Van Berkum, who focuses on the energy, infrastructure and telecoms sectors, spent several years at Simmons’
Bird & Bird’s operation in
The addition of van Berkum follows the arrival of contentious intellectual property partner Marc van Wijngaarden, who joined from Dutch patent firm Arnold & Siedsma last month.
In November, the TMT leader beefed up its City capabilities with the hire of three partners from Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, including commercial and technology group head Simon Shooter.
Significant continental developments include the launch of a corporate finance practice in