Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has moved one step closer to offering clients a full service out of its still fledgling German offices with the launch of local competition capability led by Taylor Wessing’s former regional practice head Michael Dietrich. Continue reading “Herbert Smith Freehills launches German competition practice with hire of Taylor Wessing head Michael Dietrich”
Revolving Doors: DLA hires in France and the US; Simmons grows Bristol; Gibson Dunn expands in Beijing and Hong Kong
International expansion last week saw DLA Piper hire Holman Fenwick Willan’s (HFW) Paris head of tax Hervé Israël and bolster its US practice with a double litigation partner hire from Greenberg Traurig, while Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher expanded in Beijing and Hong Kong. Closer to home, Simmons & Simmons bolstered its growing Bristol presence with the hire of Osborne Clarke corporate partner Patrick Graves. Continue reading “Revolving Doors: DLA hires in France and the US; Simmons grows Bristol; Gibson Dunn expands in Beijing and Hong Kong”
Reed Smith builds City finance practice with Pinsents REF partner Matthew Heaton
Reed Smith continues to piece together its City finance offering with a series of lateral hires, as Pinsent Masons partner Matthew Heaton becomes the latest to make the switch, joining the firm’s international real estate finance practice. Continue reading “Reed Smith builds City finance practice with Pinsents REF partner Matthew Heaton”
Double exit for Osborne Clarke as telecoms chief leaves for Reed Smith and technology head to Fieldfisher
Top 40 firm Osborne Clarke has suffered the double exit of telecoms head Angus Finnegan to Reed Smith and technology head Mark Webber to Fieldfisher.
Finnegan joins Reed Smith’s media and technology (MT) practice in London, becoming the group’s thirteenth partner in the capital. Continue reading “Double exit for Osborne Clarke as telecoms chief leaves for Reed Smith and technology head to Fieldfisher”
Further Edwards Wildman City fallout as CMS set to take on corporate partner
The fallout from the embattled City office of US firm Edwards Wildman continues as it emerges that corporate partners Eero Rautalahti and Stuart Blythe have resigned, with Blythe set to join CMS Cameron McKenna. It was not known at the time of going to press where Rautalahti is headed. Continue reading “Further Edwards Wildman City fallout as CMS set to take on corporate partner”
Olswang’s head of real estate finance quits for Dechert
Olswang’s head of real estate finance Eleni Skordaki has quit the firm after nearly ten years to join Dechert’s City finance and real estate group.
Skordaki specialises in advising banks in real estate financings and restructurings. Continue reading “Olswang’s head of real estate finance quits for Dechert”
Herbert Smith Freehills boosts US investigations with hire of former assistant attorney and SEC chief John O’Donnell
Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF’s) Manhattan office has capitalised on the US revolving door with the hire of John O’Donnell, a former assistant US attorney and branch chief in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement unit, who joins to boost the top 10 UK firm’s New York investigations division. Continue reading “Herbert Smith Freehills boosts US investigations with hire of former assistant attorney and SEC chief John O’Donnell”
Brown Rudnick hires Speechly’s European IP head into equivalent City role
Brown Rudnick has hired technology and intellectual property (IP) head Alex Carter-Silk from Speechly Bircham to lead its European IP practice in London. Continue reading “Brown Rudnick hires Speechly’s European IP head into equivalent City role”
Norton Rose Fulbright hires CMS Cameron McKenna DCM partner
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has hired CMS Cameron McKenna banking and finance partner Nigel Dickinson to its debt capital markets team. Continue reading “Norton Rose Fulbright hires CMS Cameron McKenna DCM partner”
Squire Patton Boggs brings in former Dundas partner to head UK real estate litigation team
Squire Patton Boggs has made its first UK partner hire since the May announcement that Squire Sanders would unite with Patton Boggs, recruiting former Dundas & Wilson partner Andrew Walker to head its burgeoning UK real estate litigation team. Continue reading “Squire Patton Boggs brings in former Dundas partner to head UK real estate litigation team”