Move of the week
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has hired Ashurst financial regulatory partner James Perry. Perry has been a partner at Ashurst since 1998, having joined the firm in 1987. He sits in the financial institutions group in London, working on corporate transactional and regulatory matters for clients such as Skandia, Credit Agricole and Société Générale.
UK
London
Criminal lawyer Anna Bradshaw has returned to Peters & Peters as of counsel, after four and a half years as a senior associate at Herbert Smith Freehills.
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) partners Darren Rogers and Patrick Williams are leaving the firm for Ashurst’s real estate practice.
Healthcare partner Paul Thomson has joined Weightmans from Capsticks.
Will Deeprose has joined Clyde & Co as a real estate partner after working as a legal director at DLA Piper.
Former Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) lawyer Edward Coulson has returned to the firm as a partner in the competition litigation team. Coulson left BLP for the partnership of Hausfeld last year.
Nelson Jung, the director of mergers at the Competition Markets Authority, has moved over to Clifford Chance as a partner in its antitrust practice.
Winston & Strawn has hired Simmons & Simmons partners Christopher Boresjo and Mark Moody to its transportation finance practice.
Anita Rai has joined Winckworth Sherwood’s partnership in London. Employment lawyer Rai was a partner at Taylor Vinters.
Partner Matthew Trinder has joined BLM’s healthcare team from Bevan Brittan, where he was a partner in the firm’s London clinical risk team.
Addleshaw Goddard managing associate David Futter has joined Ashurst’s fintech practice as a partner.
South
Stevens & Bolton has announced the appointment of partner Alex Watt, who joins its real estate practice in Guildford. He was previously a legal director at Clyde & Co.
Coffin Mew has hired Rix & Kay dispute resolution partner Mark James in Brighton, as well as insolvency solicitor Edward Bible from Brethertons.
Midlands
DWF partner Mark Kenkre and legal director Helen Briant have joined Trowers & Hamlins’ dispute resolution and litigation team in Birmingham as partners. Former DWF partner Keith Mills has also joined as a consultant.
North
Irwin Mitchell’s Leeds office has appointed Paddy Sturman as a partner in its banking and finance team from Gordons, where he was head of the practice group.
TLT has appointed Jason Cropper as a regulatory partner in its Manchester office. He joins from DWF.
Clarke Willmott has expanded its commercial litigation team in Manchester by hiring Linder Myers partner John Flint to head up a North West dispute resolution team.
Scotland
Maclay Murray & Spens associate Gavin Buchan has joined Lindsays as a partner in the commercial property team based in Edinburgh.
Europe
Yann Utzschneider has joined White & Case as a partner in its antitrust practice in Paris after nearly two decades at Gide Loyrette Nouel.
Irish firm Arthur Cox is making a rare partner hire from its major rival A&L Goodbody with the appointment of corporate partner Cian McCourt.
Personal injury associate Daniëlle van den Dungen has started at Kennedy Van der Laan in Amsterdam, having joined from Lexence.
Dentons has strengthened its capital markets practice in Warsaw with the arrival of new partner Jakub Celiński. He joins from Baker & McKenzie, bringing with him senior associates Piotr Kowalik and Ryszard Manteuffel.
Middle East
Bird & Bird head of TMT Kelly Tymburski has joined Dentons’ Dubai office as a partner.
US
Jill Frizzley has joined Weil Gotshal & Manges as counsel. She was previously counsel at Shearman & Sterling.
Doreen Zankowski has joined Duane Morris’ construction practice group as a partner in the firm’s Boston office after a four-year career at Saul Ewing.
K&L Gates has added Jill Louis as a partner in the firm’s corporate and M&A practice. Louis was most recently general counsel and corporate secretary for heavy duty truck distributor FleetPride.
Asia Pacific
Sarah (Xiaohua) Zhao has joined Faegre Baker Daniels as a partner in the firm’s corporate practice, after a five-year career at Perkins Coie as a partner.
The Bar
Kathryn Purkis has returned to Serle Court to practise at the Bar full-time, following a nine-year period at Jersey firm Collas Crill. She was managing partner at the offshore firm from 2009 to 2012.
23 Essex Street has announced that Mishcon de Reya solicitor-advocate Trevor Withane has joined as a barrister in its financial and general crime teams.
Promotions
Cayman Islands firm Campbells has promoted five partners including litigation lawyer Andrew Pullinger and property specialist Lily Lee. Richard Spencer, Mark Adams and Simon Thomas have all been made up in the investment funds and corporate and finance group.
Intellectual property and digital media firm Hansel Henson has promoted Justine Flockhart to partner.
Iberian firm Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira has promoted eight new partners to its equity, including London finance lawyer Ignacio Buil. The other promotions come from Barcelona, Girona, Lisbon and Madrid.
Carina Rogerio was made partner in Singapore by German firm Luther in Singapore. Rogerio joined Luther in 2011 and is head of the firm’s French desk in the region.
Penningtons Manches has made up seven lawyers across the UK, including Basingstoke, Guildford, London and Oxford. James d’Aquino, Penny Evans and Hazar El-Chamaa have been promoted in London, while trademarks lawyer Gavin Stenton and corporate specialist James Went have both been made up in Oxford. Stephanie Code and Gemma Woodhouse complete the line-up.