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 >>

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has today announced the appointment of Amer Siddiqui as a partner* in its capital markets team in London. Amer moves from Clifford Chance where he spent 14 years advising on a variety of securitisation and asset-backed finance transactions, engaging in both English and cross-border work. His clients include investment banks, corporate borrowers and bank/building society borrowers. More >>

Dechert LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Rob Bradshaw will join the firm as a corporate partner in the London office. He is currently a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

“Rob’s arrival is the next big step in our strategic plan for growth in our London private equity practice,” said Mark Thierfelder, chair of the firm’s Corporate & Securities group. “The team is doing very sophisticated work in the UK and across the Continent. Rob will enhance our ability to serve our clients as we focus on their most complex matters.” More >>

Linklaters has hired Sarah Mook as a partner in the firm’s Restructuring team. Sarah joins from Goldman Sachs where she was a Managing Director based in London, having spent 12 years in the EMEA Restructuring Team. Her areas of expertise include special situations and company side advisory, financing, equity, distressed M&A and capital structure solutions. Prior to her time at Goldman Sachs, Sarah spent 14 years working as a lawyer in private practice. More >>