Career

Björn Weidehaas and Philipp Schmitter have moved from LUTZ/ABEL to SGP Schneider Geiwitz. Since 1 September, Weidehaas has been a managing director of SGP Schneider Geiwitz Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, working from the Ulm and Munich locations, while Schmitter has joined as [...]

Ombretta Dal Negro joins Morri Rossetti & Franzosi as Of Counsel. The Milan-based firm announced the appointment on its own website on 4 September 2026. Ombretta Dal Negro According to the announcement, Dal Negro’s practice covers commercial and corporate law, [...]

Dr. Olga Engelking has joined Schalast Law | Tax as an Equity Partner in Berlin, effective 1 May 2026, to establish and lead a dedicated notary practice at the firm’s Berlin office. She brings with her an experienced team from [...]

Jan Hückel joins Taylor Wessing as Equity Partner in the firm’s Corporate/M&A practice. He moves from McDermott Will & Schulte to Taylor Wessing’s Düsseldorf office, effective 1 April 2026. Jan Hückel Hückel advises national and international companies as well as [...]

Stuart Nelson, Partner, has joined Norton Rose Fulbright’s Minneapolis office from Fish & Richardson, strengthening the firm’s patent prosecution practice in the United States. Nelson brings mechanical engineering credentials and more than two decades of litigation, arbitration, and inter partes [...]

Natasha Ahmed, Partner, has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s London office as co-head of the Technology & Intellectual Property practice, effective March 2026. Ahmed brings specialist experience in complex IP and strategic commercial contracts, with particular focus on [...]

Nichola Foley, Partner, has joined Jones Day’s London office in March 2026 as a member of the firm’s Financial Markets practice group. Foley brings specialist experience advising financial institutions, investment firms, and market participants on regulatory matters, transaction structures, and [...]

Alston & Bird has elevated three practitioners to partner across its U.S. offices in March 2026. Cheryl Isaac joins the Financial Services Group in Washington, D.C., Robert Friedman enters the Federal & International Tax Group in New York, and Cynthia [...]

Four partners have joined Ashurst’s New York office from Bracewell in March 2026, expanding the firm’s Finance and Restructuring Group to 30 lawyers in the U.S. financial center. The arrivals—Jeris Brunette, Mark Dendinger, Rebecca Keep, and William Ebert—bring collective expertise [...]

The recognition of long-standing professional engagement is a rare distinction in the field of intellectual property law. In this field, both technical expertise and sustained service are essential. Against this backdrop, SONN Patentanwälte partner Daniel Alge has been honored for his many [...]