Mayer Brown today announced the appointment of Jay Doraisamy as a London-based partner in the Pensions practice. Jay joins the firm from Dentons, where she was a partner in the pensions practice. Prior to Dentons, Jay headed the London pensions team at Eversheds. More >>

International law firm Proskauer announced today the arrival of leading M&A lawyers Rob Day and Andrew Wingfield to the Firm’s London office. More >>

Dechert LLP, a global law firm, announced today that John Markland and Ross Allardice have joined Dechert as partners in London. Markland was the founding partner of the London finance practice at Kirkland & Ellis and Allardice was a corporate private equity partner at White & Case. More >>

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced today that Ben Spiers will join the Firm as a Partner in the Corporate Practice of its London office. He is currently a partner in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Global M&A Group. More >>

Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Neil Upton, one of Europe’s leading energy lawyers, to its global Energy & Natural Resources Practice Group in London. Mr. Upton joins the firm as partner, along with a six-strong legal and business development team, from King & Wood Mallesons in London, where he was the UK and Europe head, and global co-head, of the energy and infrastructure and project finance practice. More >>

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Ed Barnett will join the firm’s London office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Barnett’s broad practice spans a variety of cross-border M&A and corporate finance transactions, including public takeovers, takeover defense, joint ventures, divestments, refinancings and initial public offerings. His practice also focuses on company representation work, including advising on a range of corporate governance matters and counselling special committees of boards of directors. More >>

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that
Philipp Girardet will join the firm as a partner to set up the antitrust and competition practice
in the firm’s London office. More >>

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has expanded its real estate group with the addition of Richard Hopkinson-Woolley, who joins the firm’s London office as a partner* on Monday 17 October 2016. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its financial services regulatory capabilities with the addition of James Greig as a partner in London. More >>

Elaine Whiteford has joined Covington as a partner in the European Dispute Resolution practice resident in the firm’s London office. More >>