Legal/Compliance

Ogier hires corporate head in Luxembourg; Dentons expands CLO practice; and more private fund lawyer moves.

A sneak preview of our upcoming in-house lawyer roundtable: BEPS, AIFMD and the private fund industry’s next big controversy.

Hamid Yunis has joined McDermott Will & Emery from Taylor Wessing to develop its healthcare practice outside the US.

The office will initially focus on M&A and dispute resolution.

As part of its new offering, the law firm has invested in technology and added a team of 13 lawyers and legal analysts bilingual in Mandarin and English to its Shanghai office.

The international law firm has established a presence in Johannesburg with nine-strong hiring spree.

Kathleen Russ, a private equity specialist who heads the law firm’s tax department, has joined the board of the Office of Tax Simplification.

If you have an off-the-shelf compliance program or ask one of your executives to wear a second ‘hat’ as compliance officer, you’ll want to review Fortius’ recent SEC settlement.

The NY-based law firm has been expanding its private equity practice in London, having named a PE real estate partner earlier this month.

Proskauer nabs a finance lawyer from Reed Smith; Holman Fenwick Willan adds to Geneva; and more private fund lawyer moves.