Kate Goodrich Wright is a new partner in the Austin office of K&L Gates LLP’s Public Policy and Law group. She comes to the firm from Holland & Knight LLP.

With 31 sites around the country, Maynard Nexsen is a full-service legal practice that is happy to announce the elevation of 24 new shareholders for 2026.

In order to combine their equities research, sales, sales-trading, trading, and equities Capital Markets (ECM) execution activities, Baker McKenzie advises KBC Securities, a division of the KBC Group, on the establishment and regulatory aspects of a joint venture with Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Banking.

Dentons provided advice to Digitalk’s initial shareholders with the company’s sale to Hansen Technologies, an ASX-listed global supplier of industry-specific software products and services.

Jiangxi Copper Investment Company Ltd. (Jiangxi Copper) is receiving advice from Norton Rose Fulbright regarding its £842 million purchase of SolGold plc.

With the appointment of partner Jonathan Pressley, a commercial litigator and dependable counsel to companies, executives, and organizations dealing with high-stakes disputes and intricate intellectual property issues, Akerman today announced the ongoing growth of its nationwide Litigation Practice Group.

Firm Chair Peter Michaud announced today that twelve lawyers have been elected to Ballard Spahr’s partnership, with effect from January 1. The new partners’ practices cover Ballard Spahr’s legal divisions and are located in six of the firm’s eighteen offices: Philadelphia, Baltimore, Minneapolis, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, D.C.

As part of its continuous strategic expansion on the West Coast, Arnold & Porter announced today the addition of two additional real estate attorneys. Katie McHenry, a Los Angeles resident, joined the firm as counsel, while Katherine Wax, a Seattle resident, joined as a partner.

With effect from January 1, 2026, Dentons Rodyk is happy to announce the promotion of six attorneys to Partner: Corporate: Rachel Tan. Litigation & Dispute Resolution: Alwyn Tan, Hannah Chua, Manfred Lum, Sean Chen. Real Estate: Clarissa Cheong.

In order to assist Proengin, a world leader in independent Nuclear, Radiological, Biological, and Chemical (NRBC) threat detection technologies, in its next stage of global expansion, Hogan Lovells has provided lead investor Eurazeo with advice on how to structure Qualium Investissement’s first continuation fund.