Mayer Brown announced today that it has recruited leading structured and real estate finance lawyer Charles Malpass as a partner in the Banking & Finance practice in London. Charles joins Mayer Brown from Dechert, where he was head of the European structured finance and real estate finance practices. His arrival continues Mayer Brown’s strategic investment in its finance capabilities for funds and financial institutions, both in London and in other financial centers around the world.
Dentons Hong Kong is pleased to announce that Norman Hui and Rachel Han have joined the firm as partners. Hui and Han, formerly with Eversheds Sutherland, will continue to practice in the areas of equity capital markets, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. They join Dentons Hong Kong with of counsel Joyce Bao.
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Dechert LLP announced today that Andrew Wilkins, Ph.D., has joined the firm as a partner and Sean Coughlin has joined the firm as counsel. Both are based in Boston and join Dechert’s leading Intellectual Property group. This follows the addition of IP partners Howard Levine and Jennifer Swan in January, and further expands Dechert’s global life sciences capabilities. Wilkins and Coughlin both come to the firm from Lathrop GPM in Boston.
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today that Alexandra (Alex) Dapolito Dunn, the former Assistant Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, has joined the firm’s Environmental, Safety & Incident Response (ESIR) Section of the Litigation Department in the Washington, D.C. office.
Faegre Drinker announced today that Dylan Carson has joined the firm’s Denver and Washington, D.C. offices as partner in the antitrust practice of the firm’s litigation group. Carson was previously a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in the Media, Entertainment, and Communications section of the Antitrust Division, and a leader of three of DOJ’s most recent merger trials in federal court.
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Orrick announced today that Pete Elias has joined the firm as a partner in our Tax practice, based in Santa Monica. Pete is the 5th partner to join Orrick’s corporate team since January 2021. He joins the firm from Pillsbury.
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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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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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