Law

Ropes & Gray: Milan Partner Alessandro Capogrosso Added To Expand Italy Transactional Bench

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 11, 2026

Ropes & Gray announced it has added capital markets, private equity, and M&A lawyer Alessandro Capogrosso as a partner in its Milan office, continuing the firm’s push to deepen its European transactional capabilities and support clients on cross-border deals.

Will Stawell Returns To White & Case As Sydney Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 11, 2026

White & Case has added debt finance partner Will Stawell to its Sydney office, expanding the firm’s Global Debt Finance Practice and Global Financial Institutions Industry Group as it continues to build out its Australia platform.

Dentons Names Oliver Dreher As Managing Partner In Frankfurt

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 10, 2026

Dentons has appointed capital markets partner Oliver Dreher as Frankfurt Managing Partner, placing him in charge of the firm’s Frankfurt office, which has around 60 lawyers.

Cooley Adds Stephanie Hales To Bolster Life Sciences And Healthcare Regulatory Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 10, 2026

Cooley has added healthcare regulatory attorney Stephanie Hales as a partner in its Washington, DC, office, strengthening the firm’s global life sciences and healthcare regulatory practice amid growing client demand tied to coverage, reimbursement, market access, and drug pricing issues.

Dentons Hires Cedric Degreef To Lead Energy Group In Belgium

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 10, 2026

Dentons has recruited energy and infrastructure lawyer Cedric Degreef as a partner and head of its Energy group in Brussels, as the firm continues to build out its Belgian practice.

Blue Williams Merges With Heard & Medack To Bolster Houston Litigation Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 10, 2026

Blue Williams and Houston-based Heard & Medack announced they have merged, a move the firms described as expanding Blue Williams’ Houston footprint and bolstering its trial capabilities across Texas.

Dorsey & Whitney: Peter Ott Named As Partner In Finance & Restructuring Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2026

Dorsey & Whitney has added Peter Ott as a partner in its Finance & Restructuring group in Salt Lake City, marking a return to the firm after stints at Parsons Behle & Latimer and Kirkland & Ellis.

White & Case Names Real Estate Lawyer Ian Bevan Partner In Abu Dhabi

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2026

White & Case announced it has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and Global Real Estate Industry Group with the addition of Ian Bevan as a partner in Abu Dhabi.

Latham Bolsters London Real Estate And Structured Finance Team With Three Partner Hires

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2026

Latham & Watkins announced it will add three partners to its London office, hiring real estate finance practitioners David Oppenheimer and David Varne and structured finance partner Lucy Oddy from A&O Shearman as the firm continues to expand its City platform across real estate finance, structured finance, and private capital.

Withers Adds Tokyo-Based Projects And Energy Team Led By Partners Ean MacPherson And Fumihiko Hori

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2026

International law firm Withers has expanded its Asia platform with the hire of a projects and energy team in Tokyo, led by partner Ean MacPherson and including partner Fumihiko Hori and special counsel Keisuke Misuda. The trio brings combined experience across project development, construction, finance, and regulation, strengthening Withers’ capabilities in renewables, infrastructure, and energy transition work across Asia-Pacific.

Latham Adds Sara Margolis As Partner In NY To Support Complex Commercial Litigation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2026

Latham & Watkins announced Sara Margolis has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in its Complex Commercial Litigation Practice, adding trial-tested experience across high-stakes commercial and intellectual property disputes, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical and life sciences matters.

DLA Piper Hires Philipp Stanek As Tax Partner In Vienna

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2026

DLA Piper announced it has hired Philipp Stanek as a tax partner in its Vienna office, with the appointment effective January 2. Stanek joins from Baker McKenzie Austria, where he served as Head of Tax.

Thompson Hine Opens Silicon Valley Office, Adding Turner Boyd Seraphine to Expand IP and Tech Litigation Bench

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2026

Thompson Hine LLP announced it is launching a Silicon Valley office anchored by the addition of lawyers and staff from intellectual property litigation boutique Turner Boyd Seraphine, a move designed to deepen the firm’s national Intellectual Property & Technology Litigation group. The firm said the expansion adds trial experience, technical depth, and broader national capabilities in complex IP and technology disputes, following Thompson Hine’s recent office openings in Los Angeles (July 2024) and Minneapolis (March 2025).

Dykema Announces 10 Attorneys Elected To Membership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2026

Dykema has elected 10 attorneys to membership, with the promotions taking effect January 1, 2026. The newly elected members span multiple offices and practices, including corporate finance, product liability and class action litigation, commercial litigation, real estate, intellectual property, and taxation and estates.

Paul Weiss Adds Finance Partner Alena Thomas In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2026

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison announced Alena Q. Thomas has joined the firm in New York as a partner in the Finance Group within the Corporate Department, continuing a recent expansion of the firm’s finance bench following the arrival of partners Nicholas M. Schwartz, Mark G. Adler, and Julie Ann Lamm.

