International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced that David Avery-Gee will join the Firm as an M&A partner in the London office. David is currently a corporate partner at Linklaters. He has advised on many high-profile and complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and IPOs across a range of sectors, including natural resources, energy and financial services. More >>

Building on two partner hires last summer and two internal partner promotions earlier this year, law firm CMS continues to strengthen and grow its Financial Services Regulatory team with the hire of Angela Greenough. Angela joins the firm from Hogan Lovells, where she was of counsel. More >>

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Michelle Kirschner will join the firm’s London office as a partner. Kirschner, formerly a partner with Macfarlanes, will continue to focus on financial services regulation at Gibson Dunn. She previously spent nearly 10 years at Linklaters LLP. More >>

Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has continued to expand its aviation finance practice with the hire of partner Asheesh Das. Ash specialises in asset and project financing in the transportation and energy sectors, and joins HFW’s London office from Elix Aviation Capital, where he was Head of Legal. He previously spent 25 years in private practice at firms including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Norton Rose Fulbright and Clifford Chance, and was a partner at Stephenson Harwood for almost eight years in London and Singapore. More >>

Dentons has continued to strengthen its Corporate team in London with the hire of M&A and private equity specialist Paul Doris. Paul was most recently a partner in Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe’s London office. More >>

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that David Little will join the London office as a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department. Little’s practice focuses on advising clients on a variety of complex UK, EU, and international competition law matters, including merger control, anticompetitive agreements, abuse of dominance, litigation, and sectoral regulation. More >>

Dentons has strengthened its UK Banking and Finance team with the hire of restructuring and insolvency partner Richard Pallot-Cook in London. He re-joins from Simmons & Simmons, where he has been a partner since 2013 having previously been a partner at Dentons. More >>

Akin Gump is pleased to announce that Michael Gustafson has joined the firm as a finance partner in its London office. Mr. Gustafson joins from Pricoa Private Capital―the private debt investment arm of Prudential Financial Inc.―where he served as deputy chief legal officer, Europe, based in London. More >>

Akin Gump is delighted to announce that two energy-focused transactional corporate and private equity partners, Shaun Lascelles and Simon Rootsey, are to join the firm in its London office from Vinson & Elkins. Mr. Lascelles and Mr. Rootsey are expected to join Akin Gump in October. More >>