Oil and gas transactional lawyer Kevin Atkins has joined Locke Lord as a Partner in the London office. Atkins has extensive experience working on complex cross-border acquisitions and divestitures, asset level farm-ins and farm-outs and joint venture structures for international oil and gas companies as well as representing clients across the energy sector seeking to raise capital whether by way of private equity investment or accessing equity capital markets or debt and project finance facilities. More >>

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Oliver Rochman has joined the firm’s London office as partner in its Corporate practice. Mr. Rochman comes to Morrison & Foerster from Proskauer. He brings to the firm strong expertise in international private investment funds. More >>

International law firm Proskauer announced today the arrival of M&A lawyer Eleanor Shanks as a partner in the Firm’s London office. More >>

Akin Gump today announced that Igor Krivoshekov will join the firm as a partner in its cross-border transactions practice in London. Mr. Krivoshekov is expected to join Akin Gump in December 2016 from Dentons, where he is one of the leaders of the UKMEA private equity practice. He has practiced extensively in the United States and Russia and has particular experience in the oil and gas sectors. More >>

Dentons has significantly enhanced its UK Real Estate sector capability with the hire of five partners from Irwin Mitchell:
•Rob Thomson, Head of London Real Estate, Rupert Dowdell and Lewis Myers – all of whom specialise in investment and development work;
•Head of Real Estate Finance Simon Tweedle; and
•Head of Corporate Real Estate Jayne Schnider. More >>

Paul Friedman and Kate Vernon have joined the firm as partners in the London Office. Mr. Friedman was previously a partner at Clyde & Co. where he specialized in complex commercial litigation for large global companies. He has represented numerous global investment banks, private equity houses, high net worth individuals and companies all over the world, including in the UK, Europe, China, India, Japan, Israel and the US. Mr. Friedman also has experience acting for clients in international arbitrations. Mr. Friedman has been widely recognized for his successes by leading legal publications, including Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. He resides in Israel and commutes to London. More >>

Today Allen & Overy announces the appointment of Marc Döring as partner to its international IP practice, based in London. Marc joins A&O from Simmons & Simmons where he was a partner and head of the IP group. The news follows the appointment of Marjan Noor, also from Simmons & Simmons, who joins on 1 November 2016. More >>

Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the appointment of Robert Parson as Partner in its Global Trade Finance Group. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP is continuing to expand its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice with the addition of Richard Jones as a new private equity partner in London. More >>

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Sanjev Warna-kula-suriya has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Warna-kula-suriya has more than 25 years’ experience advising private equity sponsors, hedge funds, commercial and investment banks and corporates on a broad range of innovative capital raising and investment transactions. More >>