International law firm Bird & Bird today welcomes Samrad Nazer as a new Banking & Finance partner in the London office. This appointment forms part of the firm’s strategic growth plan for the Banking & Finance practice in London, specifically in acquisition and leveraged finance work.

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​Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Sullivan will join the firm later this year as a partner in the London office. Currently with Allen & Overy, Sullivan practices international commercial and investment treaty arbitration.

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Dentons is pleased to announce the hire of tax lawyer Alex Tostevin as a partner in London. He joins the Firm from Weil Gotshal & Manges where he was a senior associate. Prior to that, Alex was a senior associate at Clifford Chance. More >>

WilmerHale today announced that Justin Watts, PhD, and Matthew Shade, PhD, have joined the firm as partners in its London office, strengthening WilmerHale’s position as a firm of choice for complex patent litigation in the United Kingdom and for clients seeking an effective global strategy for their intellectual property disputes. More >>

Squire Patton Boggs has announced the appointment of partner Simon Jones, the former Leeds head of technology and global head of automotive at Eversheds Sutherland. More >>

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that Darren Rogers and Patrick Williams will join the Firm as partners in the Corporate Real Estate practice, based in the London office. Both Mr. Rogers and Mr. Williams will join Fried Frank from Ashurst, where they are partners in the Real Estate practice. More >>

Butler Snow is pleased to announce that Kristin Konschnik – an experienced U.S. and international transactional tax attorney – has joined the firm, expanding its London office. Konschnik will be a member of the firm’s Business Services and Tax Groups, focusing her practice on cross-border tax and transactional matters for both individuals and corporations. More >>

Haynes and Boone CDG, LLP has launched a new corporate practice in London with the addition of two partners with significant experience advising companies and management teams in London and other financial centres in Europe. Both partners join from the London office of Rosenblatt Solicitors.   More >>

In a marked expansion of Pillsbury’s global Finance practice and London office, the firm announced today the addition of highly respected finance law practitioners Chris Harrison and Trevor Wood as partners. Wood starts today and comes to the firm from Mayer Brown. Harrison, the former Co-Managing Partner and Head of Morgan Lewis’s Business and Finance practice in London, will join later this month. More >>