Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Daron T. Threet has joined the law firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. He is a member of the firm’s Energy & Clean Technology Team.

David H. Marion, a past Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association whose courtroom experience includes landmark victories in the U.S. Supreme Court, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, has joined Archer & Greiner P.C. as a Partner in the firm’s Philadelphia office.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges today announced that Paul Bromfield will join its London Restructuring practice. The continued development of the London Restructuring practice is one of Weil’s strategic goals, building upon the firm’s premier global franchise in that area.

Randolph H. Fields has joined the Orlando office of GrayRobinson, P.A. Fields brings a wide range of experience in all phases of corporate and commercial law. Most recently, Fields was a shareholder in the Orlando office of Greenberg Traurig.

International law firm Dechert LLP announced today that Glenn A. Fine has joined the firm as a partner in the White Collar and Securities Litigation Practice in Washington, D.C. Fine served as the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice from December 2000 until January 2011.

SNR Denton announced today that Jonathan D. Cahn, Marian M. Hagler and Guly Sabahi have joined the firm’s Washington, DC, office as partners in its Corporate practice and the firm’s award-winning 350-member Energy, Transport and Infrastructure sector team. Cahn will assume a leadership role as US head of Emerging Markets Energy Strategies.

International law firm Dechert LLP announced today that David A. Vaughan has returned to the firm as a partner in the Financial Services Group. Vaughan left Dechert in March 2009 to join the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management, where he served for the last two years as the senior private fund policy adviser on all aspects of legal and regulatory policy related to private funds.

Leading global law firm Mayer Brown has advised Genel Energy International on the planned merger with Vallares PLC to create a London-listed oil and gas champion focused on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.