Squire Patton Boggs Boosts Global Restructuring & Insolvency Practice With London Team Hire

Squire Patton Boggs has hired partners Charlotte Møller, and Monika Lorenzo-Perez into its Restructuring & Insolvency Practice. They join the firm from Brown Rudnick LLP, where Ms. Møller was head of its European Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring Practice Group. The new partners are accompanied by director Helena Clarke and senior associates Rebecca Terrace and Sabina Khan.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth Expands Global Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice with Addition of Sarah Pearce in London

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP continues the expansion of its global privacy and cybersecurity practice with the addition of Sarah Pearce as a partner in the firm’s London office. Pearce most recently led Paul Hastings LLP’s U.K. and European privacy and cybersecurity practice from the firm’s London and Paris offices, advising companies on data privacy and security issues in the U.K. and across Europe, including the impact of Brexit negotiations and the aftermath of the U.K.’s departure from the EU.

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Highly Regarded Labor and Employment Lawyer Nick Elwell-Sutton Joins Locke Lord as Partner in London Office

Nick Elwell-Sutton has joined Locke Lord’s London office as a Partner in the Firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. Elwell-Sutton’s vast experience with all aspects of contentious, advisory and transactional employment law adds depth to Locke Lord’s growing London office. Prior to joining Locke Lord, Elwell-Sutton was a partner at Clyde & Co for 11 years. 

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Akin Gump Welcomes Project Finance and Development Partners to London

Akin Gump today announced that Matthew Hardwick and Daniel Giemajner have joined the firm as project finance and development partners in its London office. Their practices focus on global energy, infrastructure and natural resources projects spanning a range of sectors, including core and non-core infrastructure, renewable power, mining, gigafactories, battery and energy storage, electric vehicles, carbon capture and storage and clean hydrogen. The pair most recently practiced in the London office of Norton Rose Fulbright.

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Experienced Litigation Duo Joins McDermott’s Dispute Resolution Team in London

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced today the addition of partner Jack Thorne and associate Alison Morris to its Dispute Resolution practice in London. As the demand for sophisticated, international dispute resolution advice continues to increase, their appointment will provide a further boost to the Firm’s successful London team that includes litigation partner Andrew Savage, corporate crime and investigations partner Simon Airey and arbitration partner Michael Darowski. Both join from the London office of Paul Hastings.

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