Clifford Chance has announced that Paul Ellison will be
joining the firm in May 2021 as a funds-focused financial regulatory partner,
based in London
Hogan Lovells has announced a number of senior corporate and
litigation hires in London. Patrick Sarch will be joining Hogan Lovells as a
partner and will co-head the London M&A practice alongside Ben Higson. In
addition, a team of commercial litigators will join the firm’s global and
London disputes practice. Kevin Lloyd, Richard Lawton, Akima Paul Lambert and
Ardil Salem will join as partners
Hogan Lovells has appointed Paris partner and current
regional managing partner for the EMEA region, Marie-Aimée de Dampierre, to be
the next chair of Hogan Lovells
DLA Piper has announced that Simon Levine’s term as managing
partner has been extended by two years
DWF Group plc has announced a new internal operating
structure from May 2021. The Group will move from its existing four
divisions (commercial services, insurance services, international and connected
services) into three global divisions: legal advisory led by Paul Rimmer,
Mindcrest led by Mark Qualter and connected services led by Jason Ford.
Reed Smith has hired Jason Richardson as a partner in the
financial industry group in London
Russell-Cooke has announced that Jonathan Thornton has been
elected as the firm’s deputy senior partner, while Alison Regan and James
Carroll have been elected as joint managing partners
Julie Romer, debt finance lawyer, joins Stephenson Harwood
as partner in its London office
Clyde & Co’s partner Damian Watkin has relocated from
the UK to Australia to join the firm’s APAC projects & construction team
Wedlake Bell has made two partner appointments. Laurence
Rogers joins the finance team and Jonathan Hibberts joins the property
litigation team
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has hired corporate lawyer
Connor Cahalane as a partner in London.
MFB solicitors has promoted James Foley-Comer to partner. He
specialises in yacht, superyacht and commercial shipping transactional work.
McCarthy Denning has welcomed two new partners in the
international private equity real estate practice. Iain Morpeth and Michael
Wistow have joined the firm as co- heads of private equity real estate, and
Wistow will also take up the role as McCarthy Denning’s global head of tax.
Edwin Coe has welcomed Christina Fitzgerald, licensed
insolvency practitioner, to the firm as a partner
Fieldfisher LLP has announced the launch of its new
financial services advisory firm, Fieldfisher Capital LLP
Lewis Silkin’s former managing partner and chief executive,
Ian Jeffery will step down as a partner on 31 March 2021, having led the firm
for 15 years
Lewis Silkin has appointed Neil Parkes as a partner in the
firm’s dispute resolution practice
Michelle Bradfield has joined Jones Day’s global disputes
practice in London as a partner
Mayer Brown has recruited Charles Malpass as a partner in
the banking & finance practice in London
Guadalupe Sampedro, an international data protection lawyer
with more than 20 years of experience, has joined Cooley LLP as a partner in
London
Weil Gotshal & Manges has announced that Murray Cox,
corporate lawyer, will join the firm as a partner in the London office
Dechert has appointed London head of disputes Dorothy
Cory-Wright to its London management committee
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has announced that Adam
Gallagher and James Watson will join the firm as partners in the London office
to establish a European restructuring practice
Mark Schaub has been appointed managing partner of the
London office of King & Wood Mallesons
Squire Patton Boggs has announced that Fergus Gallagher has
joined the corporate practice in London as a partner
Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Julian Thatcher as a
partner in the firm’s global corporate practice in London
Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP has announced that it has
appointed employment partner Christopher Hitchins to the role of London
managing partner
Deloitte has announced the appointment of 29 new partners
following the completion of a transaction that sees the team from technology
and digital media law firm Kemp Little become part of Deloitte Legal
Bishop & Sewell has merged with Monro Wright and
Wasbrough with effect from February 2021 and the newly combined practice will
operate as Bishop & Sewell LLP incorporating Monro Wright & Wasbrough
Hodge Jones & Allen has announced the appointment of Ken
Brough, as a partner to the personal injury team
Fletcher Day has announced that Nick Sutton has joined the
firm as a partner in the dispute resolution department
LCN Legal has promoted corporate lawyer, Ivan Hanna to
partner
Further to the acquisition of McMillan Williams Solicitors
by Taylor Rose TTKW in May 2020, the two firms have now unified and will trade
under the name Taylor Rose MW.
Schillings has welcomed Phoebe Waters as an associate in the
intelligence and investigations team
Rosenblatt Limited (RBL) has announced that Barry Roche has
been appointed as the firm’s new managing director
Leigh Day has appointed Meriel Hodgson-Teall as an associate
solicitor in the consumer law and product safety department
Druces LLP has welcomed solicitor Rabah Saadeddine to its
capital markets team
Squire Patton Boggs has created a new global position,
director of talent acquisition, with the addition of Steven Clarke
Simpson Millar has announced the hire of litigation executive
Christine Lightfoot to its family law team
Sharpe Pritchard has announced three internal promotions to
legal director; Deborah Down and Juli Lau (both procurement and contracts) and
Simon Kiely (litigation)
Hugh James’ senior associate, Helen Neville, has been
appointed to the Law Society’s clinical negligence accreditation panel
Simmons & Simmons has appointed Emily Monastiriotis as
head of dispute resolution in the UK
Norton Rose Fulbright has announced that Farmida Bi, CBE has
been elected for a second term as chair for Europe, Middle East and Asia
Watson Farley & Williams has announced that Solange
Leandro has joined the firm’s regulatory, public law and competition team in
London as a partner
Weightmans has appointed a new partner to its London office
and corporate team: Nick Fothergill
Addleshaw Goddard has hired Maria Frangeskides as a partner
in its commercial disputes team in London
Addleshaw Goddard has appointed Alex Hirom as a partner in
the construction and engineering team
TLT has hired Simon Courie as a partner in the commercial
services group in London
Bird & Bird has welcomed Alex Dixie as a partner in the
media, entertainment and sports sector group
Ashfords has appointed Kim Hawkins as a partner in the
corporate team based in London
Michelmores has announced the appointment of Philip Barth as
partner and to lead the firm’s immigration team
Trowers & Hamlins has elected Sara Bailey as senior
partner, effective from April 2021
Proskauer has welcomed Steven Baker who joins the firm’s
litigation department as a partner based in London
Goodwin has announced that Geoff O’Dea is set to join the
firm’s private equity practice as partner in the London office
Dechert has announced that Adam Plainer will be joining the
firm’s London office as global co-chair of its financial restructuring group
Cahill Gordon & Reindel has welcomed Prudence Criddle
and Warren Newton as partners in the capital markets & lending practice in
London
Squire Patton Boggs has appointed partner Warren Phelops to
its global sports & entertainment practice in London
Squire Patton Boggs has announced a number of partner
promotions including London-based Miriam Lampert (labour & employment).
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has made three partner promotions
in the London office: Jamie Moore, Adam Rizzo and Amanda Voss
US firm Armstrong Teasdale has acquired London firm Kerman
& Co
Devonshires has promoted James Dunn to lead its litigation
and dispute resolution team
Fletcher Day has welcomed David Robinson as a partner in the
corporate department
DKLM has announced a number of partner appointments: Mohi
Uddin as equity partner, Michael Adamson as partner and Sandeep Lakhani
Davies and Partners has appointed Hazel McNaught as a
director and head of family in London
Davitt Jones Bould has appointed five new partners: Lee
McBride (real estate and environmental law), Kirsten Dunlop (real estate), Yohanna Weber (planning
and environmental), Nick Warde (residential property)
DMH Stallard has announced its merger with family law firm
Brookman Solicitors. The merger is expected to complete in May 2021
Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Mike Llewellyn as a
director in the firm’s global sports & entertainment practice in London
Lewis Silkin has announced the hire of Nick Bowie as legal
director in the firm’s intellectual property practice
Ashfords has appointed Karolina Lewandowska as a solicitor
in the restructuring and insolvency team based in the London office
Fiscal incentives consultancy, Gateley Capitus has welcomed
Peter Corley as an associate director and new head of its research and
development tax team
Samir Manek, an associate in the finance and banking
disputes group at Mishcon de Reya, has been appointed to join the advisory
board for a government commissioned taskforce to boost the socio- economic
diversity at senior levels in UK financial and professional services
Cartwright King has welcomed care solicitor Adam King to the
firm’s London office
Gherson has appointed four new solicitors: Neil Williams and
Thomas Cattee (white-collar crime specialists), Adam Hoefel (general
immigration team) and extradition solicitor Chris Stevens
Harris Hagan has announced that Mimi Curran has joined the
firm as a consultant
DKLM has welcomed assistant solicitor Laura Reeves as a
commercial litigation specialist
Farrer & Co has announced the appointment of Henrietta
Mason, a specialist in trust and probate disputes, as a consultant
Avonhurst has announced that Dr Philippa Malmgren will join
the firm as a senior advisor
Hausfeld has appointed Stuart Warmington as an associate to
the personal injury, consumer and product safety claims team
Calvin Walker is set to join BonelliErede and partner in the
project finance team
BCL Solicitors has announced that legal assistant Guevara
Leacock has been called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
March
Clifford Chance has announced the appointment of Grant
Eldred as chief people officer and Chinwe Odimba-Chapman as global partner for
talent in two newly created positions
Ashurst partner and global chairman, Ben Tidswell, has
announced he will step down from the partnership on 31 July 2021
Ashurst has appointed Will Chalk as partner in the London
corporate team
Herbert Smith Freehills has announced the appointment of
Sydney-based Rebecca Maslen-Stannage as senior partner and chair of the global
LLP council
Herbert Smith Freehills has announced the new leadership of
its environmental, social and governance (ESG) practice
DLA Piper has announced the appointment of David Trott as a
partner, and international group head of the firm’s finance, projects and
restructuring group
Taylor Wessing has hired a team from Greenberg Traurig to
join its real estate sector group, including Michael Goldberg who joined the
London office as a partner on 1 March 2021
Clyde & Co has announced the hire of Penrose Foss as a
partner in its London- based accountants’ liability and regulatory
investigations team
TLT has welcomed Ranjeev Kumar as a partner to its real
estate group
Stephenson Harwood partner Alexandra Pygall has been
appointed to The Babraham Institute’s board of trustees
HFW has announced the promotion of several new partners. The newly promoted partners in London are: Will Reddie
(insurance & reinsurance), Michael Ritter (shipping), Rupert Warren
(insurance & reinsurance) and Matthew Wilmshurst (shipping).
