Clyde & Co senior partner James Burns is to step down as senior partner to take on a new board-level role at the firm, becoming head of the Americas on 1 November.
Jones Day pulls off significant Middle East coup with hire of HSF heavyweight Khan
Jones Day has hired Herbert Smith Freehills’ Middle East finance head Nadim Khan, who joined the firm to launch its Dubai office in 2007.
Exits stack up as Olswang loses partners to Clifford Chance and Bond Dickinson
Olswang has suffered a double exit with its co-head of life sciences departing the firm in favour of Clifford Chance, while Bond Dickinson has appointed another partner from the tech firm as its head of funds.
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Top silk Howard QC to co-lead Brick Court as Hirst QC steps down
Brick Court Chambers‘ Mark Howard QC has been appointed to co-head the set with Helen Davies QC, as incumbent Jonathan Hirst QC prepares to step down.
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Stay or go? Heavyweight Ward abandons Paul Hastings move to remain at Ashurst
Banking partner Nigel Ward is to remain at Ashurst after it was announced earlier this month he was to make a move to Paul Hastings.
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Bakers looks to Big Four lateral to bolster tax offering as Chadwick moves upstairs
Baker & McKenzie has hired experienced KPMG tax partner Steve Labrum to strengthen its City transfer pricing team.
Vinter is coming: Covington boosts projects offering as former BG GC returns to private practice
Covington & Burling has landed a heavyweight in-house veteran to boost its London project finance offering with the arrival of BG Group’s former general counsel, Graham Vinter, to chair and supervise the expansion of the practice.
Taking the initiative: Burges Salmon pushes ahead on legal apprenticeships through government scheme
Burges Salmon has become one of the first law firms to hire legal apprentices under the Government’s new Trailblazers Apprenticeship in Law initiative, taking on five apprentices who start today (26 September).
‘A great enhancement to our practice’: Quinn lures Macfarlanes’ Berman in latest City hire
In a rare defection from Macfarlanes, financial services head David Berman is set to join Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
Preparing for the worst: legal costs spike as FTSE 100 sets aside £31bn
With corporate counsel consistently burdened by onerous cost constraints levied by their executive, the pressure to deliver efficiencies in-house may prove greater than ever. Newly-released data shows FTSE 100 companies have set aside £31.3bn in the last year for legal provisions, a rise of 22% from £26.5bn the year before.
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Revolving doors: White & Case, Winston & Strawn, Fieldfisher and Bond Dickinson bolster ranks
Although last week saw several partner departures from a select few LB 100 players, namely Ashurst and Simmons & Simmons, a quartet of firms including White & Case, Winston & Strawn, Fieldfisher and Bond Dickinson added to their benches.
Reducing the ranks: CC to cut trainee intake by a fifth by 2018
Clifford Chance (CC) is to cut down its UK trainee intake for 2018 by 20%, reducing numbers from around 100 trainees each year to 80.
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Bond Dickinson latest to blame Brexit as firm implements pay freeze
Bond Dickinson is the latest firm to postpone its salary reviews until November, blaming the Brexit vote for hitting activity levels.
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Allen & Overy takes another two from Simmons in sustained IP push
Allen & Overy (A&O) has taken its third and fourth IP partner from Simmons & Simmons this year, as it strengthens its City IP practice.
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Sticking around: Linklaters Elliott to stay on as consultant as senior partner term ends
Outgoing Linklaters senior partner Robert Elliott will stay on as a consultant at the firm when his term finishes at the end of the month, with a focus on the firm’s Asia offices.
‘A serious point of principle’: Jackson reignites debate over increasing court fees
The debate amongst the profession over ever-increasing court fees continues to prove contentious, with Lord Justice Jackson being the latest to suggest the costs of pursuing civil cases is emerging as a real source of concern.
Ashurst loses another outpost leader with Brussels duo off to Simmons
Ashurst has lost another office head with its long term Brussels managing partner leaving the firm in favour of Simmons & Simmons, along with one counsel.
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Engineering success: Eversheds hires top Nabarro construction disputes partner Douglas
Eversheds has hired disputes partner Jonathan Douglas from Nabarro to join the firm’s construction and engineering team.
Q&A: Morag MacDonald – Bird & Bird IP head on disputes, influences and serious maths
Sitting in the firm’s recently opened New Fetter Lane office, Matthew Field talks to Bird & Bird international head of intellectual property Morag Macdonald (pictured) as the firm targets London expansion.
Canadian cover: DLA Piper to merge with Toronto’s Dimock Stratton
Following Norton Rose Fulbright‘s (NRF) acquisition of a Vancouver firm earlier this month, DLA Piper is to merge with Canadian intellectual property firm Dimock Stratton with sixteen partners joining the global outfit in November.
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