Judith is a leading healthcare lawyer with 13 years’ of experience. She joins from BLM where she was a partner. More >>

International law firm Brown Rudnick LLP is pleased to announce today that it has appointed Louisa Watt as a partner in its London office. More >>

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Jon Holland and Andrea Monks will join the London office as partners in the Litigation & Trial Department. Holland and Monks are experienced and respected litigators, with notable track records advising retail and investment banks, asset managers, and other financial institutions in a number of landmark disputes and contentious regulatory matters. Holland and Monks join Latham & Watkins from the London office of Hogan Lovells. More >>

Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the hire of two insurance partners in London. Mandip Sagoo and Angus Duncan join Clyde & Co from Mayer Brown. More >>

Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Wright and Rinku Bhadoria as partners in the global Energy & Natural Resources Practice Group in London. Mr. Wright was previously a partner at Simmons & Simmons, in its London and Singapore offices. Ms. Bhadoria was formerly a partner in the Global Energy and Resources Group at King & Wood Mallesons in London. More >>

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is pleased to announce the appointment of Poupak Anjomshoaa to partner in the London office. She joins from Carbon Holdings, a developer, owner and operator of petrochemicals projects, where she was General Counsel. More >>

The London office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added a leading energy disputes team consisting of partners Jeremy Farr, Charles Lockwood, and Clare Kempkens. They join K&L Gates from Ince & Co, where their combined experience totaled almost 70 years and where Farr served as the global head of the firm’s energy practice. More >>

CMS is delighted to announce the appointment of Tristan Hall as a Partner in the firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance team in London. He joins the firm from Sedgwick and brings with him associates Andrew Milne and Luke Gething. They will start at the firm on 2 January.

Tristan specialises in advising insurers and their insureds on the management and resolution of complex claims, with a particular emphasis on financial and professional risks. In addition to his contentious practice, Tristan has significant experience assisting insurers and intermediaries with bespoke insurance product development and wording reviews.

Andrew focuses his practice on insurance coverage, in particular Directors & Officers’ liability and claims involving financial institutions. Luke has broad professional liability experience, advising on claims against a variety of professionals including insolvency practitioners and IFAs.

Ed Foss Partner and Head of Insurance and Reinsurance at CMS comments: “We are excited that Tristan is joining us. His financial institutions experience dovetails with our well established financial institutions offering led by Simon Garrett. Tristan is a highly regarded and talented lawyer and client reaction to his arrival has been extremely positive. We are delighted that he will be joined by Andrew and Luke who will also add significant weight to the practice.”

Commenting on his appointment, Tristan said: “I am looking forward to joining the team at CMS alongside Andrew and Luke. The CMS team is highly respected in the market and I hope to use the experience that I’ve gained to further build out the practice.”

We are pleased to announce that we are strengthening our insurance practice with five significant lateral partner hires, considerably enhancing our multi-jurisdiction capabilities.
The arrival of David Chadwick, Ingrid Hobbs, Tim McCaw, Andrew McGahey and Andrew Westlake brings the total number of partner hires in 2017 to 33. All will be joining our London office except Andrew McGahey, who will be relocating to Ireland to join our team in Dublin. More >>

International law firm DAC Beachcroft is pleased to announce the acquisition of a highly-rated two-partner international insurance team from the London office of US practice Sedgwick LLP led by industry star, Mark Kendall. More >>