Payne Hicks Beach has appointed Georgina Bayley as a partner
in the dispute resolution department
Ashfords LLP has appointed energy and waste partner Kim
Hawkins to its corporate team in London
Thomas Garner has joined Fladgate’s immigration team as a
partner
Bevan Brittan has announced the appointment of Jodie
Sinclair as its senior partner from 1 May 2021
David Dixter has joined Milbank’s London office as a partner
in the European leveraged finance and capital markets group
Alex Watt has joined Howard Kennedy’s intellectual property
& commercial team as a partner
Latham & Watkins has announced that Bruce Bell is set to
join the London office as a partner in the finance department and the restructuring
& special situations practice
K&L Gates has welcomed Ben Holland to its energy,
infrastructure and resources practice in London
K&L Gates has welcomed Daniel Greenaway as a partner in
the asset management and investment funds practice and Michael Ruck as a
partner in the investigations, enforcement and white collar practice
Ronen Lazarovitch has joined Bracewell’s global energy
practice as a partner in the London office, where he will advise clients on
energy and infrastructure projects in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and
Africa
Kirkland & Ellis has announced that Edward Prestwich is
set to join the firm as a partner in the investment funds group in the London
office
Goodwin has announced that Dulcie Daly will join the firm’s
tax practice as a partner in the London office
Alex Leitch has joined Paul Hastings’ London office as a
partner in the complex litigation practice
Paul Hastings has announced that Dr. Max Kirchner, an
experienced securities and capital markets lawyer, has joined the firm as a
partner, based in London
Ropes & Gray has appointed Emily Brown as a partner in
its asset management group, based in London
Ropes & Gray has welcomed the addition of Chris Townsend
as counsel in its asset management team, based in London
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has announced that James
Board will join as a partner in the firm’s London office
Geoffrey Bailhache is set to join Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
as a partner in London
Cripps Pemberton Greenish has appointed Zainab Dakhil as a
new partner in its residential property team
BDB Pitmans has announced the hire of Dennis Ko as a partner
in the firm’s real estate practice
gunnercooke has welcomed six key hires in the firm’s real
estate partner group at the firm’s London office: Matthew East, Jonathan
Wilkinson Sam Rosenthal, Melanie Curtis, Matthew Cox and Jeremy Pow.
Browne Jacobson has appointment specialist commercial tech
disputes partner Sophie Ashcroft to its London office
Boodle Hatfield has promoted Edward Allan to partner in the
firm’s residential property team.
Khizar Arif has joined Giambrone’s London office as a
partner
MJ Hudson, the asset management consultancy, has announced
two senior legal hires and two internal law partner promotions. Former Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom partner, Stephen Sims, joins as a partner in
the law firm’s funds practice. Ronan McCann has been made partner in the
venture capital and tech team.
Constantine Law has recruited two senior partner-level
hires, Emma Vernon and Jemma Sherwood-Roberts.
Legal directors Joshua Ray, Syedur Rahman and Nicola Sharp
have been promoted to partners at Rahman Ravelli
PwC has appointed Teresa Owusu- Adjei as the UK firm’s new
head of legal from 1 March 2021
Joanna Toloczko has joined the London office of Royds Withy
King, as partner
Hamlins has welcomed Victoria Camfield to the firm’s real
estate team as a partner
Preiskel & Co has announced that senior partner Daniel
Preiskel has been appointed to the board of trustees of the English Speaking
Union
Linklaters has welcomed Sir Jonathan Jones QC (Hon) as a
senior consultant within the firm’s dispute resolution practice in London
Allen & Overy has announced the appointment of Lucy
Murphy as its global chief marketing and communications officer
DLA Piper has appointed Gavin Barwell as a senior strategic
and political consultant in the firm’s UK Government affairs team
DLA Piper has appointed Lou Pagnutti as a non-executive
director to the board of DLA Piper International
HFW has announced the promotion of five new legal directors,
effective 1 April 2021. The newly promoted legal directors in London are:
Joanne Palin (shipping), Jessica Taylor (shipping) and Thomas Willan (shipping).
HFW has announced the promotion of 13 new senior associates,
effective 1 April 2021. The newly promoted associates include London-based
Joanne Button.
TLT has appointed Nathalia Perera as legal director in its
commercial services group
Excello Law has announced the appointment of London-based
real estate and banking lawyer, Ashi Patel
Russell-Cooke senior associate and Resolution-accredited
international child abduction specialist Lauren Hall has been elected to the
Child Abduction Lawyers Association executive committee as treasurer
Simpson Millar has made three senior appointments to its
family law team: Meera
Shinh, Farah Naz and Lowri Walters
Stephensons Risk Management has appointed David Cronje as an
account executive to focus on business development in the South of England
Stewarts Law has appointed Jemma Goddard and Lavinia Randall
as members of the trust and probate litigation department
MFB solicitors has welcomed Nico Saunders as a maritime
solicitor
Frederick Thorling has recently joined Enyo Law as of
counsel
Ernst & Young (EY) has announced that Zoe Dean will join
EY Law in April 2021 as director – client transition & operations
Ernst & Young (EY) has welcomed Corinna Codd, Maria
Passemard and Keruschka Sunmugam to EY Law’s legal function consulting team in
EMEIA
Laurus has announced that Jeetesh Patel has joined the
family team as a senior associate
Capsticks has appointed Katrina Robinson MBE as an associate
in the firm’s housing team
Mackrell Solicitors has welcomed Melissa Doherty as a
solicitor in the family & relationship team
Hall Brown Family Law has welcomed three new joiners to the
firm: Mollie van Geest joins the firm’s London office
Birketts has appointed Jane Johnson as a legal director to
its private client advisory team, based in the London office
Hickman and Rose Solicitors has appointed Toby Wilton as an
associate
April
Hogan Lovells has announced a number of changes to its
industry sector leadership roles, from April: Nicola Evans will take over from
Charles Rix as insurance sector lead and Daniel Norris will take over from
Jackie Newstead as real estate sector lead
Ashurst has appointed Etay Katz as a partner in its financial
regulatory practice
Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed Joshua Tod as a partner
in the investment funds team in London
Addleshaw Goddard has appointed Daniel Woolston as a partner
within its investment management team
Slaughter and May has announced the promotion of five new
partners; James Cook (corporate), Claire Cooke (financing), Laura Houston
(IP/IT), Charlie McGarel-Groves (financing), and Peter Wickham (disputes and
investigations)
Pinsent Masons has announced the promotion of 19 new partners:
Jonathan Cavill (financial services); Jeremy Chang (energy); Stuart Davey
(technology, science & industry); Matthew Kay (Vario); James Kaye (technology,
science & industry); Jake Landman (energy, financial services, technology,
science & industry); and Andrew Robertson (financial services)
Lewis Silkin has announced that Tarun Tawakley is to rejoin
the firm as a partner after four years as head of employment law
The London office of Gateley Legal has appointed Toni Vitale
as a partner in its commerce, media, and technology team
Stephenson Harwood has strengthened its marine and
international trade practice with the addition of dry shipping specialist
Kirsty MacHardy
Harcus Parker has welcomed partners Tom Ross and Jeremy
Robinson to the firm as joint heads of a new competition litigation practice
Winckworth Sherwood has made five partner promotions: Charis
Beverton, Claudia Minchin, Claire Russell, Joseph Reed and James Corbett
Withers has welcomed Carl Newman as a partner in the firm’s
white collar defence, regulatory and fraud practice
Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm, has announced
a number of partner promotions in London: Christian La-Roda
Thomas, Robert Hughes and Fearghal de Feu and Julia Cornett
Prakash Kerai (PK) has joined Shoosmiths’ London office as a
commercial partner
Macfarlanes has announced that Lorna Emson and Christopher
Charlton (litigation and dispute resolution), Laura Bretherton and Paul Keddie
(finance), and Emma Radcliffe (competition) will become partners
Hodge Jones & Allen has appointed Neil Emery to its
employment practice
Farrer & Co has announced that the following will become
partners: Sarah Aggarwal (commercial real estate); Alan Baker (IP &
commercial); Patrick Hammond (rural property); Thomas Kirkman (rural property);
Jo Ord (dispute resolution); Owen O’Rorke (IP & commercial); Amy Radnor
(family & divorce); Jessica Reed (banking & finance); and Sonal Shah
(private client services)
Fladgate has announced the appointment of Sunil Sheth as the
firm’s new senior partner
Dentons has rehired dispute resolution lawyer Thomas Leyland
Ferdinand Mason has joined White & Case as a partner in
London
Baker McKenzie has hired Ben Wilkinson from White & Case
where he was a partner in the debt finance practice
Shearman & Sterling has announced that Phil Cheveley is
joining the firm as a mergers & acquisitions partner
Shearman & Sterling has announced the appointment of Sam
Brodie as a financial restructuring & insolvency partner
Shearman & Sterling has appointed Helena Potts as a
financial restructuring & insolvency partner
Goodwin has announced that Hugh O’Sullivan will join the
firm’s private equity practice as partner
King & Spalding has recruited international arbitration
lawyer Kenneth Beale as a partner in the firm’s trial & global disputes
practice in London
Jackie Holland is set to join Cleary Gottlieb Steen &
Hamilton LLP as a partner in London, focusing on competition practice
Energy partner, James Douglass has joined K&L Gates in
London
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has named a number
of new partners: Steven Hannah (corporate), Ani Kusheva (corporate and Greg
Norman (investment management)
Crowell & Moring and Kibbe & Orbe LLP have agreed to
join forces to provide expanded service offerings to clients in the financial
services industry
Lucy England has joined Fox Williams commercial and
technology department as a partner and a key member of the firm’s dedicated
travel group
JMW solicitors has expanded its London office with six new
partner hires: Greg Thwaites, John Andrews, Sophie Maryan, Petar Orlic, David
Thompson and Daniel Martin
Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP has promoted senior associate
Sam Roberts to the partnership
Lee Bolton Monier-Williams has appointed Catherine Pugsley as
a partner in the private client team
Levison Meltzer Pigott has promoted Kate Stovold and Benjamin
Stowe to partner
Edwin Coe has announced that senior associates Brendan O’Shea
(private client) and Brenna Baye (construction) have been promoted to the
partnership
Devonshires has promoted two new partners: Alice Overton (banking
and governance) and David Pack (dispute resolution)
Harbottle & Lewis has welcomed Sarah Gogan as a partner
to head up its immigration practice
Bargate Murray has announced the promotion of Dominic Bulfin
to director in the superyacht group
Fletcher Day has appointed Matthew Cranton as a partner in
the employment and immigration department
Lee & Thompson has announced the promotion of four new
partners: Lucy Strauss, Tim Fowler, Stephen Spence and Simon Boyden
Theresa Greenwood, an experienced registered midwife and
former NHS incident investigator, has joined Hudgell Solicitors
Blaser Mills Law has appointed Nick Scott as a partner in the
firm’s dispute resolution team
Child & Child has announced the arrival of James Gordon
as CEO
Byrne and Partners LLP and PCB Litigation LLP have merged as
April
Doyle Clayton has welcomed employment specialist Peter Daly
as a partner
nexa law has announced the acquisition of the entire share
capital of franchising boutique Goldstein Legal
Marc Teasdale is set to join A&O Consulting, Allen &
Overy’s strategic and regulatory consulting business
Ashurst has announced the appointment of Laura Nicholls as
chief business development officer
Wedlake Bell has made two senior appointments: Rachel
Fitzgerald (dispute resolution) and Charlotte Meredith (real estate)
Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm, has announced
a number of promotions to of counsel: Anna Cochrane of the corporate team and
Alex Way of the trusts & private client team
Sarah Empson has joined Birketts’ employment team
Shearman & Sterling’s recent hires have included new
counsel Kevin Heverin and Tom McKay and associates Jamie Turley and Kate
O’Donoghue – all into the financial restructuring & insolvency team
JMW solicitors has welcomed senior associate Josip Stajfer to
the firm’s real estate commercial department
Lewis Nedas has welcomed solicitor Asal Nath to its company
and commercial and litigation departments
Keri Rowan, a solicitor in the wills, trusts & probate
team at Attwaters Jameson Hill, has completed her STEP diploma
Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP has promoted Australian-qualified
associate Shelley Drenth to senior associate
Tor McLaren has joined Avonhurst as a new senior advisor
Cara Lahnstein has qualified as a solicitor at Levison
Meltzer Pigott
Family Law in Partnership has announced that Charlotte Symes
and Mariko Wilson will be appointed as directors
Linklaters has announced the election of 35
new partners, to include London- based: Arjun Muddu (capital markets); Bradley
Richardson (employment & incentives); Caroline Courtney (banking); Clare
Baker (investment funds); Clare McMullen (financial regulation group); Damien
Gomez (banking); Francesca Matthews (energy & infrastructure); Lisa Chang
(mainstream corporate); Michael Fanner (mainstream corporate); Pathik Gandhi
(banking); Sarah Parkin (pensions); Sarina Williams (dispute resolution); and
William Evans (banking)
Linklaters has announced that Tom Shropshire
has stepped down as US global practice head and leaves the partnership after
more than two decades with the firm
Simmons & Simmons employment partner,
Julian Taylor, has been elected as the firm’s new senior partner
Simmons & Simmons has announced that Marc
Fèvre is to join its London office as a partner in the firm’s energy, natural
resources & infrastructure group
Simmons & Simmons has welcomed the arrival
of Mandy Perry as a partner in the firm’s employment practice in London
Simmons & Simmons has hired Ben Jones to
its restructuring and special situations team as a partner based in London. His
hire follows the recruitment of restructuring and special situations partner,
Tina Lockwood, who joined the team in February 2021.
