Allen & Overy announces the appointment of Tim Watson as a restructuring partner into its London practice. Tim re-joins A&O from a leading global institutional investment management firm with assets under management in excess of USD30 billion, where he has spent the past four years working closely with and advising the distressed investment desk on transactions across Europe and Asia Pacific. Prior to this he was a senior associate in A&O’s restructuring team. More >>

Akin Gump today announced that private equity funds lawyers Daniel Quinn and Aleksander Bakic will join the firm in London as partners. They will come to Akin Gump from O’Melveny & Myers in London. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Construction Practice with the addition of Richard Hill as a partner in the London office. Richard joins White & Case from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he was a partner and previously led the Energy Project Finance Team. More >>

Thekla Fellas joins to lead a group specialising in the “Telecoms Code”. Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the appointment of Thekla Fellas as a new Partner in the Real Estate Litigation team. Thekla will join the team on 1 April 2019. More >>