Reed Smith has added to its New York office with the hire of international funds partner Parik Dasgupta [pictured above] from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM). He joined KWM as an associate in 2012 and made partner two years later. He specialises in commercial, legal and regulatory issues associated with private equity and venture capital fund formation.

Reed Smith's global corporate co-chair, Matt Petersen, said: "Parik's practice is a great fit for our corporate group and, in particular, our strong and growing funds practice. His high-end fund formation experience in connection with private equity and venture capital funds is a perfect addition to our existing practice." Parik's arrival reunites him with the 50-lawyer team that Reed Smith hired from KWM this year across its London, Munich, Frankfurt and Paris offices.

Mishcon de Reya has hired commercial disputes partner Genevieve Quierin from City commercial disputes boutique Humphries Kerstetter. Her practice focuses on banking and finance disputes, competition litigation, regulatory investigations and professional negligence claims. She joins Mishcon's finance and banking group.

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has boosted its London office with the addition of two partners. Data protection partner Kate Brimsted joins from Reed Smith and will head BLP's data and cyber security practice when she joins the firm later this month. Brimsted had been at Reed Smith since 2013 and was made up to partner in January last year.

Meanwhile, corporate tax partner Mark Brailsford is set to join BLP in May from Osborne Clarke. He specialises in international mandates, advising clients on the tax elements of structured finance, securitisations, capital markets and derivatives.

Earlier this week, BLP confirmed that it was pulling out of trademark licensing and disputes work, with a nine-strong team led by the firm's IP head Simon Clark leaving to join Bristows.

DAC Beachcroft has hired corporate partner Nick Fothergill in London. He was previously a partner at Watson Farley & Williams, having trained and qualified at Slaughter and May. His practice focuses on deals in the energy, transportation and finance sectors.

Hill Dickinson has appointed commercial partner Jessica Kohler to its London healthcare team. She joins from Capsticks, where she advised both NHS bodies and GPs in relation to procurement law.

City boutique Signature Litigation has brought on board commercial litigation and international arbitration partner Josh Wong from DLA Piper. Wong has particular experience advising Chinese companies and has acted on arbitrations carried out under ICC, LCIA, SCC and UNCITRAL rules.

Mayer Brown has hired DLA Piper's international arbitration global co-chair Yu-Jin Tay, who joins the firm in its Singapore office. Prior to joining DLA, Tay was a counsel at Shearman & Sterling. He has experience in sectors such as manufacturing, technology, energy and construction and has experience acting for clients on general commercial and M&A-related disputes.

DWF has appointed a new head of competition in Germany with the hire of partner Daisy Walzel from German firm Kapellmann Rechtsanwalte in Cologne. The firm recently announced it was launching a Berlin office with the hire of eight lawyers from DLA Piper.

Jones Day has hired three lawyers, including one partner, in its banking and finance practice in Paris. Partner Christine Van Gallebaert and two associates have joined from French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel. Van Gallebaert has extensive experience serving the Paris market in asset-backed financings, which include securitisation, covered bonds and debt funds. Partner-in-charge of Jones Day's Paris office Sophie Hagege said: "We anticipate great synergies with our banking and finance teams, notably in derivatives, leveraged and acquisition, regulatory, fund formation and capital markets teams."

Bird & Bird has expanded its Copenhagen office with the hire of media and entertainment partner Peer Petersen as head of its Danish intellectual property team. He joins from local firm Bech Bruun and has extensive experience advising Danish and international businesses on copyright issues. He is joined in the move by senior associate Mogens Dyhr Vestergaard.

Orrick has hired Charles Adams, the former US ambassador to Finland, as head of its international arbitration practice. Adams will be based in Geneva. He begins the role on 3 April. Adams will also establish and lead a team that will advise Finnish and Nordic companies on their business strategies in North America. Previously, he held the role of US ambassador to Finland from June 2014 until January 2017.

He will replace Duesseldorf partner Siegfried Elsing and New York litigation partner Bob Sills, who currently co-head the group. Elsing is also chair of the firm's European management board, a role he will continue in. Both Elsing and Sills will also continue fee earning.

Social gaming giant King Digital Entertainment's chief legal officer and company secretary Robert Miller has departed for virtual reality startup Improbable.

Miller joined King Digital in 2012. The company rose to prominence due to the popular Candy Crush Saga game. The company grew from three European offices to 10 and expanded from 150 employees to more than 2,000 during his time at the company. Miller will be Improbable's first in-house lawyer.

Goodwin has appointed partner duo Samantha Lake Coghlan and Paul Lyons as co-chairs of its London office. The pair succeed David Evans, who continues in his wider role as Goodwin's European chair. Funds partner Lake Coghlan joined Goodwin in London from Ashurst in 2011. Finance partner Lyons has been at the firm since 2013, after joining from Travers Smith. Both partners sit in the real estate group at the firm. Goodwin has expanded rapidly in London and Europe during the past year, boosting its global revenue to $912m (£731m).