Revolving Doors: Proskauer boosts London finance team as Paul Weiss picks up another Kirkland partner Kate Peacock Proskauer has further expanded its London finance practice with its hire of Andrew Payne. Previously at Linklaters in Singapore, Payne…
TfL announces new £120m panel with 19 firms making the cut Theresa Hargreaves Transport for London (TfL) has announced the 19 law firms appointed to its new panel, valued at £120m (excluding VAT),…
Trading places: Quinn New York arbitration head leaves for Brick Court as McDermott makes first post-merger laterals Alex Ryan Quinn Emanuel New York international arbitration practice head Mark McNeill has left the firm to become a barrister at Brick…
Trading places: Leading litigator leaps to Latham as Simpson Thacher bulks up in Boston Alex Ryan Simpson Thacher has continued to build out its Boston office, adding M&A partner William Lay from Kirkland & Ellis. Lay…
More than just size: the Global London firms making the best impression on clients Alex Ryan The Legal Business Global London ranking – which ranks the fifty biggest non-UK firms by their London headcount – is…
Sponsored briefing: Legal developments in Qatar: what the UK legal community should know Guest Blog K&L Gates on the growth, development and sophistication emerging in the Qatar legal market
Paul Hastings withdraws from Milan as K&L Gates loses eight-partner employment team in Australia Thomas Alan Paul Hastings is shutting up shop in Milan as its office head leaves for a US rival while K&L Gates…
Revolving doors: Reed Smith, Haynes and Boone hire in London, K&L Gates in Washington Legal Business Law firms have continued to grow their London ranks, with Reed Smith and Haynes and Boone LLP hiring in the City, while K&L…
Fieldfisher grows finance practice with hire of K&L Gates’ Moller Tom Baker Fieldfisher has appointed Stephen Moller as a partner from K&L Gates, further bolstering the firm’s finance team after its April…
Kaye Scholer takeover fallout: Former London head to exit with team to K&L Gates Georgiana Tudor Just one month after Arnold & Porter‘s takeover of Kaye Scholer went live, legacy Kaye Scholer’s London head has quit…
KWM latest: K&L Gates and Orrick take Munich partners as Covington poised to take top litigator Pollack and team Legal Business US firms K&L Gates, Covington & Burling and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe are the latest to take on partners from the…
It takes two: K&L Gates names new leadership team to replace Kalis Legal Business With longstanding K&L Gates leader Peter Kalis set to step down early next year, the firm has picked Michael Caccese…
‘Adapt or die’ – K&L’s outspoken chief Kalis to stand down after 20 years at the helm of US giant Sarah Downey He has been one of the longest-serving and most outspoken law firm leaders in the conservative US legal market but…
Revolving doors: Mishcon makes key City hire as K&L Gates boosts Fintech practice Legal Business Ahead of the expected summer slowdown, UK firms have made a spate of City hires, with Mishcon de Reya, K&L…
‘An important step’: K&L Gates launches in Munich through King & Wood hires Legal Business K&L Gates has opened its third German office by launching in Munich, with a three-lawyer hire from King & Wood…
Revolving doors: K&L Gates and CC make key appointments as Pinsent Masons makes Magic Circle hire for new Düsseldorf office Legal Business In this week’s appointment round-up, Clifford Chance (CC) has added muscle to its New York office and K&L Gates has…
Comment: K&L Gates’ Tony Griffiths on profit, delusion and how Big Law became obsessed with the wrong things Legal Business Many centuries ago while studying law as an undergraduate, a particularly inspiring corporate law lecturer suggested that I might want…
Profit, delusion and how Big Law became obsessed with the wrong things Legal Business K&L’s Tony Griffiths says the father of business theory has lessons Big Law would do well to learn Many centuries…
King & Wood Mallesons City departures continue as K&L Gates recruits tax partner Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) continues to see partner departures from its London office as K&L Gates has recruited longstanding…
Completing the set: Morgan Lewis takes another two partners from K&L Gates in City structured finance push Legal Business Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has recruited two further partners from K&L Gates, adding to the three already to have made…
