McDermott boosts Paris corporate team with partner hire from Paul Hastings
15 December 2020
Guillaume Kellner brings M&A and private equity expertise across regulated sectors and infrastructure
Shutterstock; McDermott Will & Emery has bolstered its corporate practice in Paris with the addition of M&A and private equity lawyer Guillaume Kellner. Kellner joins as a partner from Paul Hastings, where he was head of the firm’s corporate department in the French capital. His M&A and private equity experience spans regulated industries, notably healthcare, and he regularly advises funds and industrial groups in the infrastructure sector. Gregoire Andrieux, managing partner of McDermott’s Paris office, said: “We are taking another step forward in our development with Guillaume’s appointment. His track record of excellence and his expertise in regulated sectors in particular, are a perfect fit with the objectives we have set for ourselves.”
Fieldfisher strengthens Spanish practice with double partner hire
10 December 2020
Two regulatory specialists join Fieldfisher s associated Spanish arm in Madrid and Barcelona
Ramón Vázquez del Rey and Silvia Mañá Fieldfisher’s associated Spanish arm, Fieldfisher Jausas, has boosted its regulatory team with the hire of partners in Madrid and Barcelona. Ramón Vázquez del Rey is making the move from PwC and joins the Madrid office while Silvia Mañá arrives from Professor Joaquín Tornos’s public law boutique in Barcelona, where she was head of real estate. Del Rey has more than twenty years’ experience advising public sector bodies and contractors in the energy and natural resources arena covering environmental law, urban planning, public procurement and administrative litigation. He combines his practice with academic duties at two leading Spanish universities and spent seven years as a partner at PwC, having also worked at Uria Menendez, Sánchez and Pintado &