Simmons & Simmons has announced that
Lawrence King is joining the UK IP team in London
Simmons & Simmons has announced the
promotion of 13 lawyers to its global partnership in London: Zoë Arnautov
(financial markets); Tair Hussain (employment); Kirsten Kitt (dispute
resolution); Lydia Torne (dispute resolution); and Oliver West (financial
markets)
Eversheds Sutherland has announced 22 partner
promotions in London: Nicola Evans (corporate); Jonathan Malim (banking); Phil
Spyropoulos (financial services); Deepesh Upadhyay (tax); Laura Brook (pensions);
Tim Browning (CDR); and Kate Poole (real estate)
Herbert Smith Freehills has announced the
promotion of 23 new partners to its global partnership, including: Michael
Aherne (pensions); Andrew Cooke (commercial litigation and restructuring,
turnaround and insolvency); Emma Deas (banking litigation); Simon Elliott (real
estate); Chris Mann (finance); and Fiona Treanor (insurance disputes)
Hogan Lovells has announced new appointments
to the firm’s international management committee (IMC) and board.
CMS has announced the promotion of new
partners in London: Amit Tyagi (insurance & reinsurance group); Dalia
Majumder-Russell (power); David Wilkinson (real estate); Elliot Cowan
(corporate); Geoff Tan (insurance & reinsurance group); Justin Coaley
(corporate); Laura Clarke (pensions); Michelle Kirkland (corporate); Patrick
Groves (corporate); Rebecca Prigg (construction); Rizwan Rahman (corporate);
Robin Biela (real estate disputes); Scarlett West (insurance & reinsurance
group); Timea Scholey (restructuring & insolvency); and Yvonne Screene (insurance
& reinsurance group)
Allen & Overy has announced the promotion in
London of: Adam Zecharia, Alex Chenery, David Varne , MaameYaa Kwafo- Akoto,
Nick Charlwood and Nikki Johnstone (all banking); Jessica Kerslake (corporate);
Dan Hill (ICM); Maeve Hanna (litigation); and Hayden Cameron (real estate)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced
the appointment new partners in London: Sharon Malhi (antitrust, competition
and trade); Laura Whiting (dispute resolution); Lauren Honeyben (global
transactions); Richard Johnson (global transactions); Holly Insley (people &
reward); and Sarah Bond (tax)
DAC Beachcroft has appointed David Roberts, a
clinical negligence partner, to its health sector practice
Stephenson Harwood LLP has promoted four new
partners in London: Carolyn Hall (corporate); Katie Hewson (corporate); Sean
Crowley (finance); and Richard Hugg (marine and international trade)
Colette Kelly has joined Ince as a new partner
in the firm’s regulatory solutions team
Ince has promoted lawyers to its partnership in
London: Charles O’Connor (shipping) and Julia Whyte (employment)
HFW has launched a new sustainability strategy
and appointed Giles Kavanagh as its first sustainability partner
HFW has appointed Matthew Cox, a structured
trade finance specialist, as a partner in the global commodities practice
Bird & Bird has announced the appointment
of Nick Peacock as a partner and head of its London arbitration group
Lewis Silkin has announced the promotion of
David Samuels, David Hopper and Alan Hunt to its partnership
Trowers & Hamlins has welcomed Tom Calnan as
a new partner to its real estate team in London
Fieldfisher has promoted Christopher Eastham
and Andrew Loan to partner in London
Leigh Day has promoted a number of new
partners in London: Ewan Tant (personal injury); Paul
Dowling (international); Benjamin Burrows (human rights); Anna Brothers
(clinical negligence); and Shazia Yamin (consumer law)
Danielle Parsons has joined Irwin Mitchell’s
employment and professional discipline team as a partner in London.
Trowers & Hamlins has recruited Mark
Churchman as a new partner (corporate team)
Clyde & Co has announced the promotion of equity
partners, including London- based: Karen Boto (insurance – IFPD); Jeremy
Stephen (real estate); and Will Trustram (energy, marine & natural
resources)
Shoosmiths has appointed family law specialist
Sally Robinson as a partner
From April Frank Dunne will be stepping down
from his role as senior partner with Watson Farley & Williams to become a
consultant with the title of ‘senior advisor’
Osborne Clarke has hired partner Richard
Wilkinson who will join the firm’s London real estate team
Kingsley Napley has announced that Peter
Metcalfe and Grant Incles have joined the firm as partners in the real estate
& construction and medical negligence & personal injury teams
respectively
McCarthy Denning has announced the appointment
of Soulla Berger as a partner
Harbottle & Lewis has announced the hire
of Marcus Parker as a partner in its private capital practice
Garbhan Shanks has joined Fladgate as a
partner in the dispute resolution practice, along with senior associate Harriet
Chopra and associate Naomi Hall
Gowling WLG has made 11 partner promotions:
Rob Bridgman (property litigation); Emma Carr (commercial litigation); Anna
Colley (specialist real estate services); Kate Cunningham (housing development
and regeneration); Jenny Davies (intellectual property); Sarah Dyer
(contentious construction and engineering); Ruth Griffin (non-contentious
construction and engineering); Gurinder Mann (real estate finance); Samantha
Myers (public companies and capital markets); Elizabeth Williams (projects and
infrastructure); and Simon Wood (specialist real estate services)
RBG Holdings plc (formerly Rosenblatt Group
plc), the professional services group, has announced the acquisition of Memery
Crystal
Keystone Law has welcomed HFW’s former partner
and head of ship finance in Greece, Kal Karaiskaki, to the firm
Infrastructure partners Tim Sheddick and Katie
Hicks are set to join White & Case
Reed Smith has announced the hire of Daniel
Birch as partner in its energy and natural resources group and London office
Dentons has appointed Martin Fanning, a
technology, media & telecoms partner in London, as clients and markets
partner
Mayer Brown has announced the appointment of
Joe Conder as a partner in the firm’s real estate practice in London
Faegre Drinker has announced that Susan Moore
has joined the firm as a partner in the finance and restructuring practice
group in the London office
Paul Baker has joined Quinn Emanuel Urquhart
& Sullivan’s London office as a partner
Baker Botts elected 12 lawyers to partners, to
include: Sian Williams (corporate) London. Williams joined the firm in 2020
from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Williams
trained and practised at the London office of Ashurst, where she spent time
seconded to the Dubai office and to Deutsche Bank in London, advising on public
and private mergers and acquisitions, and equity offerings
Baker Botts has announced that Shashank
Krishna has joined the firm’s global projects department as a partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has
welcomed finance partner Clare Cottle to the London office
Dominic Roughton has joined Quinn Emanuel
Urquhart & Sullivan as a partner in the London office
Goodwin has announced that David Irvine will
join the firm’s tax practice as a partner in the London office
Goodwin has announced that partner Hannah
Field-Lowes will join the firm’s complex litigation & dispute resolution
practice in its London office
Shearman & Sterling has announced the
appointment of Sanjeev Dhuna as a leveraged finance partner in the finance
group, based in London
Howard Kennedy has announced that Nina Lake
will join the firm’s family team as a partner agreements.
Mishcon de Reya has announced that Ashley
Winton and Helen Conlan will be joining the firm as partners in the newly
formed innovation department
Mishcon de Reya has made six partner
promotions: Allison Keyse is a member of the corporate department, Alexander
Rhodes is head of Mishcon Purpose, Claire Yorke is part of the family
department, Kate Clark is also a member of the family department, Nicholas
Kirby is part of the real estate department, Sarah Spurling is a member of the
finance department
Sadie O’Reilly and Robert Emmett have joined
the partnership at RadcliffesLeBrasseur LLP
Devonshires has appointed Katie Fung as a
partner in the real estate and projects practice
Specialist family law practitioners Julian
Ribet, Alistair Myles and Laura Geraghty have announced the launch of their
legal practice; Ribet Myles LLP based in London
Laurus has promoted residential property
lawyer Farah Syed to partner
Property litigation specialist Angela Gregson
has joined the London office of Royds Withy King as a partner in the property
disputes team
JMW solicitors has made a number of senior
promotions. Promoted to full equity partner in London are Lee Adams (head of
London) and Anita Rai in employment. There have also been two promotions to
partner in the London office – Amy Shaffron (business crime & regulation)
and Golly Etemad (real estate residential).