Dentons Rodyk Names New Practice Leaders In 2026 Management Changes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2026

Dentons Rodyk has announced a set of management and practice leadership appointments as part of an effort to strengthen governance and develop the firm’s next generation of leaders. The changes took effect January 1, 2026.

BCLP Adds Chicago Partner Katie Hausfeld To Expand Compliance And Investigations Bench

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2026

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (BCLP) has hired partner Katie Hausfeld in its Litigation & Investigations Practice, adding to the firm’s Chicago office as it continues to build out its capabilities in corporate investigations, compliance, and white-collar defense.

Latham & Watkins Adds Sports Dealmakers Matthew Eisler And Russell Hedman In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2026

Latham & Watkins is bringing on prominent sports and private-capital transaction partners Matthew Eisler and Russell Hedman to its New York office, a move the firm says strengthens both its Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice and its market-leading M&A and private equity platform.

Cyril Valentin Joins White & Case As A Partner In Paris

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

White & Case has added tax lawyer Cyril Valentin as a partner in Paris, expanding the firm’s Global Tax Practice as well as its Global Financial Institutions Industry Group and Global Private Capital Industry Group. Valentin will lead the tax practice in Paris.

Rubina Ali Joins White & Case As Partner In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

White & Case has added Rubina (Rubi) Ali as a partner in New York, expanding the firm’s Global Capital Markets Practice, Derivatives Practice and Global Financial Institutions Industry Group.

Latham Adds Sara Margolis To New York As Partner In Complex Commercial Litigation Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Latham & Watkins has hired trial lawyer Sara Margolis as a partner in its New York office, strengthening the firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation Practice with additional high-stakes commercial and intellectual property litigation capabilities, particularly in pharmaceutical and life sciences disputes.

Cox Castle Names Scott Laes And Jamie Sprague Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2026

Cox, Castle & Nicholson announced it has elected litigation attorneys Scott Laes and Jamie Sprague to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2026, as the real estate-focused law firm expands senior leadership within its disputes practice.

Spencer Fane Combines With Global IP Counselors, Expanding IP Capabilities From Washington, D.C.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 5, 2026

Spencer Fane announced it has combined with Global IP Counselors, a Washington, D.C.-based intellectual property boutique, in a move the firm said will broaden its patent and trademark capabilities and deepen its presence in the nation’s capital.

Cleary Gottlieb Names Sebastian Alsheimer To Lead Shareholder Engagement And Activism Defense Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 2, 2026

Cleary Gottlieb announced Sebastian Alsheimer will join the firm as a partner and head of its Shareholder Engagement and Activism Defense practice, based in New York, as the firm continues to expand its public company platform.

BriefCatch: $6 Million Series A Raised To Expand AI-Assisted Legal Writing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 1, 2026

BriefCatch, a legal-writing platform used by law firms and courts, has raised $6 million in Series A financing in what the company described as a “significant upround,” as legal organizations accelerate digital adoption while grappling with new risks tied to generative AI.

Ropes & Gray Names New Leadership for Corporate and Private Capital Transactions Practices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 26, 2025

Ropes & Gray has named a new leadership team across its corporate practices, appointing David Blittner as Corporate Group Leader and selecting Amanda McGrady Morrison and Michael Lee as co-leaders of the firm’s private capital transactions practice. The firm said the appointments are aimed at delivering faster, more integrated support to clients operating in an increasingly dynamic deal environment.

White & Case Adds Veteran Tax Partner Alejandro Santoyo In Mexico City

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 26, 2025

White & Case has expanded its Global Tax Practice with the addition of Alejandro Santoyo as a partner in Mexico City, strengthening the firm’s capabilities across Latin America and in cross-border matters involving the US and Mexico.

Clifford Chance Re-Elects Charles Adams As Global Managing Partner For Second Term

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 26, 2025

Clifford Chance announced it has re-elected Charles Adams as its Global Managing Partner, extending his leadership for a second four-year term that will begin on May 1, 2026. The announcement reflects partner support for Adams’ continued stewardship of the firm’s global strategy and operations as it focuses on growth, client service, and execution across its international platform.

Blank Rome Adds Retired Federal Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg To Philadelphia Litigation Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Blank Rome announced that the Honorable Mitchell S. Goldberg, the immediate past Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, will join the firm’s Business Litigation group in Philadelphia, effective January 1, 2026.

Dentons Launches In Cameroon By Partnering With Kouengoua Minou Nkongho

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Dentons has expanded its footprint in Africa by launching an offering in Cameroon alongside Kouengoua Minou Nkongho (KMN), which the firm described as one of the country’s leading law firms. Dentons said the move will allow its clients across the more than 85 countries where it has a presence to connect with legal teams that combine global reach with local market knowledge in Cameroon.