Leading global law firm Baker & McKenzie has further enhanced its Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration capabilities with the appointment of Andy Moody as a partner in London. He joins the Firm in early 2016 from Eversheds. More >>

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Peter Declercq and Sonya Van de Graaff have joined its London office as partners in the Business Restructuring & Insolvency Group. Mr. Declercq and Ms. Van de Graaff come to Morrison & Foerster from Schulte Roth & Zabel where they regularly represented distressed investors – including individual and ad hoc groups of bondholders – in restructuring matters. More >>

Leading global law firm Baker & McKenzie has further enhanced its Corporate Practice with the appointment of James Thompson and Joanna Hewitt as partners in London. James joins the Firm from Linklaters where he is a Managing Associate in the London Corporate practice. Joanna re-joins the Firm from Olswang’s corporate practice where she is a Senior Associate, having started her career as a trainee and then an associate at Baker & McKenzie. Both join the Firm in January 2016. More >>

Addleshaw Goddard is bolstering its Corporate Finance practice with the appointment of Giles Distin from Squire Patton Boggs. The appointment is in line with the firm’s growth of its City-based practice and provides greater support across the spectrum of its corporate finance and public M&A clients in the City. More >>

Pillsbury today announced that Sandra Bates, an experienced cross-border corporate finance lawyer, has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Corporate & Securities practice. She arrives from Stikeman Elliott (London) LLP. More >>

Dechert LLP is pleased to announce that Laurent Faugerolas has joined the firm. Faugerolas focuses his practice on corporate finance matters, with an emphasis on public and private M&A, takeover bids and international capital markets, most notably equity capital markets. Laurent’s extensive experience complements Dechert’s existing corporate practice in London and Paris, and also broadens the firm’s European footprint. More >>

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has today announced the appointment of Simon Chamberlain as partner in the London aviation practice. Simon joins from Bird & Bird. More >>

Winston & Strawn LLP has announced the addition of two partners and one of counsel to the firm’s Corporate & Finance Department in London. Paul Amiss and Rebecca Finn join as partners from Pinsent Masons LLP and Gide Loyrette Nouel, respectively. Jason Parker joins as of counsel from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.

“We are delighted to welcome Paul, Rebecca, and Jason to the firm,” said Michael Madden, Winston’s London office managing partner. “Their practices and international experience dovetail exceptionally well with our existing M&A, banking and finance, and project finance capabilities.”

“London is a very significant market for us and our clients, and we will continue to grow in that market through strategic lateral acquisitions. We are very excited to have Paul, Rebecca, and Jason join our firm’s London office,” said Tom Fitzgerald, Winston’s firmwide managing partner.

Mr. Amiss is an M&A and corporate finance lawyer and advises companies, individuals, and investment banks on key corporate transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, private equity, and other strategic investments, listings, and securities offerings on the London Stock Exchange. He has particular experience in advising on cross-border transactions.

Ms. Finn is a banking and finance partner most recently based in Hong Kong, where she led Gide Loyrette Nouel’s Finance Practice. She regularly advises clients on a wide range of cross-border finance transactions, including mainstream bank lending, project development and financing, acquisition finance, Islamic finance, and structured finance. Her clients include borrowers, sponsors, conventional financial institutions, as well as multilateral financing institutions, most notably the International Finance Corporation. Her work to date has involved transactions in both developed and emerging economies within Europe, CIS, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, China, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Southeast Asia.

Mr. Parker has spent significant time in the United States, Abu Dhabi, and Japan advising clients. His practice is focused on project finance and includes advising on EPC contracts, concession, operations and maintenance, fuel supply, sales/off-take agreements, and technology licensing. Mr. Parker also has assisted clients with developing new nuclear power programs. Prior to becoming an attorney, he was a welding engineer for a leading nuclear reactor supplier.

Winston London has added nine lawyers during 2015, primarily in the Corporate & Finance Department. Notably, James Simpson and a team of lawyers joined the firm from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in March.

CMS is pleased to announce the addition of Jason Brooks and Thomas Lockley as partners to the firm’s Financial Services & Products Team in London. Both Jason and Thomas were formerly senior lawyers in Clifford Chance’s Derivatives & Structured Finance Team. More >>