Akin Gump today announced that Kambiz Larizadeh is to join the firm in London as a partner in its dispute resolution practice. Mr. Larizadeh, who focuses on high-value, cross-border commercial litigation and international arbitration matters, comes to Akin Gump from Addleshaw Goddard. More >>

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that John Balsdon will join the firm’s London office as a partner in the Finance Department. Balsdon is one of the market’s leading energy finance practitioners, with more than 20 years’ experience advising global trading companies and investment banks on a broad range of transactions in the oil and gas and power sectors, including project financing, structured trade financing, reserve-based lending and restructuring matters. More >>

Goodwin, a leading Global 50 law firm, announced today the expansion of its market-leading Private Equity Practice with the appointment of Mark Soundy and Sarah Priestley as partners in the London office. Soundy and Priestley join Goodwin’s 150 private equity lawyers around the globe. More >>

Dechert LLP, a global law firm, announced today that Philip Butler and David Miles have joined Dechert as partners in London. Miles and Butler were both partners at DLA Piper, where Butler served as global co-chair of the financial services sector and previous head of the UK finance practice and Miles served as the head of the London debt finance practice group. More >>

Akin Gump today announced that Jasper Helder joins the firm in London as a partner in its international trade practice. Mr. Helder, who practices primarily in international trade and corporate compliance matters, comes to Akin Gump from Baker & McKenzie, where he chaired the Europe, Middle East, and Africa trade & commerce practice. More >>

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 >>