In a big week for lateral recruitment, a two partner pensions team has quit DLA Piper‘s Leeds office, while Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer‘s Paris real estate head has left for a US firm. Meanwhile, Dechert and Debevoise & Plimpton have made key hires.
While Freshfields made a major play in Paris earlier this month with a five partner private equity team from Ashurst, it has suffered the loss of its real estate head from the same office. Erwan Le Douce-Bercot will move to Jones Day to run its French real estate team, bringing associates Flavia Poujade, Solène Maulard and Alix Pallier.
