Weil to Add M&A Partner Murray Cox in London

Friday, February 5, 2021

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced that Murray Cox will join the Firm as a partner in the London office. Murray is currently a corporate partner at Slaughter and May. Murray advises on all aspects of corporate law with a particular focus on public M&A and private equity transactions. He has worked on a number of complex, high profile, cross-border transactions across a range of sectors including infrastructure, energy, financial services and healthcare.

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Hogan Lovells Boosts London Office With Senior Corporate and Litigation Hires

Friday, February 5, 2021

Global law firm Hogan Lovells has announced a series of strategic hires today, boosting its corporate and litigation capabilities in London. Patrick Sarch will be joining as a partner and will co-head the London M&A practice alongside Ben Higson. He joins from White & Case where he was co-lead of the Corporate practice in London and the firm’s global financial institutions industry group. In addition, a team of leading commercial litigators will join the firm’s Band 1 Global and London disputes practice, further building on a significant strength of the firm. Kevin Lloyd, Richard Lawton, Akima Paul Lambert and Ardil Salem will join as partners from Debevoise & Plimpton.

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Simpson Thacher Establishes European Restructuring Practice With Leading Restructuring Lawyers

Thursday, February 4, 2021
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced today that Adam Gallagher and James Watson will join the Firm as Partners in the London office to establish a European Restructuring Practice. Adam joins the Firm from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, where he became partner in 2007. James joins the Firm from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he became partner in 2017. Adam and James previously worked closely together at Freshfields for more than a decade.

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Holland & Knight Adds Glynna Christian as Head of Global Technology Transactions

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Glynna Christian has joined Holland & Knight as a partner and head of global technology transactions. Ms. Christian is a business lawyer who partners with clients to bring creativity and solutions-oriented pragmatism to transactions involving the use of emerging and transformative technology and data. Previously, she practiced at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, where she was co-chair of the Global Technology Transactions practice. She will be based in the firm’s Chicago office.

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K&L Gates Launches Nashville Office with Hire of 25+ Lawyers

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has established an office in Nashville, Tenn., with the hiring of more than 25 lawyers across a variety of practices, including health care, litigation, corporate, intellectual property, finance, and construction, among others. The Nashville office – K&L Gates’ 24th in the United States and 45th worldwide – provides the firm and its clients access to one of the nation’s fastest-growing markets, including in such areas as health care, technology, and investment, and is expected to continue to expand during the coming months.

Among the lawyers joining K&L Gates in the launch of its Nashville office are 18 partners from such law firms as Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP; Butler Snow LLP; Dickinson Wright PLLC; and Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.

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Former U.S. DOJ Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) Unit Chief & Mueller Prosecutor Joins Morrison & Foerster as National Security and Global Risk and Crisis Management Co-Chair

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Brandon L. Van Grack as a partner in its National Security, Global Risk and Crisis Management, and Investigations + White Collar Defense Groups in Washington, D.C. Mr. Van Grack joins the firm after more than a decade of service at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he most recently served as Chief of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) Unit and previously served as a lead prosecutor in the office of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III.

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Dentons Significantly Enhances Insurance Capabilities With The Addition of Nine-Strong Team in Canada

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Canada-Dentons has significantly strengthened its insurance capabilities by adding a team of nine lawyers and legal professionals in Canada. The team joins from Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP and includes five partners, three associates and one paraprofessional with expertise spanning corporate, regulatory and litigation. The team, led by partner Laurie LaPalme and based across Dentons’ Toronto and Calgary offices, will provide corporate and regulatory advice to insurance sector clients, and includes partners Derek Levinsky and Marisa Coggin, associates Taschina Ashmeade and Katie-May O’Donnell, as well as law clerk April Campbell (all based in Toronto). 

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Ashurst Boosts International Projects Offering With Senior Appointment in Singapore

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Global law firm Ashurst is pleased to announce that Andrew Roche has joined the firm as a partner in the international projects group, based in Singapore. Joining from Latham & Watkins, where he has been a partner since 2014, Andrew is one of Asia’s leading project finance lawyers with more than 15 years of experience advising on the development, project financing and acquisition of energy, resources and infrastructure projects in the Asia-Pacific region.

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