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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader strengthens Environment & Natural Resources practice with arrival of Julie Cress in San Francisco. * Author Cynthia Lydia Marbaniang * Published October 14, 2026 San Francisco, calif., 13 October 2026 - global law firm Hogan Lovells Cadwalader announced today that Julie Cress has joined the firm as a partner in its Environment & Natural Resources practice, based in its San Francisco office. A Chambers-ranked environmental lawyer, Cress brings deep experience advising clients on complex air quality, climate change, permitting, compliance, enforcement, and energy transition matters under both California and federal law. She joins the firm from Baker Botts, where she built a successful practice focused on regulatory air matters involving the California Air Resources Board (CARB), local air districts, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Cress' practice spans high-stakes compliance and enforcement matters, rulemaking advocacy, climate disclosure requirements, carbon markets, renewable and low-carbon fuels, and emerging energy transition technologies, including carbon capture and storage, renewable natural gas, hydrogen, and sustainable fuels. "We are delighted to welcome Julie to Hogan Lovells Cadwalader," said Janice Hogan, Practice Group Leader for Global Regulatory & IP. "Julie is recognized as one of the foremost practitioners in California on air quality and climate-related regulatory matters. Her unique combination of agency experience, technical knowledge, and trusted relationships with regulators will further strengthen our market-leading environmental platform and enhance our ability to help clients navigate increasingly complex regulatory and business challenges." Cress advises clients across the energy, transportation, manufacturing, and industrial sectors on some of their most significant environmental and operational challenges. Before entering private practice, she served as an attorney with the California Air Resources Board. Before that, Cress worked at the Bay Area Air District, giving her firsthand insight into the agencies that shape and enforce California's environmental framework. "Julie's arrival is a significant addition to our team and reflects our continued commitment to investing in premier environmental talent," said Tom Boer, Co-Practice Area Leader - Environment & Natural Resources. "There are very few lawyers with Julie's depth of experience in air permitting and regulations. Her experience working with the California Air Resources Board and her broad air expertise complement our team's existing strengths and will provide tremendous support for our clients navigating complex air requirements." Having worked with Julie previously, I know she will immediately boost its ability to advise clients at the intersection of environmental regulation, energy transition, and business strategy," said Nadira Clarke, Co-Practice Area Leader - Environment & Natural Resources. "Her extensive Clean Air Act experience, strong industry relationships, and reputation for excellence will be invaluable to clients confronting challenges related to compliance, permitting, and decarbonization." Throughout her career, Cress has advised clients navigating California's most consequential air regulatory programs, including Advanced Clean Fleets, Clean Truck Check, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Commercial Harbor Craft, At-Berth, Cap-and-Invest, and emerging climate disclosure requirements. She also counsels clients on the federal Renewable Fuel Standard, mobile source regulations, emissions credit transactions, and other permitting and compliance issues arising under the Clean Air Act. "California remains at the forefront of environmental and climate regulation, and clients increasingly need sophisticated counsel who understand both the regulatory framework and the practical realities of implementation," said Megan Nishikawa, Office Managing Partner - San Francisco. "Julie is widely respected and brings exactly the kind of strategic, client-focused counsel that our clients value. We are excited to welcome her to our San Francisco team and continue building on the momentum of our growth in California." "I'm excited to join Hogan Lovells Cadwalader and contribute to the firm's outstanding environmental and regulatory practice," said Julie Cress. "The combination of a global platform, a collaborative culture, and deep regulatory knowledge enables the firm to deliver exceptional value to clients navigating complex environmental, climate, and energy issues. I look forward to helping clients address regulatory challenges, manage risk, and advance their business objectives in a rapidly evolving market." Where the legal industry reads first. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. From Legal Desire Is your firm the one being cited, or the one being skipped? Legal Desire ran the test. On several everyday legal questions, software companies are answering and law firms are not. Legal Desire help firms fix that, and Legal Desire build the technology behind the practice. Lawyers and firms: get featured on Legal Desire. Share your deals, lateral moves, firm news and insights with 1M+ monthly readers: founders, law firm partners, general counsel and practising lawyers across the US, UK, EU and GCC.

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader boosts private capital and M&A capabilities in Asia Pacific with arrival of Paul Guan in Hong Kong. Monday, October 5, 2026 Global law firm Hogan Lovells Cadwalader today announced that Paul Guan has joined the firm's Corporate & Finance practice as a partner in Hong Kong. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis. Paul's arrival is a significant investment in Hogan Lovells Cadwalader's private capital and M&A platform in Asia Pacific. His appointment deepens the firm's Greater China transactional capabilities and enhances the role of its Hong Kong office as a gateway between Greater China, international capital and investment opportunities across the region. James Doyle, Global Head of the Corporate & Finance practice, commented: "Paul's arrival is a significant strategic investment in our global Corporate & Finance platform. Private capital is a priority for our firm, and Asia Pacific continues to be a critical market for clients pursuing complex cross-border investments and transactions. Paul's market-leading reputation, sophisticated transactional practice and relationships with major sponsors and institutional investors will further strengthen our ability to support clients as they deploy capital across Asia and internationally." Paul is a highly regarded private capital and M&A lawyer with extensive experience advising private equity sponsors, institutional investors and financial institutions on complex transactions across Asia Pacific with a particular focus on the real estate industry. His practice spans inbound and outbound investments, acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, minority and control investments, asset and property management arrangements, real estate financings, and infrastructure, with a particular focus on data centers. Jacky Scanlan-Dyas, Corporate & Finance Practice Group regional head for Asia Pacific, commented: "We are building greater depth across our Asia Pacific Corporate & Finance platform, particularly in private equity and M&A, while continuing to strengthen our capabilities in the real estate and private capital industry sectors. Paul's practice sits at the intersection of those capabilities and responds directly to the increasingly sophisticated needs of clients investing into, within and out of Asia Pacific. His arrival also strengthens our Greater China offering and creates significant opportunities for collaboration across our regional and global network." Owen Chan, Regional Managing Partner, APAC, added: "Greater China is an important part of our Asia Pacific strategy, and Hong Kong plays a critical role in connecting clients and capital across the region and with global markets. Following our transformational combination, Paul's arrival demonstrates our continued commitment to investing in premium talent across Asia Pacific and building an integrated platform that can support clients on their most sophisticated cross-border opportunities." Paul commented: "Hogan Lovells Cadwalader offers a compelling combination of deep roots in Asia Pacific, sophisticated regional capabilities and an expanded global platform. I look forward to working with colleagues across the firm to help clients navigate complex real estate, private capital and M&A transactions in Greater China and internationally. I am also delighted to reunite with my former partners, David Wang in Shanghai and Meka Meng in Beijing, with whom I have worked closely for more than a decade, as we build a market-leading private equity and M&A practice in the region." Paul's arrival builds on the firm's sustained strategic investment across Asia Pacific, which is focused on strengthening our capabilities in key markets and areas of growing client demand. Recent additions in 2026 include Banking & Loan Finance Partner Eric Tan, in Singapore and Corporate and M&A Partners Sugianto Osman and Prasetyo Sukirno in Jakarta through DNFP in association with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader.

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader's Indonesia tie-up hires two partners. The corporate and finance lawyers have joined tie-up Dewi Negara Fachri & Partners. September 18, 2026 Indonesia's Dewi Negara Fachri & Partners (DNFP), in association with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, has strengthened its corporate and finance practice with two hires. Registered users get 2 free articles in 30 days. Subscribers have full unlimited access to FinanceAsia. Not signed up? New users get 2 free articles per month, plus a 7-day unlimited free trial.