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Dentons appoints Clark Kassian as national head for Real Estate group in Canada

In 2020, Clark was recognized for his extensive knowledge and experience in the real estate sector by The Legal 500 Canada.

DLA Piper boosts London investment management and funds offering with partner hire

His arrival further enhances our integrated offering across the full investment funds spectrum

Payne Hicks Beach grows partnership and makes key promotions

These appointments are effective from 1 June 2021 and reflect the firm’s commitment to developing internal talent.

Eversheds Sutherland founder retires from practice

Rory also laid the foundations from an early stage for the values and culture in Eversheds Sutherland

Capital Law welcomes London partner to its Banking & Finance team

James’ global network will be key to unlocking further opportunities for the firm and its clients – starting with private equity and debt finance.

Axiom Alternative Investments appoints Head of Legal

Axiom Alternative Investments, a French asset manager with USD2.4 billion under management and offices in London and Paris, has appointed Amélie Kesler to the newly created role of Head of Legal.

Allen & Overy announces head of its global International Capital Markets practice

“The appointment of a New York-based global practice head reflects the firm’s commitment to the U.S. market, where we continue to grow ambitiously having added 17 new partners in the U.S. in the last 12 months alone.

Norton Rose Fulbright strengthens legal tech consulting offering

Prior to this, George was at AbacusNext (owner of HotDocs) and was head of consulting at Nalytics, an AI data search company.

Maples Group Appoints Head of Jersey

Nick, a highly experienced Corporate and Funds & Investment Management lawyer, is well-placed to take on the position having played an instrumental role in the launch of the full-service Jersey law firm and has been actively involved in its management

Experienced M&A Partner To Join Latham & Watkins in the Middle East

Based in Latham’s cooperating law firm in Riyadh

Reinforcement in digital marketing

The previous CEO of Carat will start at Deloitte Digital on June 1st

WBD announces 23 managing associate and associate promotions in the UK

Congratulations to all of our new Associates and Managing Associates on their well-deserved promotions.

Allen & Overy strengthens U.S. leveraged finance practice with two new partners in New York

The announcement follows the recent hiring of A&O’s Head of U.S. Leveraged Finance Jake Mincemoyer, who worked closely with Gordon and Stan at White & Case before joining A&O in February 2021.

Latham Grows Insurance Litigation Team

Kirsten Jackson brings deep experience in insurance-related matters as well as business and contractual disputes.

BVI Banking and Finance specialist Christian Burns-Di Lauro has become a partner at Ogier

With a strong focus on real estate finance, derivative transactions and non-contentious and consensual insolvency and credit restructuring, clients value Christian for his understanding of complex cross-border transactions.

Baker McKenzie bolsters tax practice with hire of Stephanie Pantelidaki

Stephanie has over twenty years' experience advising on transfer pricing and international corporate tax issues

Hogan Lovells appoints leading Insurance partner to Madrid office

He is recognized as a leading practitioner in the Spanish insurance space with extensive experience in insurance regulation, distribution, outsourcing, reinsurance, lobbying, strategic analysis, compliance, M&A as well as general corporate insuranc

Digby Brown welcomes two Partners and three Associates

Trish, who is based in Edinburgh, joined the firm in 1999 and has specialised in the complex area of Clinical Negligence for the last 10 years.

Ashurst appoints new Perth disputes partner

A substantial part of Matthew's practice involves the resolution of commercial disputes by international arbitration - a key strategic focus for Ashurst.

Ashurst announces new global Chair

Karen succeeds Ben Tidswell who is standing down from the partnership and has accepted a judicial appointment as a Panel Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

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