International law firm Dorsey & Whitney has expanded its highly regarded cross-border transactional practice with the hire of senior international transactional lawyer Stewart Worthy as a Partner in the Firm’s London office. Worthy joins the firm from King & Wood Mallesons in London.
Leading law firm, Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP (Katten) has today announced the appointment of partner Christopher Harrison to the firm’s capital markets group in London. Chris joins Katten from Vedder Price where he was a partner.
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Akin Gump today announced that Stephen Brown has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s London office. Mr. Brown brings substantial experience advising private equity sponsors and public companies on executive employment issues and in relation to the structuring and taxation of share schemes and management incentive arrangements and their taxation, in the U.K. and internationally. Stephen Brown joins Akin Gump from Icon Law LLP.
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Taylor Wessing has expanded their disputes and investigations group with the hire of Richard Viegas. Richard joins as a partner in London after five years at Collyer Bristow, including three years as the firm’s Head of Commercial Disputes. He will be joined by associate Lucy Waddicor.
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Richard Sharman, an asset finance attorney who focuses mainly on aircraft and transportation assets, has joined Holland & Knight’s London office as a partner. He handles complex, highly structured asset finance and corporate transactions on behalf of financial institutions, leasing companies, operators, arrangers and investors. He was previously a partner at Bird & Bird in London, where he was head of the firm’s asset finance practice.
King & Spalding has recruited Robert Marshall II, an executive compensation and employee benefits lawyer based in London, as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) Practice Group. Marshall, who is recommended in Legal 500 US, was most recently a partner at Jones Day in London and spends a substantial amount of time in Silicon Valley/San Francisco.
Global law firm Goodwin announced today that capital markets partner Ariel White-Tsimikalis will join the firm’s London Technology and Life Sciences practices, which represents leading companies and investors in the United Kingdom and Europe. White-Tsimikalis joins the firm from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice with the addition of Robert Nield as a funds and investment management partner in London. Nield joins White & Case from Sidley Austin.
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