Law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel has appointed six local partners internally, effective April 1. David Klass is a member of the firm's London tax practice where he advises on a range of corporate tax issues and transactions; István Kővári is a specialist in mergers and acquisitions and corporate matters in Budapest; Adam Rooney is a member of Gide's London-based dispute resolution practice group, specialising in commercial litigation and insolvency-related work; Zheng Yu, who is a member of the firm's dispute resolution group in its M&A division in Beijing; Haluk Bilgiç has been hired to head the banking and finance department in Istanbul; and Esra Dündar-Loiseau, head of intellectual property, will also work in the Turkish city.