Revolving doors: Paul Hastings takes three Americas partners from Allen & Overy Sarah Downey Paul Hastings has made a rare move on a UK firm in its own backyard, with news that is to…
Lateral hire: Pinsents lures Addleshaws financial regulation head Kathryn McCann Pinsent Masons has today (3 March) announced the hire of respected Addleshaw Goddard financial regulation head David Heffron.
Revolving doors: DWF, CMS, BLP and Mayer Brown make key hires Sarah Downey DWF, CMS Cameron McKenna, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), and Mayer Brown have all made strategic hires in the last week,…
Spring hires: KWM and A&O bolster core City teams with notable recruits Jaishree Kalia International heavyweights King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) and Allen & Overy (A&O) have ushered in spring by today (2 March)…
Hogan Lovells hires Bingham finance partner in New York and Mayer Brown trio in China Sarah Downey Having sought to upgrade its finance practice in New York since the 2010 union of Lovells and Hogan & Hartson, Hogan…
Significant departures: Milbank hires Linklaters’ global energy co-head in double partner hire Legal Business Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has hired two leading projects partners from Linklaters‘ London office, Matthew Hagopian and Manzer Ijaz, who count among…
Building the team: Olswang hires Winston & Strawn IP duo as its corporate head steps down Legal Business Following a somewhat uneven 2014, Olswang has hired an intellectual property partner duo from US firm Winston & Strawn in…
Revolving Doors: Management hires for K&L Gates and Eversheds plus a high-profile GC appointment Kathryn McCann Last week’s laterals saw a focus on hiring management with K&L Gates bringing in a new finance head in Sydney,…
Significant hires: Jones Day bolsters disputes team with Dutch Supreme Court Justice Legal Business The Netherlands’ Supreme Court Justice Coen Drion has become the nation’s first Justice to leave the Dutch court to join…
Significant departures: DWF loses four-partner team to Scottish firm MacRoberts Tom Moore MacRoberts has defied the depressed Scottish legal market by expanding to 49 partners, the highest in its history, after poaching…
Revolving Doors: DLA Piper continues Asia rebuild as Eversheds bulks up its Swiss offering Tom Moore Matthew Elliott’s long-mooted arrival at Kirkland & Ellis from Linklaters stole headlines last week, but LB 100 firms including DLA…
Building a ‘global oil and gas practice’: Latham & Watkins hires HSF energy partner in London Legal Business Latham & Watkins has continued its hiring spree in London with the hire of Herbert Smith Freehills‘ energy partner Simon…
Investing in London: Kirkland hires Linklaters real estate M&A head Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis has hired Linklaters‘ head of real estate M&A Matthew Elliott, who leaves the Magic Circle firm after…
Revolving Doors: A&O and HFW focus on the continent as Gateley and Arthur Cox hire in the City Legal Business Both Allen & Overy (A&O) and Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) made hires to strengthen European offices last week, while Gateley…
Growing the team: Mayer Brown hires DLA Piper’s head of structured trade finance Legal Business Mayer Brown, as it eyes an increase in cross-border asset-based lending (ABL) throughout Europe, has boosted its City banking and finance team with…
News in brief – February 2015 Legal Business KENNEDYS OPENS IN SCOTLAND Last month, Kennedys finally entered the Scottish market with the opening of offices in Glasgow and…
Targeting New York: Clifford Chance bolsters NY office with DLA Piper finance partner Legal Business With US leadership previously announcing intentions to boost the firm’s New York bench, Clifford Chance has today (3 February) confirmed…
Revolving doors: OC and Boodle Hatfield both hire in the City while BLP and Pinsents focus on the Middle East Legal Business Osborne Clarke started last week with a hire from King & Wood Mallesons in the City but other laterals saw…
Significant departures: Latham & Watkins hires CC’s private equity co-head Oliver Felsenstein Legal Business Latham & Watkins has strengthened its corporate bench in Germany with the hire of Clifford Chance’s (CC) co-head of private…
Targeting Amsterdam: Baker & McKenzie bulks up with Linklaters partner and Houthoff Buruma team Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie has ramped up its corporate offering in Amsterdam with the hire of seven lawyers including Linklaters‘ corporate…
