacobs to counsel in the London office
Rosenblatt has announced the
appointment of Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe as an adviser to the firm’s new
white collar fraud & financial crime division
Mourant has announced that Jamie
Wisbey, general counsel for Mourant Governance Services, has
qualified as a trust and estate practitioner
Volterra Fietta has announced the
appointment of Peter Flint, the ex-head of international arbitration at Gowling
WLG and, previously, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, as a consultant
Brethertons has appointed Verity
McMahon as an associate in its enfranchisement and residential
leasehold law team
LALIVE, an international and
independent law firm based in Switzerland, with offices in Geneva, Zurrich and
London, has appointed Thomas Brown as its firstever CEO
Mackrell International
has
welcomed newly-qualified solicitor Thomas Hulme
SA Law has welcomed property
specialist Zama Razaq to the team
Setfords has made a number of
senior appointments. Keury Dallyn joins as a consultant solicitor in the
residential and commercial property team