Berkeley Rowe has appointed Faris Dean as a
partner and head of the corporate and commercial department.
Stewarts Law has appointed Alex Jay as a
partner to lead the firm’s insolvency and asset recovery offering.
Stewarts Law has promoted the following senior
associates to the partnership: Pia Mithani, Zachary Sananes (both commercial
litigation); Emma Holland (trust and probate litigation); Sophie Chapman, Lucy
Gould (divorce and family); Anna Wiseman (personal injury); and Alison Goldney
and Amy Heath (both clinical negligence)
Pinney
Talfourd has announced a merger with Sackvilles Solicitors on 6 April 2021
Capsticks has announced that partner Nicole
Curtis, and her three colleagues Katrina Wingfield, Geoffrey Hudson and Neil
Wilks, have joined the firm’s professional regulatory team. All four join from
Bates Wells.
Capsticks has announced a number of
promotions: Partners Catherine Bennett (clinical claims), James Howard (housing
& regeneration) and Matthew Hunter (real estate), become equity partners
Capsticks has announced a number of
promotions: Andrew Latham (clinical advisory) and Tamara
Knight (clinical claims) have been promoted to salaried partners
Peters & Peters has announced that
sanctions specialist Anna Bradshaw has been appointed by the Royal United
Services Institute as an associate fellow of the Centre for Financial Crime and
Security Studies programme
Linklaters has announced the election of 41
new counsel, to include London-based: Emma Cochrane (antitrust & foreign
investment); Sima Ostrovsky (antitrust & foreign investment); Asad Ahmed
(mainstream corporate); Alasdair Smith (pensions); Alaister Johnson (TMT/IP);
Leah Parry (trusts); Mei Yin How (capital markets); Richard Hay (capital markets);
Rory Renshaw (capital markets); Daniel Fallon (financial regulation); and
Imogen Jones (real estate)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced
the appointment of 31 new counsel, to include London-based: Kevin Whibley
(dispute resolution), Rachael Annear (global transactions) and Keith Chapman
(global transactions)
Eversheds Sutherland has promoted 17 lawyers
to legal director - in London are: Victoria Green (tax); Annabel Borg
(competition); Zoe Aarons (restructuring); Jamie Dunlop (financial services);
and Laura Dunseath (FSDI).
Lewis Silkin has welcomed Wendy Saunders as a
legal director
Leigh Day has promoted a number of new
associates in London: Kate Egerton and Tom Short (human rights); Jonny Buckley
and Alex Wessely (international); Mandy Bhattal, Tom Hewitt and Liana Wood
(employment)
Fieldfisher has recruited intellectual
property specialist Chris Benson as a legal director in its London office
Reed Smith has announced that senior
associate, Elizabeth Stroud is joining the firm’s energy and natural resources
group
Faegre Drinker has welcomed associate Bethan
Griffith to the firm’s finance and restructuring practice in London
Carey Olsen has appointed Tracey Powell as a
senior associate in the Guernsey corporate practice based in the London office
Senior associate Sacha Wooldridge has joined
Birketts’ immigration team
Stewarts Law has promoted senior associate
Kara Smith (personal injury) to legal director. Meanwhile, Stewarts has
promoted 14 London-based associates to senior associate: Barrington Atkins,
Nadia Krueger-Young, Victoria Williams (clinical negligence); Harry Spendlove,
Lucy Morgan (commercial litigation); Harriet Franks, Harriet Kerchiss (divorce
and family); Lucie Clinch (KM and compliance); Jessica Gower, Emma Lyons
(personal injury); Faranak Ghajavand (tax litigation and investigations); and
Luca del Panta (trust and probate litigation).
Indre Johnston has joined Lawrence Stephens as
a senior associate in the firm’s real estate finance & banking team
MBM Commercial has made a number of senior
promotions. In the corporate team, Caroline Urban, based in the London office,
has been promoted to director
Lee & Thompson has welcomed two new
members to the firm: Andy Florence joins the digital & technology team and James
Rushton joins the music team as an associate
Mishcon de Reya has made seven promotions to
legal director. Edwin Chik is a litigator specialising in finance, banking and
restructuring disputes, Jessica Medus is a member of the private department,
Tom Roberts is a commercial litigator, John Sendama is a litigator, Carol Katz
is a member of the tax and wealth planning group in Mishcon Private, Waqar Shah
is part of the dispute resolution department, Matthew Ewens is a member of the
white collar crime and investigations group
Forsters has promoted Joe Beeston
(employment), Emma Gosling (property litigation) and Anna Marie Short
(residential developments) to counsel
Mackrell Solicitors has announced that senior
associate Natalie Payne will become head of private client. The firm has also
announced that private client lawyer Jeffrey Cohen becomes head of the wealth
and succession planning team.
Berkeley Rowe has appointed Gideon Rix as an
associate in the dispute resolution team
Laurus has promoted Jess Davis to senior
associate
Capsticks has announced a number of promotions
to legal directors: Asfa Javed (real estate); Daniel Whale (real estate); Vicki
Moore (real estate); Rory Mulchrone (regulatory); and John Tippett-Cooper (litigation).
Promoted to associate are: Jennifer Harris (clinical claims); Joseph Dowling
(clinical claims); Kate Cornelius (clinical claims); Emma Rowley (employment);
Nalton Stembari (housing & regeneration); David Collins (regulatory); and
Tamsin Ryder (regulatory).
May
Clifford Chance has announced that partners Ashley Prebble (London) and Gary Boss (New York) have been appointed as co-heads of the firm’s global insurance group.
Clifford Chance has announced the promotion of 29 lawyers to the partnership. The newly promoted partners in London are: Jonathan Bray (corporate); Adam Craig (global financial markets); Richard Evans (global financial markets); Stephanie Huts (litigation and dispute resolution); Christopher Ingham (litigation and dispute resolution); Charlotte Madden (corporate); Olamide Oladosu (global financial markets); Laura Smallcombe (global financial markets); Nick Spurrell (corporate); Sachin Trikha (litigation and dispute resolution); and Alastair Windass (tax, pensions, and employment).
Linklaters has appointed Alexandra Beidas as the global head of employment & incentives.
Allen & Overy has announced that Annette Kurdian and Robert Burt have been appointed as partners in the leveraged finance practice based in London.
DLA Piper has announced that 44 lawyers have been promoted to its partnership. Promoted, in the London office are: Rubayet Choudhury (finance and projects); Peter Manley (restructuring) and Matt Davies (tax).
Matthew Honeyben has joined Eversheds Sutherland’s global energy group in London as a partner
Bird & Bird has promoted to partner, Chris de Mauny (IP); Gavin Punia (finance); and Richard Bush (commercial).
Ashurst has appointment 14 new partners.Promoted to partner in London are: Catherine Gokah (investment funds); Jeffrey Johnson (corporate transactions); Lorraine Johnston (finance regulatory); Madeleine Pope (dispute resolution); and Harry Thimont (corporate transactions).
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has announced that London-based banking partner Daisy Reeves has been named inclusion & diversity client relationship partner.
Kennedys has promoted a number of new partners including Louis Foscolo in the London office
Private funds specialist, Dale Gabbert has joined Fieldfisher as head of funds
DAC Beachcroft has appointed David Hill to partner in its health sector practice.
Addleshaw Goddard has promoted nine new partners. The newly-promoted partners in London are: John Coleman (corporate); Gemma Phillips (corporate); Charlotte Fallon (tax & structuring); Helen Hunter (finance); Adam McCarron (restructuring); and James Shackleton (construction, engineering & environment).
David Berry has re-joined Addleshaw Goddard as a partner
Shoosmiths has made four partner promotions . Ellie Sandbach (real estate litigation), Lucy Taylor (wealth protection, Court of Protection), Simon Procter (corporate) and Sarah Tedstone (commercial/privacy and data).
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has made a number of partner promotions which includes: Rupert Cowper-Coles (media, commercial group), Ben Gold (professional & financial risks, insurance group), Tim Moynihan (restructuring and insolvency, commercial group), Graham Reid (professional & financial risks, insurance group) and Laura Stocks (professional & financial risks, insurance group) in London.
Charles Russell Speechlys has made five partner promotions. Caroline Greenwell (commercial dispute resolution) Hugh Gunson (private wealth disputes) Dan Moore (corporate restructuring & insolvency) Kerry Stares (responsible business & pro bono) Jonathan Steele (corporate).
Charles Russell Speechlys has hired an international tax team in London, led by new partner Robert Reymond. Reymond will be joined at the firm by Leigh Nicoll (senior associate), Emma Tyrrell (senior associate) and Oliver Cooper (policy lead).
DWF has appointed Jonathan Drake, a partner to head up the firm’s non-contentious insurance advisory practice. It has also appointed Alexis Karim as a partner in the corporate team based in London and pension specialist Marcus Fink as a partner.
Taylor Wessing has made six partner promotions. Caroline Tayler (private client). Siobhán Langwade (corporate technology & life sciences). Fiona Coady (banking & finance). Gabriel Estevez (banking & finance) , Michael Washbrook (patents) David Bates (corporate technology & life sciences)
Travers Smith has announced the promotion of seven lawyers to its partnership; Alice Childs (dispute resolution) Ed Ford (funds), Tom Hartwright (private equity & financial sponsors) . Rachel Kitchman (dispute resolution) Natalie Lewis (financial services & markets) Jamie Parish (finance). Barney Stannard (dispute resolution)
RadcliffesLeBrasseur has promoted Sadie O’Reilly (healthcare) and Robert Emmett (family) to partners
Michelmores has made six partner promotions: Simon Allum, a tax specialist; Jayne Clemens, a specialist in IT and financial services disputes, and defamation; Alice Daniels, who advises on commercial disputes, Bethan Jones, who provides HR and employment support to businesses and individuals; Rachel O’Connor, an agricultural dispute resolution specialist and Harry Trick, a specialist in UK and international mergers and acquisitions, and private equity/venture capital investment.
Osborne Clarke has made seven partner promotions: Chris Yeo, a specialist in advising institutional investors on private equity transactions and infrastructure projects with a focus on the energy and utilities sector; Craig McCarthy, a regulatory litigator and expert in public procurement and interventions from regulators,; Katherine Kirrage, an expert in competition law and regulatory compliance, Ken Wilkinson, a media and technology sector- focussed corporate lawyer; Pippa Byrne, a private equity specialist, Richard May, intellectual property expert, Olivia Sinfield, an employment law expert ,
Irwin Mitchell has made a number of partner promotions, including Angela Batchelor (serious injury), Anne Kavanagh (medical negligence), and Shivi Nathan (medical negligence) in the London office
Howard Kennedy has welcomed Arish Bharucha as a partner in the commercial dispute resolution team and as chair of the India group.
