Vinson & Elkins continues to expand its global corporate practice with the addition of leveraged finance partner Lucy Jenkins in London. Jenkins was previously with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. She is the second partner in as many months to join V&E’s internationally recognized Leveraged Finance group in London, following the addition of Noel Hughes in September. More >>

The London office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues the strategic expansion of its real estate sector team with the addition of investment funds and real estate sector tax specialist Ben Eaton, who is set to join the firm in November. More >>

Dentons is pleased to announce that partner Deepa Deb is to join the Firm’s Real Estate team in London. Deepa will join from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) where she has been a partner since 2012. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Capital Markets Practice with the addition of Thomas Falkus as a new partner in London. He joins White & Case from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where he was counsel, and brings more than ten years of experience. More >>

Morgan Lewis continues the significant expansion of its London corporate capabilities as it welcomes today two new partners, Mike Pierides and Simon Lightman. Both have extensive backgrounds representing clients on major outsourcing and complex commercial transactions, adding further strength to Morgan Lewis’s top-tier outsourcing transactions team. They arrive from global law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. More >>

Eversheds Sutherland has further strengthened its global privacy and cybersecurity offering with the strategic lateral hire of Partner Simon Morrissey. More >>

Reed Smith has expanded its global finance practice with the addition of Kevin-Paul Deveau as a partner in its Financial Industry Group in London. Kevin-Paul joins from Dechert, and will play a key role in the further growth of Reed Smith’s funds finance practice and wider banking team. More >>

Suzanne has joined Allen & Overy as a partner in the International Arbitration group. She is a leading public international law (PIL) and investment treaty specialist, and is recognised as one of a small number of practitioners who are truly experts in the field of business and human rights (BHR) law. Suzanne joins us from specialist public international law firm Volterra Fietta, where she was a partner and head of the firm’s BHR practice. She is a US-qualified lawyer and an Associate Professor of Law at Notre Dame University, where she teaches international arbitration and BHR law. More >>

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP today announced that the firm has added international M&A, private equity and corporate governance lawyer Joanna Valentine to the London office to broaden the firm’s transatlantic capabilities. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Banking Practice and its Global Real Estate Industry Group with the addition of Sudhir Nair as a new partner in London. Sudhir joins White & Case from Baker McKenzie, where he was a senior associate, and brings nearly 15 years of experience. More >>