Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is delighted to announce Richard Hughes, real estate finance specialist, has joined the firm in London. Richard joins us from Pinsent Mason’s real estate finance team. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Partner at Simmons & Simmons.
In his role as Global Head of Marine Projects and Finance, Stuart will focus on further strengthening Ince’s position within the marine sector and growing its legal services offering globally.
Vanessa Splaine joins the firm’s Manchester office from Weightmans in early August and Joanna Bower has joined in London from Capsticks. The team is bolstered further with two senior associates and three associates hires across the offices.
John Ahern has joined Covington’s Financial Services Industry Group in London as a partner. Mr. Ahern joins the firm from the London office of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its global energy and infrastructure practice with the addition of James D. Simpson Jr. and Jason Parker as partners in the firm’s London office and Martin Skehill as special counsel in its Dubai office. Simpson, Parker, and Skehill joined the firm from Winston & Strawn, where Simpson and Parker were partners and Skehill was counsel; Simpson also was co-chair of its project finance practice. They will be joined by associates.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Susy Bullock has rejoined the firm’s London office as a partner. Bullock, formerly a Managing Director and Head of EMEA Litigation at UBS, will focus on helping clients, particularly those in the financial services sector, navigate a wide range of disputes and business and human rights issues.
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Global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has announced that Ariel White-Tsimikalis will join the firm as a partner with the London M&A and Corporate Finance Team. White-Tsimikalis joins from Davis Polk & Wardwell where she advised banks, corporates and private equity funds on equity capital markets transactions, corporate governance matters and general public company representation.
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European law firm Fieldfisher is pleased to announce the appointment of Donna Goldsworthy as a partner in its leading disputes team in London. Donna joins from BDB Pitmans, where she was a partner. More >>
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has strengthened its European restructuring and special situations offering with the appointment of Matthew Czyzyk as a partner in its business restructuring group. Matt will be based in London.
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LONDON, May 26, 2020: Morgan Lewis has added a four-lawyer team resident in London with wide-ranging private investment funds experience. The team, which arrives from another global law firm, includes partners Oliver Rochman and Rob Mailer and two associates.