Howard Kennedy has promoted Jade Chalmers and Rebecca Davison to partners in the real estate team
Kingsley Napley has announced that Vanessa Rhodes and Nick Wrightson are being promoted to the role of partner in the real estate & construction and public law teams respectively
Dentons has hired corporate partner Patrick Somers and finance partner Marc Gilston.
Dentons has announced the promotion of seven new partners. London-based Ian Clements (banking & finance), James Davison (corporate) and Sarah Lima (TMT) have been promoted.
Stephen Levy has been appointed chair of Dentons’ UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) board
Baker McKenzie has appointed Sumwinder Mann as the new global chair of the firm’s international commercial & trade practice group
Paul Hastings has appointed white collar criminal defence lawyer Rebecca Copcutt as a partner in the investigations and white collar defence practice in London.
Crowell & Moring has appointed Peter Broadhurst as a competition partner in the London office
Schulte Roth & Zabel has promoted Lee Smith to partner in the London office.
Cahill Gordon & Reindel has announced that Joydeep Choudhuri, a leveraged finance specialist, has been elected to the partnership in the London office.
Keystone Law has welcomed James Healy-Pratt to the firm as a partner and has appointed investment funds lawyer Winston Penhall
Fox Williams has promoted Hannah Elliott to partner
Beale & Company has promoted Andrew Croft to partner in the contracts and projects advisory team
Royds Withy King has announced the appointment of Sarah Wolf, as a partner in the London office
Forsters has appointed Robert Barham as a partner in the HNW residential property team
Greenwoods GRM has promoted Jamie McConnell to partner
Blake Morgan has announced that Clare Strickland, has re-joined the firm’s regulatory group
Edwin Coe has announced that Claire Lehr has joined its intellectual property team as a partner and James Walton has been appointed as a partner in the property group.
Sandeep Agrawal has joined PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) UK as lead partner for its legal technology business
Seddons has announced the appointment of partner Sangeeta Somchand to the position of head of commercial real estate
Enyo Law has announced the appointment of Jamie Leader, as a partner.
Morrisons solicitors has promoted Lily Meyer and Laura Hooke to partners
Royds Withy King has promoted senior associates Rachel James, Ali Cloak and Ian McEwan to partners
Stone King has promoted Rebecca Eels to partner in the family & mediation team.
Harbottle & Lewis has welcomed intellectual property specialist Andrew Terry as a partner in the firm’s IP litigation team.
McCarthy Denning has appointed two new partners in its international energy practice. Michel Lequien and Peter Wright
Hodge Jones & Allen has announced four partner promotions: Louise Jukes (personal injury), Michael Kilbane (dispute resolution), Chloe Hartnell (criminal defence) and Cormac McDonough (civil liberties).
Volterra Fietta has promoted Peter Flint to partner.
Allen & Overy has promoted 39 lawyers to counsel as of 1 May 2021. Promoted in London are: Amanda Lemesle Adams (banking); Kirsty Taylor (banking); Oonagh Harrison (banking); Temi Esho (banking); Ash Tiwari (corporate); Harsha Kumar (corporate); Louise Hennessey (ICM); Russell Butland (litigation); Sunil Mawkin (litigation); Aemelia Allen (real estate); and Prabhjot Dhami (real estate).
Freshfields has announced the appointment of Dr Lorand Bartels as counsel in the firm’s antitrust, competition and trade group.
Herbert Smith Freehills has promoted 25 new counsel and three to professional support consultant across the firm. The new counsel in London are: Jenny Andrews (employment); Emma Carter (real estate); Andrew Hamel-Smith (energy); Liz Head (corporate crime and investigations); Dennis Hermreck (US Securities); Sophie Jones (professional disputes, regulatory, data privacy); Natalia Rodriguez (competition, regulation and trade); and Duc Tran (data protection and privacy). While Emily Barry (finance); Tim Smith (pensions); and Kristien Geeurickx (competition, regulation and trade) have been promoted to professional support consultant.
Bird & Bird has announced Matthew Noble (IP) has been promoted to legal director in the London office.
A team of three have joined Womble Bond Dickinson’s real estate practice. Adam Taylor-Smith, senior counsel, Georgina Hook joins as a managing associate and Brittany Beaumont joins as an associate
Charles Russell Speechlys has announced the appointment of Lesley O’Leary as it chief operating officer
Michelmores has made six promotions to senior associate: Gail Bedford, real estate; Lynsey Blyth, employment; Hannah Slater, projects; Charlotte Coombs, tax, trusts & succession; Chloe Vernon-Shore, commercial; and Rajvinder Kaur, agriculture.
Osborne Clarke has made three legal director promotions: Hannah Drew, an expert in commercial law in the digital media and telecoms sectors; Vicky Dudding, leads the firm’s corporate structuring and simplification team and Victoria Gwynedd-Jones, an experienced, technical lawyer
Russell-Cooke has announced four new senior associate promotions effective from 1 July 2021. Anouksha Patel (private client), Gareth Roy (charities and social businesses) and Ricky Cella (commercial litigation)
RadcliffesLeBrasseur has made two senior appointments. Charlotte Kay joins the family department as an associate and Megan Harding joins the property litigation team as an assistant solicitor.
Taylor Wessing has made six promotions to senior counsel: Natasha Cooper (corporate real estate & private capital), Kate Silbermann (private client), Jo Joyce ((commercial technology and data), Michael Yates (IP and media), Stephen O’Grady (disputes & investigation), and Edward Spencer (disputes & investigation).
Bevan Brittan has announced a number of senior promotions, including Victoria Barman (commercial & infrastructure) to senior associate, Francesca Hedges (commercial & infrastructure), Catherine Maddox (commercial & infrastructure) and Toby de Mellow (clinical risk) have all been promoted to associates.
Lawrence Stephens has promoted real estate finance senior associate Nisha Saigal to the role of director.
Mayer Brown has announced the appointment of James Perrott as counsel in London.
Schulte Roth & Zabel has promoted Amy MacDonagh to special counsel
Hodge Jones & Allen has announced a number of senior promotions: Laura O’Brien (criminal defence) and Lauren Tebbett (clinical negligence). Meanwhile, Karen Webster (clinical negligence), Freya Colvin (criminal defence) and Bianca St Prix (criminal defence) have been promoted to associates.
Fox Williams has announced the following promotions: Daisy Jones has been promoted to legal director in the employment practice. Mardi MacGregor has been promoted to legal director in the financial services regulatory practice. Tom Pennington-Hare has been made legal director in the employment practice and Sebastian Sayer, an employed barrister, has been made legal director in the financial services regulatory practice
BDB Pitmans has welcomed two new legal directors to its private client practice. High-end property specialist Lorna du Sautoy joins the real estate team, and tax specialist and Sophie St John joins the private wealth team.
Browne Jacobson has made a number of promotions to senior associate including Matt Jones (construction), Thomas Gibby (commercial) and Harry Pearson (corporate) in the London office.
Boodle Hatfield has promoted Clare Pooley to senior associate in the private client and tax practice
Seddons has announced a number of promotions to senior associate: Katy Berkley (real estate finance), Rob Brooks (real estate finance), Fiona Callaghan (residential real estate), Ffion Greenfield (family), Nick Mann (residential real estate), and Fiona Mendel (employment). Seddons has also announced a number of promotions to associate: Jenny Chan (personal injury, clinical negligence, immigration), George de Stacpoole (corporate), Lucy Green (real estate), Farhana Khanom (dispute resolution), Zoe Pearse (private client), Richard Raban-Williams (dispute resolution), David Wright (commercial litigation) and Ed Zneimer (real estate finance).
Stone King has made a number of senior appointments. Josh Gilbert (business property team), Sophie Pughe (charity & social enterprise team), Jo Lake (information law team) and Kara Williams (commercial property team) have all been promoted to senior associate. Elizabeth Fortin (education), Lucy Blackwell (education), James Barratt (employment team) and Raquel Ugalde (international and cross- border team) have been made associates. Meanwhile, Spyros Maravegias has been promoted to senior HR consultant and Julianna Barker has become a chartered legal executive in the immigration team.
Avonhurst has announced that it will be joined by Audrey Koh
Linklaters has elected Aedamar Comiskey as its new senior partner. Comiskey, who currently serves as the firm’s global head of corporate, will take up her five-year term on 1 July 2021.
Simmons & Simmons has welcomed Elliot Beard as a partner to its banking team in London.
Simmons & Simmons has announced that the firm’s London corporate team will be joined by Frances Doherty as a partner on 4 May 2021.
Addleshaw Goddard has welcomed the addition of London based funds finance partner Jeremy Cross.
Ian Reid has joined Shoosmiths to lead the firm’s construction offering in London and the South of England.
Michael Rutili has joined Stephenson Harwood’s private wealth practice.
Kennedys has announced the hire of three partners to the catastrophic injury team, Antony French, Anthony Rawlins and Deirdre Burgess.
Shakespeare Martineau has appointed Russell Jarvis as a partner in the London office.
Farrer & Co has appointed Gerard Heyes as a partner in the dispute resolution team.
Watson Farley & Williams has welcomed Chris Mitchell to the firm’s aviation team as a partner in London.
Osborne Clarke partner and head of Russia & CIS disputes, Artem Doudko, has been appointed to the LCIA Court.
EY has announced the appointment of two new partner hires to its UK legal practice. Monica Gogna and Gita Shivarattan join to lead EY’s legal regulatory team and EY’s legal data protection team respectively.
Bindmans has promoted Anna Thwaites to LLP member. Meanwhile, Laura Hobey- Hamsher (public law) has been promoted to partner.
Rhodri Thomas has joined Dentons’ people, reward and mobility practice, as a partner in the firm’s London office.
Mark Thompson is set to join Dechert’s private equity practice as a partner in its London office.
Baker McKenzie has appointed Jannan Crozier as the new chair of the firm’s global M&A practice group. Crozier is a partner in the firm’s corporate group based in London.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has announced that Matthew Dickman, a London-based international counsel and member of the firm’s investment management group, will become a partner of the firm.
Weil Gotshal & Manges has announced that Jenine Hulsmann will join the firm as a partner in the London office to lead the build out of the European antitrust/competition practice.
Kirkland & Ellis has announced that Peter Abbott will join the firm as a tax partner in the London office.
McDermott Will & Emery has welcomed Michael Darowski as a partner in its London litigation and dispute resolution practice.
McDermott Will & Emery has appointed barrister Simon Airey as a white- collar and investigations partner in London.
