Dentons expands again, opening Munich office with Norton Rose team Legal Business Dentons will launch an office in Munich this summer in a bid to strengthen its corporate offering with the recruit…
Gowling WLG boosts banking and projects ranks with appointments from Dentons and HSF Kathryn McCann Gowling WLG has made a double partner hire, appointing Dentons’ Matthew Harvey in banking and finance and former Herbert Smith…
Freshfields loses another Paris partner as Norton Rose Fulbright takes tax specialist Sarah Downey Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has made a key appointment with tax partner Antoine Colonna d’lstria from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer moving…
Weil makes key infrastructure hire with appointment of HSF’s London head of private equity Legal Business Weil, Gotshal & Manges has landed Herbert Smith Freehills‘ London head of private equity James MacArthur as the US firm…
‘Too good to pass up on’: Former Addleshaw banking head Papworth joins gunnercooke Kathryn McCann Richard Papworth, who served as head of banking and finance at Addleshaw Goddard until retiring last May, has joined corporate…
Hogan Lovells makes Asia arbitration play with BLP hire Legal Business Hogan Lovells continues to make a play for greater market share in Asia with the hire of Berwin Leighton Paisner‘s…
Taylor Wessing takes former Latham technology co-chair in bid to build out TMC practice Legal Business Taylor Wessing has made a key lateral hire to its technology, media and communications (TMC) practice in London with Latham…
Revolving doors: HSF, Pinsents and Bird & Bird make key international laterals while High Court judge returns to Bar Legal Business Last week saw a host of international law firm lateral hires, while judge Sir Jeremy Cooke has left the UK’s…
Kirkland takes fourth Linklaters City partner in a year, appointing PE partner Holdsworth Tom Moore Kirkland & Ellis has returned to Magic Circle firm Linklaters for one of its last remaining private equity heavyweights in…
Ropes continues City buyout push with hire of Travers star Helen Croke Legal Business Having landed Travers Smith private equity veteran Phil Sanderson in 2014, top 50 US law firm Ropes & Gray has…
Willkie hires Bain euro GC as Wall St player strives to establish itself in City buyout sector Legal Business Willkie Farr & Gallagher has made a prominent recruit to its London arm with the appointment of Bain Capital Credit’s European…
Cleary Gottlieb lands A&O FinReg head Bob Penn in rare City hire Jaishree Kalia In a rare partner exit from Allen & Overy (A&O), the firm’s head of non-contentious financial services regulation Bob Penn…
White & Case hiring spree continues with appointment of Ashurst capital markets partner Tom Moore As White & Case aims to build a 500-lawyer practice in the City by 2020, its recruitment spree has continued…
Sidley Austin reunites Willkie partner with incoming Kirkland private equity team Legal Business Sidley Austin has filled a hole in its City finance debt team with the hire of Willkie Farr & Gallagher…
Baker & McKenzie lands another Barclays lawyer with global competition head hire Tom Moore Less than a year after it hired Barclays Bank’s global head of financial crime Jonathan Peddie, Baker & McKenzie has…
Revolving Doors: Freshfields, Dentons and Pinsents make key hires as Uber and Callcredit build in-house teams Legal Business Following a string of seven recent hires to its Advanced Manufacturing and Technology (AMT) sector, Pinsent Masons has boosted its…
Ashurst loses another partner to Gibson Dunn as Perry quits Legal Business Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has revisited Ashurst for yet another lateral hire, appointing financial institutions partner James Perry.
Clifford Chance rebuilds competition team with plum hire from the CMA Legal Business Just one week after losing star competition partner Alastair Mordaunt to Magic Circle rival Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clifford Chance has…
KWM real estate duo land at Ashurst following restructure Tom Moore With 24 partners on the market following King & Wood Mallesons‘ (KWM) decision to axe 15% of its European and…
‘The ideal platform’: Stevens & Bolton shows award-winning credentials with senior CC partner hire Legal Business Legal Business‘ National/Regional Firm of the Year, Stevens & Bolton, has underlined its ability to offer City levels of expertise…
