Revolving doors: Magic Circle provides talent as UK players strengthen at home and abroad Thomas Alan Last week saw the notable hires of highly experienced partners by rival firms in the UK, with the magic circle…
‘Top of our list’: A&O hires white-collar specialist Giles from Kingsley Napley Nathalie Tidman As the demand for criminal defence lawyers intensifies amid increased scrutiny from regulators, Allen & Overy has bolstered its firepower…
Revolving Doors: Ashurst and Greenberg Traurig strengthen City benches as Pinsents sees moves both ways Thomas Alan A bumper week for City and international lateral hires followed the Easter break last week with Ashurst and Greenberg Traurig…
Mass exodus as McDermott bags 50-lawyer team from DLA to add ‘$100m’ to revenues Tom Baker McDermott Will & Emery has brought in a team – including more than 20 partners – from DLA Piper’s US…
Revolving doors: National firms lead the pack in spate of UK and international hires Thomas Alan Nationally-spread LB100 firms Addleshaw Goddard, DWF and Pinsent Masons were among those to make strategic additions both in the UK…
A&O recruits fintech specialist in rare City lateral while Freshfields loses one in Germany to Latham Nathalie Tidman The old days when the only ways in and out of a Magic Circle partnership were promotion and retirement (forced…
Macfarlanes launches white-collar practice with Eversheds team head hire Thomas Alan Macfarlanes has today (9 March) announced that Eversheds Sutherland corporate crime head Neill Blundell will be joining the firm in…
City of angels: Baker McKenzie launches in LA with Hogan Lovells team hire Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie has opened its ninth US office in Los Angeles after recruiting a five-partner employment and litigation team from…
Global London: Sidley Austin launches London life sciences practice with senior hire from Bristows Thomas Alan Sidley Austin has today (6 March) announced the recruitment of Marie Manley, formerly of Bristows’ life sciences team, as it…
Linklaters offers top-of-equity deal to recruit Cleary rainmaker Casati ahead of his 70th birthday Marco Cillario In one of the most significant senior moves in the Italian market in recent years, Linklaters has hired Cleary Gottlieb…
Revolving doors: City lateral market’s big freeze means hires further afield Hamish McNicol Lateral recruitment was largely left in the cold last week after a flurry of activity in late February, as London…
Revolving doors: new teams for DLA Piper and Dentons while IP specialists find new homes Hamish McNicol Firms have launched new teams in Paris and Milan on the back of a strong week for European lateral recruitment,…
Reed Smith taps Macfarlanes for fund finance head in rare departure from City blueblood Marco Cillario Macfarlanes has seen a rare partner exit as investment fund finance group leader Bronwen Jones quit the City stalwart after…
A long time in law: DLA Piper hires SJ Berwin tax escapees from Reed Smith Hamish McNicol A trio of tax partners who joined Reed Smith in a 17-partner move from collapsed legacy SJ Berwin have moved…
Revolving Doors: Akin Gump and King & Spalding boost London benches while international lateral hiring continues apace Mark McAteer In a week dominated by European and international partner hires, US firms Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and King…
US moves: Freshfields hires DoJ heavyweight while White & Case opens Houston office Tom Baker Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has enhanced its US antitrust bench with the hire of veteran Eric Mahr from the Department of…
Cadwalader takes multiple hits in London as Milbank and Brown Rudnick swoop in Marco Cillario It has been an expansive start of the year in terms of partner hires for a group of finance-focused US…
Can Freshfields limit the damage as Kirkland tempts PE heavyweight with $10m transfer? Nathalie Tidman Nathalie Tidman assesses the fallout as M&A veteran quits an unsettled City giant Even for a market grown blithe to…
Revolving doors: Clyde & Co launches in Hamburg with four-partner Ince team Marco Cillario Germany has today (12 February) taken centre stage in the European lateral recruitment market with Clyde & Co announcing the…
Revolving doors: Fieldfisher secures Dentons IP veteran as A&O loses New York finance star to Mayer Brown Marco Cillario Last week saw a busy lateral recruitment market pick up again, with Fieldfisher and Mayer Brown making headline deals at…