Alston & Bird has added a leveraged finance practice to its London office with the arrival of partner Paul Simcock.
FisherBroyles has announced that Neil Hamilton has joined the firm as a partner.
Keystone Law has announced the appointment of a number of new partner- level lawyers to the firm. Louise Bennett (dispute resolution) Sungjin Park (employment), Siobhan Moore (commercial), Louise Elmes (construction & projects) Alper Deniz (banking & finance), David Egan (corporate), Andrew Terry (tax), Keely Rushmore (employment), Tracey Poole (probate & estate planning), Peter Clegg (commercial property, Adam Perry (commercial property)
Blake Morgan has announced the promotions of eight lawyers to partner. Anita Kasseean and Alex Shirtcliff have been promoted in the London office.
Taylor Vinters has promoted James Boyle, a data and privacy specialist, to partner.
Hugh James has made three partner promotions, including Mary Mulhall and Robert Hurling in the London office.
Royds Withy King has appointed partner Mark Scott to its residential property practice.
Laurus has recruited Victoria Teymourian-Yates as an associate in the family team.
Mackrell solicitors has promoted two new partners. Mohit Pasricha is head of the sport and entertainment department and Ricardo Geada is head of the cannabis and regulatory law team.
Pinsent Masons has launched an equality law practice. Co-leads of the new practice are legal directors Kate Dodd and Susannah Donaldson.
Elliot White has joined Addleshaw Goddard’s innovation & legal technology team as head of operations.
Hill Dickinson has promoted 19 lawyers to legal director. Promoted in the London office are: Jack Delaney (corporate); Sam Hudson (corporate); Francois De Lange (corporate); Rosie Goncare (shipping); Nino Inasaridze (yachts); and Nafsika Connolly (yachts).
RadcliffesLeBrasseur has appointed Caroline Doyle as an associate in the tax and private client team
Bindmans has made two promotions to associate. Melissa Arnold (family) and Robert Maddox (employment)
Taylor Vinters has promoted Nicola Morriss, a member of the charities and social ventures practice, to senior associate.
TLT has appointed Paul Evans, former strategic adviser at the Metropolitan Police in the new role of head of commercial consulting.
Hodge Jones & Allen has made three appointments to its criminal defence team. Sania Shah, Aneka Thirurajah and Rishi Joshi
EY has announced the hire of four new associate partners to its UK legal practice. Andrea Ward is a data protection lawyer, Peter Given, a data protection specialist, Alex Mason and Rowan Armstrong
Mayer Brown has announced the hires of Tarun Patel and Electra Callan as counsel. They are joining the firm’s private equity practice in London.
Lester Aldridge has welcomed solicitor Neeti Chauhan to its residential property team in London.
Thomas Mansfield Solicitors has welcomed Gemma Fuentes Romero to its international family team.
Rahman Ravelli has promoted Niall Hearty to legal director and Josie Welland to senior associate.
June
Clifford Chance has announced that Sue Hinchcliffe will join the firm as a partner
Allen & Overy has appointed New York based partner David Lucking as head of its global international capital markets practice
Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed Chris Thornes as a
consultant in its financial institutions team.
DLA Piper has appointed Bonnie Calnan as a partner in its
London real estate team.
DLA Piper has announced the appointment of Jonny Powling as
a partner in the firm’s corporate practice, based in London.
DLA Piper has announced that insurance and class action specialist Tricia Hobson joins the firm’s London and Sydney offices.
Ashurst has elected Karen Davies as its new global chair.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has announced that Jinal Shah
will join the firm’s corporate & financial transactions team as a partner.
Charles Russell Speechlys has hired Edyta Brozyniak as a
partner its financial services and funds team in London.
Addleshaw Goddard has appointed Catherine Fearnhead and
David McEwing as co-heads of its global energy and utilities practice.
Ann Grewar has joined Addleshaw Goddard as a partner
Howard Kennedy has welcomed Kyle Phillips back to the firm
as a partner in the business crime team.
DWF has appointed Matthew Williams, as a partner in the
finance and restructuring group in London.
DWF has
appointed Maher Ghanma as a
partner in London.
DWF has appointed Shane Toal, an energy and infrastructure
sector specialist, as a partner in the global real estate group based in
London.
Child & Child has appointed Andrew Li as the new head of new homes at the firm.
Collyer Bristow has promoted Ragavan Arunachalam to partner in the corporate & commercial team
Trowers & Hamlins partner Robert Beiley has been
appointed as the chair of the British Property Federation’s newly established
affordable housing committee.
Trowers & Hamlins has appointed Steven Raize as a partner
in the corporate team based in the London office.
Dechert has announced the forthcoming addition of partner
Kay Morley to the London office.
Charles Wakiwaka has joined McGuireWoods LLP capital markets
practice in London as a partner.
Steptoe & Johnson has appointed Juliya Arbisman as a partner in the international arbitration and commercial litigation practice based in both the firm’s London and Washington office.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has appointed Antony Single
as a partner in the asset finance team based in London.
Payne Hicks Beach has promoted Catherine Costley (family)
and Andrew Willan (dispute resolution) to partners.
Hamlins has promoted Alex Cochrane to partner in the media
disputes team. He joined Hamlins in 2019.
Sacker & Partners has announced that David Saunders is
to become the firm’s senior partner on 1 September 2021.
July
Linklaters has appointed Paul Lewis as its new
firm-wide managing partner
Allen & Overy has
appointed Bradley Weyland as
a partner in the firm’s leveraged
finance practice
Herbert Smith Freehills has recruited partner Will
Glassey to its disputes practice in
London.
Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed two new partners within its commercial disputes practice in London, Phillip Richardson and Sheena Buddhdev
Addleshaw Goddard has
appointed Ewen
Scott as a partner in its leveraged finance
team
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has hired
international casualty partner, Lucy Dyson, to join the firm’s insurance group in London
Stephenson Harwood has promoted private equity specialist Sarah de Ste Croix to partner
in the London office
Travers Smith has appointed Ben Thompson as a partner
Irwin Mitchell has appointed Slater and Gordon’s national
head of employment, Deborah Casale
Shakespeare Martineau has appointed Frank Bouette as a restructuring partner in London
Hugh James has appointed Andrew Hoad as a corporate
partner in the London office.
Kirkland & Ellis has
announced that Amy Fox will join
the firm as a partner in the investment
funds group
McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Merrick White as a partner
in London.
King & Spalding has added Benoit Lavigne as a partner
in the corporate, finance and
investments (CFI) practice
Jones Day has welcomed Abradat Kamalpour to the
firm’s financial markets practice as
a partner
Fragomen LLP has
announced the appointment of 17 new
partners, effective 1 July 2021,
including London-based Janis Bailey
and
Rajiv
Naik.
Birketts
has
appointed Seamus Clifford
as
a partner in the corporate team based
in the London office
Seddons solicitors
has announced that partner Neil
Russell has been appointed as head
of the family department.
Leigh
Day has welcomed immigration and
asylum law specialist Jacqueline McKenzie as a partner.
Moore
Barlow has announced the election
of Trevor Sterling as the firm’s new senior partner.
Russell
Strong has joined Greenwoods GRM as a partner in London, where he will lead the firm’s marine law and international trade practice.
Davitt Jones Bould has
appointed Nigel
Hewitson as a partner. His areas of
expertise include planning, compulsory
purchase and highways law.
Ross Munro has been
appointed as the new global managing
partner of Harneys
Armstrong Teasdale has
appointed Molly Ahmed as a senior associate in the litigation practice based in the London office.
Shakespeare Martineau has
appointed Nicola Holton as a restructuring and insolvency legal director in the London office.
Irwin Mitchell has established a new commercial growth team, which will be led by Victoria Brackett in the newly
created role of chief commercial
officer.
Lawrence Stephens has
appointed Rebecca Thomas as senior associate in the real estate department.
Bracewell has promoted senior associate Nicholas
Neuberger to senior counsel
in London.
Jones Day has announced that Hannah Ward has joined the firm’s financial markets practice as of counsel in the London Office
Álvaro Nistal has joined Arnold & Porter’s
international arbitration practice as counsel,
resident in London
Capital Law has appointed Phillippa Ellis as a senior associate in the
financial services team in London.
Blake
Morgan has made a number of promotions
across its offices. In the property services
group in London Sophie Shaladi
has been promoted to legal director, Peter Lewis to senior associate, while Jordan McAndrew becomes a senior associate.
Horwich
Farrelly has made a number of
senior promotions, including James Mansell
(motor
& casualty LACIG) who becomes a
senior associate in the London office.
Also in London, Matthew Hill (counter fraud) becomes an associate.
TWM Solicitors has appointed Amanda Lathia as a solicitor in the business law team, based in the firm’s London (Fulham) office.
Family
Law in Partnership has appointed Selena
Arbe-Barnes as an associate
August
Luxembourg
law firm, Wildgen, has announced the
appointment of Miryam Lassalle as a
director in the firm’s London office.
Edwin
Coe has announced that three private
client associates have passed further professional
exams. Jessica Brittain and Toni
Recchia have passed their STEP advanced
certificate in administration of estates,
whilst Anna Ridley passed her STEP
advanced certificate in trust
and estate accounting.
Family
Law in Partnership has appointed Rory
Collett as an associate.
Mackrell solicitors, has promoted Adam Hogg to head of private client, wills and probate.
Lester Aldridge has hired senior associate Precious Igbokwe, in the firm’s tax, trusts, wills & probate team in London
McDermott
Will & Emery has announced the
appointment of Marcia Shekerdemian QC as senior consultant in its
global restructuring and insolvency practice in London
RadcliffesLeBrasseur
has welcomed Joshua Morrison as an
associate to its healthcare providers
team.
Lawrence
Stephens has hired real estate
solicitor Sara Jutestal
Ashfords
has welcomed five newly qualified
solicitors, following the completion of
their training contracts with the firm. NQs
in the London office are Emma Wheeler -
construction & infrastructure and Ceris Fuller - commercial litigation.
Beale & Company has
appointed Paul Henty as a partner in
the corporate and commercial
practice.
Blaser Mills has announced
the promotion of Alexandra Kirk and Hiren Gandhi to junior equity partners.
Edward Lee has joined Blaser
Mills as a partner and head of
corporate
Harrison Clark Rickerbys’
dispute resolution team is marking
several promotions. In the London
office, James Simnett has become a
legal director.
Avonhurst
has announced it will be joined by John
Reynolds formerly the head of White
& Case’s London litigation department.
EY Law
has appointed four new partners in
its energy, climate and ESG law practice. Michelle
Davies, Rob McNabb, Iwan Walters and Jean-Pascal
Boutin will be joining
Veale
Wasbrough Vizards has promoted seven
lawyers to partner, including Angharad
Lynn (private client) and Leila Inman
(commercial property) from the London
office.
