Prominent capital markets lawyer Claire Keast-Butler has joined Cooley as a partner in London. She arrives from the London office of Latham & Watkins. More >>

Dentons is boosting its International Trade practice in the UK with the hire of Roger Matthews. He will link up with International Trade experts across the global firm, as well as a newly-combined multi-disciplinary UK Regulatory and Trade group, to further enhance Dentons’ global international trade and regulatory expertise. More >>

Poupak Anjomshoaa has joined the Baker Botts’ Litigation and International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Practices as a London based partner. Poupak has over twenty years’ experience in both disputes and transactional matters across the energy, infrastructure and construction sectors. Poupak joins from Norton Rose Fulbright. More >>

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Jeremiah Wagner has joined the London office as a partner in the Finance Department. Wagner’s practice focuses on advising banks, private equity funds, asset managers, insurance companies, and pension funds on a variety of complex structured finance, securitization, and derivatives transactions. Wagner joins the firm from Cadwalader’s London office. More >>

Global law firm Reed Smith has announced the addition of Elle Todd in London. Previously a partner and Head of Digital and Data at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, Elle has worked for the largest corporations and household names as well as technology start-ups and entrepreneurs. More >>

DAC Beachcroft has bolstered its banking and finance offering with the hire of ex-Kirkland & Ellis partner Chris Wall as Head of Banking. More >>

Dentons has bolstered its UK employment and pensions capabilities with the hire of partner Eleanor Hart in London. More >>

Mayer Brown is pleased to announce that it will expand its contentious investigations and regulatory capabilities following the recruitment of Chris Chapman, who will join the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice in London as a partner on 20 March 2019. Chris will join Mayer Brown from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP as head of contentious insurance regulation. More >>

Myles Mantle, a project development and finance lawyer who has handled significant matters across the globe, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP’s London office as a partner in the Energy Practice Group. Myles joins the firm from Jones Day, where he was a partner in the Projects & Infrastructure Practice. More >>

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has hired Peter Lu as a Partner and Head of the China Group in London, joining its fast-growing London Corporate practice. Peter joins the Firm on Monday from White & Case where he was head of their EMEA China desk and Counsel in their London M&A practice. His hire follows that of White & Case Capital Markets partners Rob Mathews and David Becker last month. More >>