Mark Simpson has joined Cooley as a partner in the firm’s London antitrust and competition investigations and disputes practice. Simpson advises on all aspects of UK and European Union competition law, with a focus on high-profile contentious matters – including competition litigation, investigations and regulatory challenges, and alternative dispute resolution, as well as merger law control and cartel damages actions. He has dealt with multiple matters before the English High Court, the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the European Court of Justice. Simpson arrives from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he was head of antitrust and competition.

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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Fatema Orjela as a partner in its Transactions Practice Group in London. Fatema’s practice focuses on private equity transactions and related advisory matters. Orjela joins McDermott from Sidley Austin LLP.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Debt Finance Practice, and its financial institutions and private equity global industry groups, with the addition of Lauren Winter as a partner in London. Winter arrives at the firm from Paul Hastings.

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Akin is pleased to announce that Jacqueline Ingram joins the firm’s London office as a partner in its market-leading financial restructuring practice. Jacquie joins Akin from Milbank.

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King & Spalding announced today that international employment lawyer Tessa Cranfield has joined the firm as a partner in its Global Human Capital and Compliance Practice. Cranfield joins the firm’s London office. Cranfield joins the firm from the London office of Seyfarth Shaw.

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Global law firm Reed Smith today announces the hire of Mark Drury as partner in its Financial Industry Group and London office. With nearly two decades of experience, Drury joins from Linklaters where he was partner in its derivatives and structured products team. His practice covers the full spectrum of structured finance arrangements, including collateralised loan obligations (CLOs), risk retention structures and financings, repackagings, fund financings and fund derivatives and balance sheet issuances.

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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Robert (Rob) Marshall as a partner in its Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice Group in London. Rob is a highly skilled lawyer in global equity and cross-border executive compensation and represents some of the world’s largest multinational companies. He will lead McDermott’s cross-border executive compensation and benefits practice and boost the Firm’s international transactional practice.

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