Bird & Bird is delighted to announce the appointment of Richard Vary as a partner in our international Intellectual Property and Tech & Comms Sector groups, based in London. More >>

Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Kashif Siddiqui as a partner in its Global Corporate Practice in London. More >>

International law firm Clifford Chance today announces that leading Intellectual Property (IP) practitioner, Stephen Reese, will join the firm’s London office as a partner on Monday 3 October 2016. More >>

Allen & Overy announces the appointments of Mark Heaney and David Stone to the international IP practice. Both join from Simmons & Simmons and build on the news that Marc Döring and Marjan Noor will also be joining the team. This four partner move demonstrates A&O’s commitment to the IP sector by doubling the size of the London partner group. More >>

Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that Matthew Bate has joined the firm as a partner in its International Arbitration Practice in London. Mr. Bate, who comes to Winston from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, advises and represents parties in relation to international commercial arbitrations, as well as investment treaty arbitrations. More >>

Eversheds has advised Horizon Pharma plc on the European aspects of its $800 million acquisition of Raptor Pharmaceutical corporation which strengthens Horizon’s focus on rare disease and bolsters their expansion into Europe and other international markets. More >>

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Nigel Ward, one of the UK’s leading leveraged finance partners, will join the firm. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Tax Practice with the addition of market leading lawyer Michael Wistow as a new partner in London and co-head of the Firm’s tax practice in EMEA. More >>

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is pleased to announce that Thomas Laverty will join the Firm’s London office as a partner in the Investment Funds Group. Mr. Laverty was most recently Managing Director and Funds Counsel at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), a division of Macquarie Group and the world’s largest infrastructure asset manager. More >>

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced today that it has appointed Hamid Yunis as London Health Partner-in-Charge. Mr. Yunis joins McDermott’s London Transactions team where he will be primarily responsible for leading and developing the Firm’s UK Health Care practice and working with other health and transactions partners to further develop its client base across Europe and globally. More >>