Appointments

Dechert has announced the appointment of Carol Widger as new managing partner of the global law firm's Dublin office. Ms Widger, a senior financial services specialist, brings expertise advising fund promoters, fund managers, AIFMs, and other firms providing services to investment funds.

William Fry has announced the appointment of New York lawyer Lyn Brennan as a partner to the firm's banking & finance department. Ms Brennan joins from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP in New York, where she has worked for the last four years. Prior to this, she worked in Dublin with A&am

Belfast-based Higgins Hollywood Deazley (HHD) Solicitors has appointed Nick Bennett as an immigration solicitor. Mr Bennett, who is also secretary of the Immigration Practitioners' Group NI, was previously a legal executive in the firm's immigration department.