Trading Places: Ropes hires Freshfields levfin co-head as top Kirkland litigator retires Eliza Winter Freshfields’ leveraged finance global co-head Allison Liff has left the firm to join Ropes & Gray in New York. Liff…
Revolving Doors: Paul Weiss grows funds practice as A&O Shearman welcomes Paul Hastings London partner Will Lewallen Paul Weiss has continued its London buildout with the addition of funds partner Nathalie Sadler from Dechert. Sadler spent 14…
Ashurst restocks PE with three-partner Goodwin team as Perkins merger nears Will Lewallen Ashurst has sought to bolster its private equity capabilities with a team hire from Goodwin, as the firm looks towards…
‘We expect them to hit the ground running’ – Reed Smith ships up to Boston with hire of 12-strong team Alex Ryan Reed Smith is launching an office in Boston, with a 12-lawyer team featuring partners from seven firms including White &…
Goodwin UK revenue up 13% in second consecutive year of double-digit growth Will Lewallen Goodwin‘s UK revenue has seen a second consecutive year of double-digit growth, with turnover climbing by 12.7% to £226.4m, as…
The ‘football managers’ of the legal world – why real estate PE partners are in high demand Kate Peacock Over the past 18 months, around 20 real estate private equity and real estate finance partners have switched firms in…
Revolving doors: Sidley raids Latham again as Fried Frank taps Kirkland for latest London hire Kate Peacock Sidley Austin has hired from Latham & Watkins again, as it brings over the firm’s former co-head of UK equity…
Trading Places: Cleary hires A&O Shearman capital markets duo as Freshfields tech M&A pair move to Covington Will Lewallen In New York, Cleary Gottlieb has hired equity capital markets co-head Ilir Mujalovic and capital markets partner Harald Halbhuber from…
Revolving Doors: City hires at Goodwin, Ropes as Willkie brings in former CC antitrust head Eliza Winter Willkie Farr & Gallagher has hired Clifford Chance’s former UK competition head as a partner in London. Greg Olsen will…
US firms top UK and global rankings in record year for M&A megadeals Kate Peacock US firms dominated the M&A rankings in 2025, according to the latest data from the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG),…
Revolving Doors: Quinn poaches Milbank partner as S&C adds to City structured finance team Will Lewallen Litigation giant Quinn Emanuel has hired financial disputes and investigations specialist William Charles from Milbank, where he spent 11 years,…
Goodwin boosts City private equity with Paul Hastings trio Will Lewallen Goodwin is set to hire private equity partners Anu Balasubramanian, Jamie Holdoway and Chetan Sheth from Paul Hastings, as the…
Revolving Doors: A&O Shearman builds in Riyadh as Kirkland, Paul Hastings, and more make flurry of City hires Eliza Winter Kirkland & Ellis has strengthened its London antitrust and competition practice this week with a double partner hire from Weil.…
Goodwin COO: ‘I want to disrupt not just scale a law firm’ Will Lewallen When Goodwin’s Silicon Valley-based chief operating officer, Mary O’Carroll, first received a call about the firm she had no interest,…
Revolving Doors: Latham hires real estate partner as HSF Kramer loses partners in London and Middle East Eliza Winter Leading the high profile hires this week, Latham & Watkins has continued its financial sector push with a notable partner…
‘Results validating the strategy’: Goodwin posts double-digit growth as ten-year plan kicks in Will Lewallen Goodwin has pushed revenue to a new record high after a year of double-digit financial growth, with the US firm…
Partners at top Philadelphia firms on the state of play in a burgeoning lateral recruitment market Alex Ryan When Kirkland & Ellis made its debut in Philadelphia this January through the hire of a five-partner mass tort team…
Revolving Doors: Cleary launches London real estate arm as Simmons bulks up pensions team Bertie Ford Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has made a decisive move into the UK real estate market, launching a London practice…
Revolving Doors: Proskauer, Mayer Brown and Pinsents hire in PE as A&O Shearman loses German arbitration head Will Lewallen Martin Graham has joined Proskauer’s private equity and M&A team in London, returning to private practice after 18 years at…
Revolving Doors: Eversheds hires in London and Frankfurt while Simpson Thacher and Cadwalader build in finance Theresa Hargreaves Eversheds Sutherland has strengthened its tax department in London with the addition of Kevin Cummings from McDermott Will & Schulte.…
