Mayer Brown announced today that Ross Montgomery has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate & Securities practice, where he will focus on M&A, fund raisings, reorganisations, joint ventures and other corporate matters. He joins from Dechert, where he was a partner.

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Skadden is pleased to welcome Deborah Kirk as a partner and head of the firm’s intellectual property and technology transactions practice in London. Ms. Kirk previously led the London IP practice at another global law firm, where she focused on transactional IP matters. More >>

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that financial regulatory lawyer Revathi Raghavan will join the firm as a partner in the Investment Funds Group of the Corporate Department, resident in London. Raghavan arrives from Kirkland & Ellis and advises on the regulatory aspects of fund formation, as well as on M&A in the financial services sector and on regulatory change projects.

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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Sophie Smith has joined the Firm as a partner in London. Smith comes to Weil from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.

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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Candice Nichol as a partner in its market-leading tax practice. Candice is the ninth London-based partner to join this year, and her arrival further strengthens the Firm’s standing in the London market. Nichol arrives at the firm from KPMG UK.

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King & Spalding announced today that financial services regulatory and compliance lawyer Konstantin “Costa” Burkov has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate practice group in London. Burkov joins the firm from Paul Hastings.

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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its International Arbitration Practice in London with the appointment of three new shareholders, Jason Hambury, Gurmukh Riyat, and Clea Bigelow-Nuttall, from Pinsent Masons.

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We are bolstering our cyber and data offering with the appointment of partner, Dr. Nathalie Moreno. Nathalie, a data protection, cyber and AI specialist with over 20 years of experience, joins from Addleshaw Goddard.

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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Emma Game has joined the firm as a partner. Her arrival strengthens the firm’s ability to meet diverse transatlantic client needs and reinforces its position as a leading resource for innovative UK and European companies seeking a combination of practical legal advice and business acumen as they scale in the U.S. and globally. Game joins Wilson Sonsini from Slaughter and May, where she began her career as a trainee in 2009, eventually rising to senior tax counsel.

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