Ashfords
has announced six partner promotions
across the firm. In the restructuring
& insolvency team in London, Amy
Gallimore has been made partner. Her practice
encompasses advisory, disputes and
transactional work.
Miguel
Vaz, former EMEA managing counsel has
joined Fieldfisher as a competition
& investigations partner in the firm’s
regulatory group.
Lewis
Silkin has appointed Supinder Sian as
a partner in the firm’s immigration practice.
DLA
Piper has the appointed Jason Collins
as a partner and as head of its international
tax disputes practice, based in London.
Ashurst
has hired Rhiannon Webster as partner
in its London digital economy team,
to lead the firm’s UK data protection and
information practice.
Addleshaw
Goddard has hired Carl Posern as a
partner in the firm’s structured finance
team.
September
Linklaters
has appointed partner Alison Wilson as
its new global head of dispute resolution and partner Andrew Vickery as its
new global head of finance.
Bedell
Cristin has made a number of senior
promotions, including Adam Bartels who
has been made a senior associate in the
Jersey FSL team based in London.
Cooke,
Young & Keidan LLP has appointed Mikhail
Vishnyakov as counsel and Emily
Davies as associate
Gherson
Solicitors has appointed senior
solicitor, Jemima Johnstone, as its new
head of corporate immigration.
Russell-Cooke
has welcomed five newly-qualified
solicitors to the practice. On the commercial side of the practice, Emily Joss and Ed Patton qualify into the commercial litigation team and Jonathan Gorman starts as a new associate in insolvency. On the private individuals side, Abby Ewing qualifies
into the crime team and Ellie Miles into
personal injury and clinical
negligence.
Gowling WLG has appointed a new director, Seiko Hidaka, to work within its patent litigation team in London.
Kennedys has announced the promotion of 86 associates to senior associate and introduced
a new legal director role,
with 44 legal directors and two special
counsel. The newly promoted legal directors
in London are: Alex Riley (liability), Alex
Scard (commercial), Anna Haigh (insurance,
Ben Appleton (liability), Darren Bradshaw
(commercial), David Froome (healthcare),
David Robinson (insurance), Debbie
Larkin (insurance), Dónal Clark (insurance),
Elizabeth Wheal (insurance); Erica
Aldridge (commercial), Felicity Ingram
(Insurance); Karishma Paroha (insurance),
Laura Madders (insurance), Nathalie
Smyth (insurance), Nicola Pangbourne (insurance),
Rekha Cooke (insurance), Rhys Davies (insurance), Robin White (insurance), Russell Wright (insurance), Shaan Burton (insurance), Stephanie Power (liability), and Tim Hague (insurance). Promoted to senior associate
in London are: Amber Jenner (liability), Andrew Hogan (insurance), Andrew Purdie (liability), Andrew Swarbrick (liability), Angela Roberts (insurance), Ben Loechner (insurance), Catriona Wheeler (commercial), Chris Marangou (insurance), Dave Kelly (healthcare), Donald McDonald (insurance), Ed Gibson (insurance), Elizabeth Mason (insurance), Florrie Southgate (liability), Holly Whittick (liability), Kim Carrim (liability), Lauren Brock (liability), Lisa Williams (insurance), Lorna Flynn (insurance), Louise Campbell (insurance), Louise Law (liability), Lucy Pragnell (liability), Madeleine Bertrand (liability), Matthew Bebb (healthcare), Michelle Naidoo (insurance), Milena Iyer (liability), Neil Shah (insurance), Nikki Baynes (insurance), Rachel Saunders (insurance), Robert Calnan (insurance), Robert Corrigan (liability), Roshan Sidhu (insurance), Sarah Ludlam (commercial), Stuart Farlow (insurance), Suzy Oakley (insurance), Tara Mukerji (insurance), and Thomas Panter (liability).
RadcliffesLeBrasseur has welcomed Dilara Sancar to its property department
as a paralegal.
International disputes firm LALIVE, has appointed Genevieve Poirier as a partner based in the firm’s London office.
gunnercooke has announced the hire of 11 new
partners across the firm. Joining in London
are: Roz Lidder and Kirpal Bidmead (both family); Martyn Cremin (real estate); Sima Kanan (corporate); Akash Sachdeva (intellectual property); and
culture and ESG consultant, Patrick
Voss
Fox Williams has appointed Peter Finch as a new partner in the fintech practice.
Donna McCarthy has become the new head of housing management and property litigation at Devonshires.
Anil Rajani has joined Rosenblatt as a partner within dispute resolution
Payne Hicks Beach has appointed Paul Dorrans as a partner in the dispute resolution practice.
Keystone Law has
welcomed 12 new partners to the firm
across multiple practice areas. They
are: Dr Alexandra von Westernhagen (EU
& Competition), Will Nash (corporate), Joseph Kosky (dispute resolution), Sarah
Thompson (family), Sarah Garth (employment), Camilla Bishop (probate and estate planning), Tim Tyndall (employment), Nick Smith (commercial property), Milena Radoycheva (corporate and commercial), Rabya Anwar (banking & finance regulation), Lee McIntyre-Hamilton (tax).
Martin Pugsley, a dual qualified English/Italian solicitor, has joined Haynes and Boone as a London partner in its
capital markets and securities
practice group.
Kathleen Garrett has joined Reed Smith as a partner in its financial industry group in London.
Vinson & Elkins has welcomed Peita Menon as a partner in its global tax
practice. Menon will lead the firm’s
London and EMEA tax practice.
Latham & Watkins has announced that Tom Bartlett has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the project development
& finance practice.
Sidley Austin has welcomed Dan Graham, Paul Dunbar, and Emilie Stewart as partners in London. Graham and Dunbar have joined the global M&A and private equity practice and Stewart has joined the global finance group.
Greenberg Traurig has added John Houghton to the firm’s London office, where he will serve as chair of the London restructuring & bankruptcy practice.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has announced that Naboth van den Broek has joined the firm as a partner in its
international trade practice.
James Knox is set to join DLA Piper’s London real estate team as a partner.
Trowers & Hamlins has recruited
Chen Ikeogu as a partner to its banking & finance team in London.
Dentons has recruited commercial disputes partner Louisa Caswell to lead the firm’s UK disputes division.
Kingsley Napley has announced that Sophie Kemp has become head of the public law team.
RadcliffesLeBrasseur LLP has welcomed Arshoo Singh as a partner in its tax and private client team.
Lewis Silkin has appointed Tom Gaunt as head the firm’s IP practice, taking
over from Dominic Farnsworth.
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has announced that senior project finance
lawyer Julian Nichol has joined the
firm’s projects group as a partner in
London.
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has hired partner William
Hogarth to join the firm’s
transactional and regulatory insurance team
based out of London.
Shoosmiths has recruited Daren Allen as a partner, to its financial services
disputes and investigations (FSDI) team, as part of the firm’s dispute resolution and
litigation practice.
Gina Bicknell has joined Pinsent Masons as a partner in London.
CMS has appointed Ben Hitchens as a partner in its intellectual property (IP) practice in London. He joins the firm in
early October 2021.
Simmons & Simmons has announced the arrival of Mark Jephcott as a partner
in the firm’s London disputes
practice.
Simmons & Simmons has announced the hire of Oliver Irons as a partner in
the financial services regulatory
team in London.
October
Ashurst has appointed partner Nathan Willmott to
its dispute resolution practice in London.
Ashurst has
appointed Daniel Franks as a partner in the firm’s global markets practice,
based in London.
Charles Russell Speechlys has appointed David Collins as divisional managing partner for the business advisory & transaction services division which includes the corporate, commercial, employment, immigration, pensions, financial services and banking teams.
Roland Turnill
has been elected Slaughter and May’s next senior partner. Turnill will take up the role on 1 May 2024,
at the end of Steve Cooke’s term as senior partner.
Pinsent Masons has recruited Ruby Khnom as a
partner in London. Joining the firm’s TMT team.
Fieldfisher has announced that Robert Shooter, head of technology, outsourcing & privacy, will succeed Michael Chissick as managing partner of the firm, effective 1 May 2022
Wedlake Bell has made three partner appointments in
London. Charles Wang joins the private client team. Charlotte Wilding and Alexander
Dittel both join as partners in the IP and data protection teams respectively.
Winckworth Sherwood has appointed Sarah Ingram as a
partner in the family practice.
DWF has appointed Dora Grant as UK deputy head of
its regulatory consulting team.
White & Case has announced the promotion of 59
lawyers around the world to its partnership. With effective from 1 January 2022
the newly promoted partners in London are: Victoria Burton (commercial
litigation); Mark Richardson (mergers & acquisitions); Neha Saran (capital
markets); Laetitia Souesme (international arbitration); Stephanie Stocker
(commercial litigation); Will Stoner (financial restructuring and insolvency); John
Timmons (intellectual property); and Ben von Maur (mergers & acquisitions).
White & Case has expanded its global mergers
and acquisitions practice with the appointment of Robert Nield as a funds and
investment management partner in the London office.
Evgeny Scirtò Ostrovskiy has joined White &
Case as a partner in London.
Paul Hastings has welcomed leverage finance lawyer Adrian
Chiodo to its London office as a partner in the finance and restructuring
practice.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has hired a private
equity team of three partners from Vinson & Elkins in London. Partner Federico
Fruhbeck, who will serve as Gibson Dunn’s head of private equity in Europe and
co-chair of the projects and infrastructure practice group, will join alongside
partners Robert Dixon and Alice Brogi.
Goodwin has announced that 40 lawyers have been elected
to the firm’s partnership, effective as of 1 October 2021. In the London office Glynn Barwick (financial
industry) and Charlotte Haywood (tax) have been promoted.
Goodwin has announced that partner Ariel
White-Tsimikalis will be joining the firm’s London technology and life sciences
practices.
Steptoe & Johnson has added UK and EU chemicals
& environmental lawyer, Simon Tilling to its London & Brussels offices.
McDermott Will & Emery has announced that it
has appointed Kevin Cummings as head of its London corporate tax practice.
Mayer Brown has welcomed the arrival of three
partners in London. Musonda Kapotwe and Andy Kolacki join the firm’s banking
& finance practice and Myles Mantle joins the project finance team.
King & Spalding has recruited Robert Marshall
II, an executive compensation and employee benefits lawyer based in London, as
a partner in the firm’s corporate, finance and investments (CFI) practice
group.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has added a
three-partner antitrust litigation team in London. Boris Bronfentrinker, Elaine
Whiteford and Nicola Chesaites.
Kirkland & Ellis has announced that it is set to move its London office to 40 Leadenhall Street.
Michael Casey has joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich
& Rosati’s national security practice as a partner in London.
