US laterals arrive like buses for Linklaters as New York hires second partner in a week Legal Business Linklaters’ New York office is on a lateral hiring spree by its own standards, with the Magic Circle firm following…
Brodies hires Freshfields partner Fountain amid double corporate hire Legal Business Scottish firm Brodies is taking its private equity offering up a gear by hiring Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Karen Fountain…
Dentons boosts competition offering with BLP veteran hire Sarah Downey Dentons has enhanced its competition and antitrust offering by appointing longstanding Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) partner Adrian Magnus to join…
Revolving doors: key hires at Ropes & Gray and Clifford Chance while White & Case loses Polish disputes head Legal Business Global 100 heavyweights Ropes & Gray and Clifford Chance announced key lateral hires last week, while White & Case saw…
Fieldfisher boosts tech nous in Manchester with lateral hires Victoria Young Nearly two years after opening in Manchester, Fieldfisher has swelled its partner headcount with two lateral hires from regional firms.
Clyde & Co ramps up South African offering with Norton Rose, ENS hires Victoria Young Clyde & Co has continued its seemingly relentless international push of the last 18 months, this time recruiting ten new…
‘Supporting strategic expansion’: Wilberforce takes barrister duo from 3 Stone Buildings Sarah Downey Wilberforce Chambers continues to expand, adding Fenner Moeran QC and Andrew Child from 3 Stone Buildings, just weeks after bringing…
Linklaters makes first US lateral hire in two years with Baker’s New York litigation chief Legal Business Linklaters has made a statement of intent in New York by hiring Baker & McKenzie’s Manhattan litigation head Douglas Tween,…
Revolving doors: King & Wood Mallesons, Ropes & Gray, Trethowans make strategic hires Victoria Young On the move this week are partners from Clifford Chance, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Trethowans, who are joining King…
Herbert Smith counters Thierbach loss with King & Spalding hire Legal Business Just over a month since news broke that its high-profile capital markets head Steve Thierbach was leaving, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has…
Clyde & Co continues arbitration push with Berwin Leighton Paisner hire Legal Business Clyde & Co has hired Berwin Leighton Paisner’s co-head of arbitration and energy specialist Richard Power as it continues to…
Macfarlanes taps Ashurst for another real estate hire Legal Business With Macfarlanes having a made a virtue of broadening its service lines post-recession to contribute to its impressive financial performance…
Revolving Doors: Pinsent Masons, Dentons and Mishcon make key appointments Legal Business Pinsent Masons, Dentons, Mishcon de Reya, and Crowell & Moring are among a raft of firms which have made key appointments in…
Dechert hires insolvency partner Fleming from DLA Piper Legal Business US firm Dechert frequently turns to DLA Piper for its City hires and has done so again, recruiting insolvency partner…
Brown Rudnick hires King & Wood European employment head amid high profile departures Legal Business US firm Brown Rudnick has hired King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) former head of employment Nicola Kerr as the Hong…
Orrick takes Weil Gotshal partner to lead M&A team in Munich Legal Business Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has appointed former Weil, Gotshal & Manges partner Thomas Schmid to serve as head of German…
HSF hires BLP project management team as firms race to chop up work Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has ramped up its ability to break down legal mandates so that work can be handled…
Betting on Brussels: Sheppard Mullin takes Hogan Lovells partner in competition law play Legal Business US firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has taken competition lawyer Jacques Derenne from Hogan Lovells’ Brussels office to launch an…
DLA Piper boosts Italian offer with nine hires from Ashurst Victoria Young DLA Piper has hired a team of three partners and six other lawyers from Ashurst for its restructuring and litigation group…
Holman Fenwick Willan takes London banking partner from Ince & Co Legal Business During a tough year for insurance specialists, Holman Fenwick Willan has hired a partner from rival Ince & Co, appointing…
