KWM seeks to rebuild City private equity practice with Fried Frank hire Tom Moore After suffering a series of raids on its renowned City private equity practice, including the announced departure of partner Simon…
Weil makes China lateral move with acquisition of Freshfields’ Ching Kathryn McCann Weil, Gotshal & Manges has bolstered its Shanghai office with the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s New York-qualified corporate partner…
An American in Paris: Jones Day seeks to bolster teams through local recruits Legal Business Jones Day has launched a fund formation practice in Paris through the hire of partner Catherine Martougin from Luxembourg firm Arendt…
Orrick hires Hogan Lovells’ heads of energy and renewables as it continues City build-out Legal Business Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has continued with its European strategy revamp, building its energy team in London by hiring Hogan…
Revolving doors: Key City hires for Gibson Dunn and Bakers as Eversheds loses former planning head Kathryn McCann Last week saw both international firms making strategic moves in the City and at a national level several key hires,…
City moves: Kirkland hires Weil’s London tax chief Kandel as Jones Day boosts its project finance team with a lateral from Latham Kathryn McCann It has been a busy couple of days for the City hire market, with leading London tax partner Jonathan Kandel…
Proskauer’s City hiring spree continues with DLA finance partner Griffith Legal Business Proskauer Rose’s rapidly expanding City office, which hired Baker & McKenzie’s private equity rainmaker Bruno Bertrand-Delfau last week, has bolstered…
C-suite hires: Reed Smith brings in BLP’s leading KM director Dillon and new CIO Legal Business US firm Reed Smith has hired Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP’s) chief knowledge director Lucy Dillon, a hire indicative of knowledge…
Proskauer continues City ramp-up with Bakers’ private equity rainmaker Bertrand-Delfau Tom Moore Intent on building out the firm’s private equity practice in London, Proskauer Rose has hired one of Baker & McKenzie’s…
‘You can’t buy loyalty’ – Fieldfisher’s Lohn on the dos and don’ts of making the lateral hiring game pay off Legal Business For most law firms, growth connotes success. Strategies to deliver the desired growth will usually rely on a steady, sometimes…
CC loses City finance partner to Milbank as Pinsents benefits from German exits with IP hire Legal Business Pinsent Masons has become the latest firm to benefit from the on-going travails of Clifford Chance’s (CC) German offering with…
PwC Legal hires Mayer Brown’s former German chief in financial services drive Legal Business PwC Legal has expanded its German legal team with the hire of Mayer Brown banking and finance partner Jorg Wulfken…
Boies Schiller boosts London presence as it takes on third City partner with WilmerHale hire Legal Business Eighteen months on from its City launch, Boies, Schiller & Flexner has hired its third partner with Kenneth Beale joining…
Brown Rudnick hires Clydes’ corporate head as it targets Francophone work Legal Business Clyde & Co head of corporate Philip Rogers is leaving the firm after eleven years to head up Brown Rudnick’s…
Ashurst blow as King & Spalding secures four-partner team for Tokyo launch Tom Moore King & Spalding has chosen Tokyo as its second base in Asia, hiring a team of Ashurst partners led by…
BLP launches US securities team with BAML director and former Proskauer partner Tom Moore Berwin Leighton Paisner has made a double hire to start a US securities group in the City, hiring former Proskauer Rose…
Former Freehills chairman Crean exits HSF for Jones Day after missing out on senior partner role Legal Business Deputy senior partner Mark Crean (pictured), who served as chairman of Freehills until its 2012 merger with Herbert Smith, has…
Clydes expands Manchester base with new office and partner duo as revenues reach £26m in 2014/15 Legal Business As Clyde & Co’s Manchester office revenues look to hit £26m for 2014/15, the firm is expanding the presence it…
Watson Farley hires Fried Frank London duo to launch structured finance practice Legal Business In a ‘strategic play’ to build its debt capital markets offering, Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has hired a pair…
Big in Japan: Withers pushes further down the Silk Road with MoFo tax hires Kathryn McCann Continuing its recent significant push into Asia, private client specialist Withers has launched a Tokyo tax practice- Withers Japan, Zeirishi…
