International law firm Ashurst has further strengthened its investment funds capability with the appointment of Nicola Hopkins as a partner in London. Nicola joins from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner where she was a partner for four and half years. Prior to that, she was a partner at Linklaters for six years. More >>
Tags: Ashurst | LondonAkin Gump Promotes Eleven to Partnership
Akin Gump is pleased to announce the election of 11 new partners, effective January 1, 2019. The 11 individuals (and their respective office locations) are Aimee M. Adler (New York), Stephen M. Boone Jr. (Houston), Anne E. Borkovic (Washington, D.C.), Jesse M. Brush (New York), Christopher Erik Centrich (Houston), Z.W. Julius Chen (Washington, D.C.), Jason Travis Hauter (Washington, D.C.), Nnedinma C. Ifudu Nweke (Washington, D.C.), Gregory W. Lavigne Jr. (Washington, D.C.), Kapil Vishnu Pandit (Washington, D.C.) and Ezra Zahabi (London). More >>
Tags: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | Houston | London | New York | WashingtonShearman & Sterling Continues Expansion With Two New Infrastructure Partners
Shearman & Sterling announced that Tim Sheddick and Katie Hicks will join the firm as partners in the Project Development & Finance practice based in London. More >>
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | LondonCadwalader Expands Global Fund Finance Team with Addition of Partner Samantha Hutchinson in London
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP today announced that partner Samantha Hutchinson has joined the firm’s Global Finance Team in London, expanding the firm’s transatlantic fund finance offering. More >>
Tags: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP | LondonKing & Spalding Adds Corporate and M&A Partner Derek Meilman in London
King & Spalding has recruited Derek Meilman as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice in London. Meilman, who was previously a partner at Hogan Lovells in New York and London, is qualified as an attorney in New York State and as a solicitor in England & Wales and the Republic of Ireland. More >>
Tags: King & Spalding LLP | LondonEversheds Sutherland Enhances its Corporate Crime and Investigations Team
Eversheds Sutherland has appointed Steve Smith as partner in the Corporate Crime and Investigations team. A prominent white-collar crime lawyer, Steve joins from financial services group Nomura International Plc where he was deputy head of financial crime for EMEA. More >>
Tags: Eversheds Sutherland | LondonReal Estate Sector Team Continues to Grow in London: Partha Pal and Carol Hopper Join Greenberg Traurig
The Real Estate Sector team in the London office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has once again grown. Partha Pal and Carol Hopper are joining the team as shareholders. Earlier this year Trevor Cosgrove joined, adding to the firm’s construction capability and, more recently, Ben Eaton was added to enhance the firm’s European tax offering. Both Pal and Hopper are joining from Ropes & Gray. More >>
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