International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) continues the expansion of its Litigation & Investigations Department by welcoming Partner Shy Jackson to the Construction Disputes Team. Jackson will be resident in BCLP’s London office. A highly experienced contentious construction lawyer, Jackson joins BCLP from Pinsent Masons, where he acted mostly for major contractors with a practice focused on project support and dispute resolution for large infrastructure projects. 

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Robert Carr will join the firm as a partner in the London office. Carr will join from Herbert Smith Freehills and will continue his real estate finance practice at Gibson Dunn.

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Dentons has hired corporate lending lawyer Will Turner as a partner in its London office. Prior to joining the firm, Turner practiced as a managing associate at Linklaters in London.

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Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Paul Dolman will join the firm’s London office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Dolman is one of the UK’s leading private equity practitioners, with vast experience advising institutional investors and management teams on a variety of complex cross-border investments and divestments. Dolman joins Latham & Watkins from Travers Smith.

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Dentons has hired leading asset-based lending lawyer Steven Geerlings as a partner in its London office. Steven joins from DLA Piper where he was Head of International Asset Based Lending (ABL).

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Alston & Bird continues to deepen its transatlantic corporate and transactional offering with the addition of partner Tamer Bahgat in London. Joining from Ashurst LLP, Bahgat focuses on international capital markets and leveraged finance transactions, with a particular emphasis on complex high-yield debt offerings, refinancings, and leveraged buyouts for corporates, private equity sponsors, and investment banks.

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Hogan Lovells has today confirmed that Joel Smith will be joining the firm as a partner in its Intellectual Property, Media and Technology (IPMT) practice, based in the firm’s London office. Joel will join Hogan Lovells from Herbert Smith Freehills, where he was Head of IP in London and a key player in the global IP team.

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