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 >>

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

Eversheds has today announced the appointment of London partners Mark Dennison and Conrad Purcell who join from Norton Rose Fulbright. More >>

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Nicola Higgs will join the firm’s London office as a partner in the Financial Institutions Group. An experienced financial regulatory practitioner, Higgs specializes in advising banks, investment firms, asset managers and insurance firms on a wide range of complex regulatory and compliance matters. More >>

Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that Michael Stepek will join the firm as a partner in its International Arbitration Practice in London. Mr. Stepek, who focuses on international commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration, comes to Winston from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. More >>

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that three structured finance partners will join the firm in London. The partners, Michael Smith, Diala Minott and Cameron Saylor, will join the firm from Ashurst LLP. More >>

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 >>