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…
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…
Trading places: Paul Hastings hires Cravath investigations chair as Paul Weiss private credit co-head departs Eliza Winter Paul Hastings has hired disputes heavyweight John Buretta (pictured) as co-chair of its litigation department, marking the firm’s fourth partner…
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.…
Morgan Lewis opens in Riyadh with A&O co-managing partner Will Lewallen Morgan Lewis has opened a new office in Riyadh, with the new hires including A&O Shearman’s Saudi Arabia co-managing partner,…
Trading places: Latham real estate head leaves for Kirkland as A&O Shearman sanctions head joins Sidley Bertie Ford Latham & Watkins global real estate practice head Michelle Kelban has left the firm for Kirkland & Ellis, where she will…
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: Gibson Dunn hires Latham energy M&A partner as Kirkland PE partner heads to Willkie Tom Cox Gibson Dunn has tapped Latham & Watkins for energy M&A partner Simon Tysoe, a Legal 500 leading partner in London…
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…
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…
Latham, Kirkland and Simpson Thacher come out on top in new Legal 500 US rankings Alex Ryan Legal 500 has launched its 2025 US research, with Latham & Watkins, Kirkland & Ellis and Simpson Thacher emerging as the…
Kramer Levin’s Paris office joins Morgan Lewis amid HSF merger deal Tom Cox A team from the Paris office of New York-based Kramer Levin is scheduled to join Morgan Lewis’ Paris office on 1…
Sponsored Q&A: Morgan Lewis Guest Blog 1. What are the key regulatory changes that have impacted the banking and finance legal market in the UAE in…
International round-up: Morgan Lewis opens second German office as Taylor Wessing welcomes new Ireland partners Legal Business Morgan Lewis is to open a Munich office with a team of 20 lawyers from Shearman & Sterling, in what…
Revolving doors: US moves for Baker McKenzie and Linklaters as Morgan Lewis makes City play Muna Abdi US and City firms have extended their reach in key jurisdictions with Baker McKenzie making a move in Silicon Valley and…
International round-up: HFW opens in Abu Dhabi as Morgan Lewis hires new Tokyo head Tom Baker HFW has added a fifth office in the Middle East, launching in Abu Dhabi after a double-partner hire from US…
HSF’s corporate ambitions take hit after losing seasoned trio to Morgan Lewis Tom Baker Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF) rhetoric of improving corporate capabilities has taken a blow after a trio of transactional partners left for…
