International law firm Bird & Bird today appoints Andrew Danson as a partner in London in its international Media, Entertainment and Sport group, providing a significant boost to the firm’s gambling law capabilities. Andrew has been a partner at K&L Gates in London since March 2014, where his practice focused on commercial and regulatory work in the gambling and sports sectors. More >>

Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP announced today that Alan D. Meneghetti has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in its London office. Mr Meneghetti undertakes a full range of commercial and regulatory work in the general commercial, aviation and aerospace sectors with an emphasis on technology, intellectual property and privacy. Mr. Meneghetti joins from Locke Lord Edwards. More >>

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce it has appointed Peter Crichton as partner in its expanding Corporate & Transactional Practice Group in London. More >>

Global law firm Clyde & Co has appointed two leading US-qualified arbitration and energy lawyers as partners to its leading Global Arbitration and Energy groups. More >>

Morgan Lewis has announced that Chris Warren-Smith and Melanie Ryan are joining the firm as partners in London, strengthening the firm’s robust global team of white collar litigation and investigations lawyers. They will come to Morgan Lewis from the London office of another law firm, where Mr. Warren-Smith was global head of investigations. Mr. Warren-Smith will serve in a global leadership role in Morgan Lewis’s global white collar, corporate investigations, and sanctions practice. More >>

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that leading corporate crime and investigations partner Simon Airey will join the London office on 2 May. Mr. Airey joins from DLA Piper, where he was one of the six original members of the firm’s Global Investigations initiative. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Capital Markets Practice with the addition of structured finance lawyer Chris McGarry as a new partner in London. McGarry joins White & Case from Ropes & Gray, where he was a partner. More >>

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) is delighted to announce the appointment of Ben Morgan as a partner in its corporate crime and global investigations practice. Benwill join Freshfields from the Serious Fraud Office where he is joint-Head of Bribery and Corruption reporting to the Director of the SFO, David Green QC. More >>

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced that Paul Hibbert will join the Firm as a partner in London focusing on infrastructure and real estate finance matters to further strengthen Weil’s offering to clients in the real assets sector. Mr. Hibbert is currently a partner at Baker McKenzie. More >>

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce it has appointed Restructuring & Insolvency partner Alan Gar into its Corporate & Transactional Practice in London. More >>