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Weekly update - 28th september 2026. Welcome to this week's update, where we bring you the latest moves, promotions, and strategic appointments shaping the legal industry. Partner Moves Individual UK & Ireland Dentons has recruited Ed Hunnisett as a Partner in its Employment and Pensions practice in London, strengthening the firm's pensions capability at a time when employers and trustees are navigating increasingly significant strategic decisions around their schemes. He joins from Slaughter and May where he was Senior Counsel for eight years, prior to which he spent 15 years at Norton Rose Fulbright. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced today that leading secondaries practitioner Mary Lavelle is joining the firm as a Partner in its Private Fund Transactions and Investment Management Groups in London. Lavelle will advise both sponsors and investors on complex secondary transactions and related liquidity solutions, including continuation vehicles, LP portfolio sales, co-investments and recapitalizations. TLT has appointed Jennie Chilton as a Partner in its Real Estate team, further strengthening the firm's market-leading Housing and Regeneration practice. Based in London, Jennie joins from Addleshaw Goddard, where she was a Partner in the firm's Social, Sustainable and Green Finance team. She brings more than 25 years' experience advising on the real estate and security aspects of social and affordable housing finance transactions, acting for lenders, institutional investors, registered providers and security trustees across the sector. Sofiya Bumagin, who joins as Shareholder from Sidley Austin LLP, will advise private equity firms and other financial sponsors on infrastructure mergers and acquisitions transactions, with a particular focus on energy transition and digital infrastructure within London. Her experience includes M&A involving battery storage, district heating, data centres, telecommunications towers and fibre networks. McDermott Will & Schulte announced that David Jamieson has joined the firm as a Partner in its Tax Practice Group in London. David joins from Baker McKenzie and brings deep experience in complex VAT and indirect tax disputes, adding further strength to the Firm's growing tax disputes capabilities in London and across EMEA. Ropes & Gray has hired Restructuring Partner Edward Downer from Willkie in London. Downer joins after six years at Willkie, having moved to the firm as a Partner from Morrisons Foerster in 2020. His practice focuses on cross-border restructurings, liability management transactions and insolvency proceedings. Leading law firm Freeths has appointed Heather Gibson as Partner in its Tax team, bolstering the firm's capabilities in corporate, private equity and real estate taxation. She joins from Addleshaw Goddard. Dr. Olga Stürmer is joining Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP as Partner in Private Equity in their Frankfurt office, having been with Freshfields for 13 years. Weil continues to transform its regional offering after the departure of long-serving Frankfurt veteran Gerhard Schmidt last year. Edouard de Rancher has joined Proskauer as Tax Partner in Paris. Edouard advises on the tax aspects of French and cross-border M&A and financing transactions, as well as the resolution of complex tax matters, reorganizations and disputes. He has significant experience in the healthcare and technology sectors, including AI and cryptocurrency, and brings deep industry knowledge across data centres, life sciences, hospitality, advisory, aviation, and manufacturing. King & Spalding announced today that Julie Chapuy, a commercial disputes lawyer, has joined the firm's Paris office as a Partner, continuing the strategic expansion of its International Disputes practice group. Chapuy is the 10th International Disputes partner - and the second in Paris - to join the firm in recent months. Middle East Amani Khalifa has joined Three Crowns LLP as Partner in their Dubai Office and will further strengthen their focus on International Arbitration. She joins from Freshfields. Hourani & Partners has appointed Julia Snyder as a Partner in its Corporate and M&A practice. Snyder joins the firm's Dubai office from the Public Investment Fund (PIF) in Saudi Arabia, where she served as Senior Vice President in the fund's legal function. Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has strengthened its European Life Sciences and Healthcare Practice with the appointment of Eda Zhuleku as a Partner in Munich and Head of Life Sciences Regulatory Europe. Eda joins from A&O Shearman alongside her team, Florian Preinfalk and Michaela Lindner. Taner Hassan, most recently Head of European Leveraged Finance at Paul Weiss, will join in London. Silvia Menendez, who left Clifford Chance as a Senior Associate in 2024 before becoming a Partner at Paul Weiss, will return to the firm as a Partner, working across London and Madrid. The firm has announced the appointments of Partners Clare Auty and Carl May-Smith, both of whom join from Browne Jacobson. Both Clare and Carl will be based in their fast-growing Birmingham office, which recently relocated to 5 St Philip's just two years after launching in the city. The wider firm has added almost 20 new senior hires this year, with our partnership growing to more than 190 colleagues. The move is to strengthen its cyber insurance practice after a previous team decamped to DAC Beachcroft. The team is led by Ed Lewis, who joins after 18 years as a Partner at Weightmans, and he will be accompanied by two associates. Originally an infrastructure risk and coverage lawyer, Lewis created Weightmans' cyber practice, CyXcel GLS, using a multidisciplinary approach to meet client needs across the insurance sector. He also helped the London market set up the Cyber Monitoring Centre. Promotions & Appointments

Proskauer welcomes a competition law team. Published on Sept. 21, 2026 17:35, updated on Sept. 21, 2026 18:47 | 309 words The New York law firm is bringing a partner and his team to Paris from... Proskauer continues its partner appointments, after recruiting Fabrice Grillo for its Global Finance department. The New York firm thus brings in Edouard Sarrazin, who joins the partner ranks from (...) To access this article, the entire site as well as our databases, discover our subscription plans.

Proskauer invests in fund finance practice with new hire. Published on 16/09/2026 The new partner has joined the firm's New York office. International law firm Proskauer has welcomed partner Stewart Ross to its New York corporate and fund finance practice. Prior to joining the firm, Ross was a partner in the debt finance practice at international law firm Kirkland & Ellis, where he advised asset managers and private investment fund managers across the full spectrum of fund finance transactions. Ross has experience guiding clients on a wide range of transactions, including subscription credit facilities, NAV financings, GP stakes financings, and other fund liquidity solutions. He has also represented borrowers and lenders on acquisition, corporate, debtor-in-possession, infrastructure project and real estate financings. Justin Breen, co-head of Proskauer's global finance practice, commented: "Fund Finance is a critical component of our broader private capital offering and sits at the intersection of our market leading global finance and private funds practices. Stew is an excellent addition to our team. His extensive experience advising many of the market's most sophisticated asset managers enhances the perspective we bring to clients and advances our continued investment in a fully integrated fund finance platform." Co-head of the firm's private funds group, Monica Arora, said: "Proskauer has a broad lens across the industry, giving our clients the advantage of practical and commercial advice on a range of fund finance transactions. Stew has a strong understanding of the needs of asset managers. His experience across products makes him a natural fit for the team and further strengthens the cross-practice perspective we bring to the market." Ross added: "The firm's work with fund sponsors, asset managers, and capital providers creates a compelling framework for my practice. I'm excited to join this team, work alongside my new colleagues, and help clients address their financing needs." Related firms.