Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that John Balsdon will join the firm’s London office as a partner in the Finance Department. Balsdon is one of the market’s leading energy finance practitioners, with more than 20 years’ experience advising global trading companies and investment banks on a broad range of transactions in the oil and gas and power sectors, including project financing, structured trade financing, reserve-based lending and restructuring matters. More >>

Goodwin, a leading Global 50 law firm, announced today the expansion of its market-leading Private Equity Practice with the appointment of Mark Soundy and Sarah Priestley as partners in the London office. Soundy and Priestley join Goodwin’s 150 private equity lawyers around the globe. More >>