Weil boosts finance practice with Ashurst hire in New York Jaishree Kalia US firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges continues to boost its global finance practice with the hire of Ashurst banking partner…
‘A true litigator’: O’Melveny & Myers hires Asian heavyweight Denis Brock from King & Wood Mallesons Legal Business Litigation partner Denis Brock, who headed Clifford Chance’s Asian disputes practice for nine years, has swapped King & Wood Mallesons…
Hogan Lovells loses Asia restructuring head Neil McDonald in Hong Kong Legal Business Top ten global firm Kirkland & Ellis continues to build its Asia offering hiring Hogan Lovells head of restructuring in…
PwC Legal makes City corporate push with McDermott partner hire Sarah Downey PwC Legal has hired McDermott Will & Emery City-based corporate partner Mark Crofskey in a bid to boost its UK legal…
Jones Day hires Paul Hastings’ Neil Hamilton as it builds its London capital markets practice Legal Business Within a week of hiring high-yield partner Jonathan Bloom from Ropes & Gray, Jones Day has expanded its securitisation capability…
KWMSJB brings in arbitration partner to develop Russia and CIS disputes work Legal Business Just two years after joining Winston & Strawn’s international arbitration group from the legacy Norton Rose, London-based disputes lawyer Andrei…
Revolving doors: White & Case, DLA Piper, A&O and K&L Gates strengthen offices abroad Legal Business Last week saw an array of international lateral moves with Global 100 firms White & Case, DLA Piper, Allen &…
Baker & McKenzie takes Norton Rose Fulbright’s EMEA head of energy Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie has brought in leading energy lawyer, Weero Koster, who headed Norton Rose Fulbright’s EMEA energy practice, to…
Clifford Chance takes HSF partner in bid to boost its capital markets practice in Paris Legal Business Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has hired longstanding Herbert Smith Freehills’ partner Alex Bafi, one of London’s high-profile US securities…
Freshfields hires US M&A and leveraged finance heads in New York expansion Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired division heads for its M&A and leveraged finance practices in a drive to increase the…
Clifford Chance takes corporate team from Willkie Farr two years after leaving Freshfields Legal Business Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has made a private equity push in continental Europe with the hire of Willkie Farr…
Bingham’s City arm faces restructuring team exodus to Akin Gump Jaishree Kalia Bingham McCutchen is set to suffer the departure of a team of City partners from the firm’s trophy financial restructuring…
Boies Schiller hires WilmerHale’s Miles to boost London arbitration Jaishree Kalia US litigation powerhouse Boies Schiller & Flexner has hired long-serving arbitration partner Wendy Miles from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr…
‘We would expect to bring in a few more lateral hires’ -Slaughter and May loses London tax partner to Greenberg Traurig Maher Legal Business Having broken with tradition in making its first-ever lateral hire this year, Slaughter and May has seen a rare departure…
Squire Patton Boggs takes Sidley Austin’s last German partner as Taylor Wessing builds private client practice Legal Business Eight years after founding Sidley Austin’s office in Frankfurt, Jens Rinze, the firm’s last remaining partner in the country after…
Revolving doors: US sees spate of lateral hires Jaishree Kalia Lateral hires last week have seen Mayer Brown, DLA Piper and Reed Smith make key hires in their US practices,…
Clydes hires Kennedys aviation heavyweight as it builds practice Jaishree Kalia Clyde & Co has hired Kennedys’ aviation liability and insurance star David Johnston with further lateral hires expected.
Freshfields NY corporate partner joins King & Spalding as former Amsterdam chief joins boutique Legal Business With Magic Circle firms still vowing to break ground in the US legal market, Manhattan-based corporate partner Matthew Jacobson has…
Another partner exit at Weil’s London office Legal Business Weil Gotshal & Manges’ head of European high yield Gil Strauss has become the most recent prominent partner to leave…
Clydes continues to grow ME practice while Jones Day hires in Singapore Legal Business Following a string of international lateral hires over recent months, Clyde & Co continues to bolster its team in the…