Keystone Law has announced that partner James
Healy-Pratt has been appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in England and Wales.
Penningtons Manches Cooper has appointed Ruby
Dinsmore as a partner in the employment practice based in the London office.
Carey Olsen partner Jan Golaszewski has relocated
from the Cayman Islands to the firm’s London office.
KPMG Law has appointed Richard Needham as a partner in its specialist international business reorganisation team in London.
MFB has promoted Charlie Young to partner.
Reem Al-Jumaily, a residential property partner at Boodle
Hatfield, has been appointed as a UK ambassador for the Women Lawyers Group
Middle East.
Marriott Harrison LLP has appointed its head of
corporate, David Jacob, as managing partner with effect from 1 October 2021.
Former managing partner, Hugh Gardner continues in his role as a partner in the
corporate team. Jacob joined Marriott Harrison in 2014 and is succeeded in his
position as head of corporate by Jonathan Leigh-Hunt.
Marriott Harrison LLP has announced the promotion
of Frances Spooner and David Bettis as partners with effect from 1 October
2021.
Plexus Law has announced that partner Nicola
Skeldon has been appointed a Deputy District Judge.
ADVANT Nctm has appointed Giacomo Serra Zanetti and
Fabio Pizzoccheri as partners in the London office.
Lewis Silkin has announced the appointment of Nick
Allan as a legal director to lead the firm’s practice in interactive
entertainment.
Dentons has recruited Claudia Thomas as counsel in
the firm’s UK government and energy, transport and infrastructure teams.
Osborne Clarke has retained 22 out of 23 trainees
staying on as newly qualified solicitors in 2021. In London they are: Alice
Benson (banking), Capucine de Hennin (commercial disputes), David Antrobus
(restructuring and insolvency), Emma Kelly (real estate), Gabriella Thornton
(commercial), Georgie Taylor (commercial), Harriet Parratt (property disputes),
Holly Barber Collis (corporate), Isabel Boyce (employment), Lucy Sutcliffe
(FIG) and Will Gill (construction disputes).
Harrison Clark Rickerbys has promoted Pearse
Sheehan (corporate) to senior associate in the London office.
Shepherd and Wedderburn has promoted 16 associates
to senior associate in its latest round of internal promotions, while 12
solicitors have become associates, all effective 1 October 2021. The new
associates include: Gabby Ives (property) and Scarlett Leigh (property).
MFB has been joined by Oliver McGaw as a solicitor
and has also been joined by Clio Lamboura as a solicitor. Meanwhile, Amarinder
Singh Brar has joined the firm as a Master Mariner MFB has also announced that Pernille
Kuld Erikson has qualified as a solicitor with the firm.
Devonshires has announced it is retaining all of
its newly qualified solicitors. Ellie
Fletcher (construction), Abbie Grimwood (construction), Llewellyn Perkins
(employment), Lale Ali (real estate & projects), Charlotte Ingram (banking,
governance & corporate), and Mahzabin Choudhury (securitisation) all
qualified on 5 October 2021.
Birketts has made a number of senior promotions
including Emily Osborne to senior associate and Talia Jacobs to associate in
the London office.
Devonshires has made nine senior appointments in
the London office. The construction team is joined by Karen Morean, Josie
Williams, and Patrick Trevor. Joining the real estate and projects team are Victoria
Schofield, Jade Curran, and Ciara Phillips. Fay Birch joins from the firm’s
litigation and dispute resolution team and Chris Cuckney joins the employment
team. Also joining is CILEX lawyer Jatinder Bhamber into the housing management
and property litigation team.
Berkeley Rowe has made a number of appointments in
its litigation team. Senior associate, Daniel Roberts joins from Smithfield
Partners, while associate Jonathan Bennett joins from Slaughter and May. Also joining the team are litigation
paralegals Anita Niaraki and Berivan Genc.
Meanwhile, the firm has taken on two trainees, Kailie De Zoysa and Imogen
Simmonds. They joined the firm as paralegals within the last year and have now
commenced their training contracts.
ADVANT Nctm has appointed Giulia De Amico (banking
and finance) and Christian Prencipe (mergers and acquisitions) as associates in
the London office.
December
Bryan Cave
Leighton Paisner has announced that Victoria
Newbold has joined the firm as a
partner in the antitrust & competition
group in London.
Candice Nichol,
a tax lawyer and former managing
associate at Simmons & Simmons,
has joined KPMG as a deal advisory
tax partner in London.
Hogan Lovells has
announced a change in leadership of
its Africa practice. With effect from
1 January 2022, partners Arun
Velusami (London) and Olivier Fille- Lambie
(Paris) will co-lead the global practice.
Norton Rose Fulbright has announced that London capital markets and Islamic finance partner Farmida Bi has been named global chair, effective 1 January 2022.
Weightmans’ aviation team has welcomed
Adam Baker as a partner in its London-based team..
DLA Piper has
appointed two new partners in the
firm’s intellectual property and technology
practice in London. Patricia Collis joined
f on 13 December 2021 and Rebecca
Lawrence joins on the 10 January
2022.
Jennette Newman
has joined Ince as a new partner and head of insurance in
the firm’s London office.
Watson Farley
& Williams has announced that George
Paleokrassas and Lindsey Keeble have
been elected the firm’s new senior
partner and managing partner respectively for a five-year term beginning
in February 2022.
Data protection
and privacy lawyer Victoria Hordern and
pensions specialist Anna Taylor have
joined Taylor Wessing as partners in
London.
Hausfeld has
announced that, effective 1 January
2022, head of commercial disputes, Lianne
Craig, will become managing partner
in London. She succeeds current
London managing partner and vice chair, Anthony Maton, who will be assuming the role of global co-chair,
together with Washington DC partner and
vice chair Brian Ratner, as long-time chair Michael Hausfeld will become chair emeritus. Partner John McElroy will take over from Craig as head of commercial disputes in London.
Bevan Brittan has
appointed Daniel Purcell as a dispute
resolution partner in the London
office.
Timi Balogun,
an Africa projects and disputes specialist, has joined Squire Patton
Boggs in London as a partner.
Cooley LLP has
elected 28 new partners from 1
January 2022. They include London-based Tom Goodman (emerging companies & venture capital) and Claire Temple (business litigation).
Latham &
Watkins has announced that Shawn
Anderson has re-joined the London office
as a partner in the capital markets practice.
Katten Muchin
Rosenman UK LLP has announced the
appointment of partner Christopher
Harrison to the firm’s capital markets
group in London.
Milbank LLP has
announced that Andrea Hamilton has
joined the firm’s London office as a
partner in the global corporate
group.
Dechert has elected 31 new partners, effective 1 January 2022. Promoted in the London office are: Claire Bentley (financial services); Evan Flowers (trial, investigations and securities); Ross L. Montgomery (corporate and securities); and Daniel Natoff (trial, investigations and securities).
Akin Gump
Strauss Hauer & Feld has announced
that Stephen Brown has joined the
firm as a partner in the firm’s London office.
Dorsey &
Whitney has announced that Stewart Worthy will join the firm as a partner
in its mergers & acquisitions and private equity practice group in London at the beginning of December 2021.
Vinson &
Elkins has made two partner promotions
in its City office. Lauren Davies sits
in the energy transactions and projects practice
and Giacomo Reali within finance.
Crowell & Moring has been joined by a new derivatives team in London. The
team consists of partners Jennifer
Kafcas and Charles Wakiwaka, and counsel Alvino S. van Schalkwyk and Lauren Blaber.
Boodle Hatfield
has appointed Jonathan Hyndman, a
specialist real estate debt finance
specialist, as a partner.
Wiggin has
announced that telecoms specialist Victoria
Harris-Honrado has joined the firm as
a partner.
Maples and
Calder has announced the relocation
of one of its funds & investment management
partners from the Cayman Islands
office to London. Daniel Beckett who has been with the firm for over 14
years relocated to the firm’s London
office on 1 December 2021.
CM Murray has
appointed Andrew Pavlovic, a
regulatory and professional discipline
specialist, as a partner.
Farrer & Co
has announced that Edward Floyd will
be joining its family team as a
partner on 6 December 2021.
Greenwoods GRM has
appointed Matthew Lynch as a partner and head of the
immigration team.
BDB Pitmans has
announced that Duncan O’Connor has re-joined
the firm as a partner in the
infrastructure team.
Kreston Reeves has
promoted Simon Levine to partner in
the legal services and private client
team.
Seladore Legal has
appointed Gary Milner-Moore as a
partner with effect from 1 December
2021.
Womble Bond
Dickinson has appointed Nicola Walker
as a legal director in the banking
practice based in London.
Womble Bond
Dickinson has made a number of new
managing associate and associate
promotions. In London, Joseph Dean has
become a managing associate in the
real estate team, and Joseph Harris an associate
in the private wealth team.
Freshfields has
appointed Katherine D’Urso as global
chief business development and marketing
officer.
Bryan Cave
Leighton Paisner has welcomed Lloyd
Stephenson as global director of
inclusion & diversity and recruitment.
Baker McKenzie has
announced that Elizabeth Denham will
be joining the firm’s global data
& technology team in January 2022
and will be based in London.
Curtis,
Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP has
announced that Lise Johnson joined
its international arbitration and public international
law groups as counsel resident in the
London office with effect from 1 December
2021.
Mishcon de Reya
has announced the appointment of Matt
Hotson as its group CFO designate in
what is a new role for the group.
AA Thornton has
appointed Jeremy Horner as the firm’s
first non-executive director. Horner
is a chartered accountant and
experienced non-executive director.
Goodman Derrick
has announced that Susie Prowse has been promoted to
senior associate.
Christine Dyson,
an experienced Court of Protection
solicitor has joined Hodge Jones
& Allen.
Lewis Nedas opened
a new office in Whetstone London N20,
on 31 October 2021. Richard Greenby and
Paul Cramer, both property law
specialists, are based in the new
office.
Levison Meltzer
Pigott has made two solicitor
appointments, Joe Colley and Natasha Methven.
Ribet Myles LLP,
a specialist family law boutique, has
appointed Sorcha Gray as an
associate.
Potter
Clarkson has moved to a new office in London based at 262 High Holborn.
Potter
Clarkson has appointed Andy Millmore,
a litigation specialist, as a member of
the London IP team.
The Financial
Conduct Authority has appointed Stephen
Braviner Roman as general counsel and
as a member of its executive
committee. Braviner Roman will join
the FCA from the Government Legal
Department, where he is director general
of litigation, justice and security.
Unilever
plc has announced that Ritva Sotamaa,
chief legal officer & group secretary
has decided to retire from the company
at the end of March 2022.
Capita has
announced that Claire Denton has been
appointed to the role of chief
general counsel and
company secretary.
