Legal/Compliance

DLA Piper appoints new institutional investor director; Kirkland adds tax lawyer in Chicago; and more private fund lawyer moves.

The team will work in the firm’s Paris office, alongside the team of private equity and M&A lawyers Goodwin nabbed from KWM earlier this year.

Tim Bednall takes over the role from William Boss who resigned in January.

Kirkland has promoted 31 private equity lawyers across its 12 offices, and Goodwin has promoted one in both its London and New York offices.

Corporate partner Matthew Nadworny has been transferred from the law firm’s San Francisco office to start the group.

The law firm continues its hiring spree, after appointing two new partners in its London office last month.

UK prosecutors have thrown out the case against senior vice president Martin Graham, who faced extradition from London to the United Arab Emirates, after being convicted of wrongdoing in absentia in the UAE.

The recruitment company has filed a lawsuit claiming the private equity firm allegedly owes it $2.1m from an acquisition deal.

'The revised plan of reorganization will release all pending and potential litigation claims and causes of action against Caesars Entertainment’ according to the group.

Newly appointed CEO Mike McNamara replaces current co-chief executive officers Jeff Haidet and Peter Wolfson, who will both assume chair positions at the law firm.