Mayer Brown announced today that it has recruited leveraged finance lawyer, Paul Tannenbaum, as a partner in the firm’s Banking & Finance practice in London. His appointment builds on Mayer Brown’s ongoing investment in its bank lending and finance capabilities and follows the recent hire of Stuart Brinkworth, who joined the London office as head of the European Leveraged Finance team in June. Paul was previously at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP More >>

Morgan Lewis continues to expand its European and global cross-border corporate capabilities in its London office with the addition of three new partners from Herbert Smith Freehills. Mark Geday, Nicholas Moore, and Tomasz Wozniak will soon join Morgan Lewis, adding a wealth of experience in a broad range of complex and cross-border corporate transactions. More >>

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Brendan Moylan and Conrad Andersen will join the London office as partners in the Corporate and Finance Departments, respectively. Widely recognized as leaders in their field, Moylan and Andersen focus on advising infrastructure funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and pension plans on a variety of complex domestic and international infrastructure transactions. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day continues to expand in Europe’s key financial centers with the arrival of Lee Federman and Ewen Scott, who will both join the Firm’s Banking, Finance & Securities Practice in its London Office. The arrivals of Messrs. Federman and Scott follow that of Ben Fox, who recently joined Jones Day’s Banking, Finance & Securities Practice in Amsterdam, and Dr. Michael Fischer who recently joined the Practice in Frankfurt. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Commercial Litigation Practice with the addition of Steven Baker as a new partner in London. Previously a partner at Olswang and Bird & Bird, he joins White & Case from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, where he was a partner, and brings more than 25 years of experience. More >>

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Yen Sum and Jennifer Brennan have joined the London office as partners in the Finance Department. Highly regarded in their field, their practices focus on advising creditors, hedge funds, asset managers, and debtors on a variety of complex restructurings and special situations, and they regularly represent credit funds on direct lending matters across the capital structure and credit spectrum. More >>

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Benoit Lavigne has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in its Finance practice. Mr. Lavigne brings to the firm a wealth of experience in complex, cross-border finance matters. He comes to Morrison & Foerster from Ropes & Gray, making him the third partner to join the firm’s London office in 2018, following the additions of Caroline Jury, also a highly experienced finance partner who joined from Clifford Chance, and Dan Coppel, a corporate partner who joined from Jones Day. More >>

Global law firm Mayer Brown announced today that Sam Eastwood and Jason Hungerford have been appointed as partners in the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice from Norton Rose Fulbright. Both appointments are part of a global strategic drive to further strengthen the depth of the firm’s litigation, white collar crime and investigation, sanctions and export control capabilities in key jurisdictions. More >>

International law firm CMS is delighted to announce that regulated funds specialist Laura Houët has joined the firm as a Partner in its Financial Services Regulatory team in London. More >>