DLA Piper announced today the addition of top energy lawyers Kevin Lipson, Lee Alexander, Stefan Krantz, Christopher Schindler and John Lilyestrom to the Energy practice group in the Washington, DC office. The group joins DLA Piper from Hogan Lovells, where Lipson served as the practice area leader of the firm’s Energy practice and co-leader of its Global Energy Industry Group.

International law firm Clyde & Co LLP is strengthening its project finance capabilities in the region to support the burgeoning number of infrastructure projects planned and underway across the Middle East, in particular in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar.  Projects worth more than $1.8 trillion are planned or underway across the GCC according to MEED.

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today the addition of Susan Tarnower to the firm’s Real Estate Finance and Capital Markets Team. She joins Kilpatrick Townsend’s Charlotte office as Counsel.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that Mary K. Samsa has joined the Firm’s top-ranked Health Industry Advisory practice group, as a partner based in the Firm’s Chicago office.

Alston & Bird LLP today announced the expansion of its corporate practice in California with the addition of Lior Nuchi as a partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Mr. Nuchi joins Alston & Bird’s Corporate Transactions & Securities Group, where he will build on the firm’s historic strength in its capital markets, securities, and mergers & acquisitions practices.

Brian S. Bentcover, who most recently served for more than a decade as an in-house attorney at Microsoft Corp., has joined the Seattle office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as a partner in the communications, media, and technology group.