Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice with the addition of David Lewis as a partner in London. Lewis joins White & Case from Clifford Chance, where he was a partner and co-head of the mining & metals group.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Pete O’Hare as a partner in the finance practice. He joins the firm’s London office from Watson Farley & Williams LLP.
Dentons has recruited Chris Brennan as a partner in the firm’s UK Disputes Division. A contentious regulatory specialist ranked as a ‘Leading Individual’ by Legal 500 and also recommended by Chambers, Chris joins the London office from White & Case where he has been a partner since 2018.
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Mayer Brown announced today that Soumitro Mukerji has joined its Banking & Finance practice as a partner in Singapore. He joins from Hogan Lovells in Singapore, and previously practiced in London at Linklaters.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that the firm will expand its London corporate team with four new partners. Wim De Vlieger, Till Lefranc, Isabel Berger and Hugo Hernández-Mancha will join the firm as partners in the London office. De Vlieger, Lefranc and Berger, formerly with Sidley Austin LLP, will continue their private equity practice, and Hernández-Mancha, formerly with Linklaters LLP, will continue his capital markets and leveraged finance focus.
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International law firm Dorsey & Whitney has expanded its highly regarded cross-border transactional practice with the hire of senior international transactional lawyer Stewart Worthy as a Partner in the Firm’s London office. Worthy joins the firm from King & Wood Mallesons in London.
Leading law firm, Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP (Katten) has today announced the appointment of partner Christopher Harrison to the firm’s capital markets group in London. Chris joins Katten from Vedder Price where he was a partner.
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Akin Gump today announced that Stephen Brown has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s London office. Mr. Brown brings substantial experience advising private equity sponsors and public companies on executive employment issues and in relation to the structuring and taxation of share schemes and management incentive arrangements and their taxation, in the U.K. and internationally. Stephen Brown joins Akin Gump from Icon Law LLP.
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Taylor Wessing has expanded their disputes and investigations group with the hire of Richard Viegas. Richard joins as a partner in London after five years at Collyer Bristow, including three years as the firm’s Head of Commercial Disputes. He will be joined by associate Lucy Waddicor.
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