Germany: McDermott hires Ashurst Munich partner to head private equity David Stevenson Ashurst has lost a second senior partner in Germany as Nikolaus von Jacobs leaves to head up McDermott Will & Emery’s…
Ashurst’s Lloyd set to join Allen & Overy subject to partner vote Jaishree Kalia Ashurst’s high profile global head of corporate Stephen Lloyd appears set to join Allen & Overy (A&O) after resigning from the newly-merged…
Revolving doors: Strategic growth for Mishcon, Hill Dickinson, Herbert Smith Freehills, Orrick Rambaud and Addleshaw Goddard Legal Business Mishcon de Reya this week (25 November) announced that it is to completely restructure its tax offering, consolidating its real…
Team hire: TLT takes on 30-strong Irwin Mitchell team in Manchester Legal Business TLT is putting its fledgling Manchester office at the centre of its UK-wide growth plans as the top 60 LB100 firm takes on a 30-strong Irwin…
PwC boosts energy capability with hire of NRF head of nuclear Fiona Reilly Legal Business PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has boosted its nuclear energy capability with the hire of longstanding Norton Rose Fulbright energy partner and head of…
NRF loses second competition veteran as Mark Jones joins Hogan Lovells Legal Business Hogan Lovells has confirmed its latest lateral hire is Norton Rose Fulbright longstanding antitrust partner Mark Jones, who is to join the…
Revolving doors: Key hires for Mayer Brown, Sullivan & Worcester, Harbottle, DWF, Irwin Mitchell and Burness Paull Legal Business Mayer Brown is continuing to beef up its City offering with its seventh partner hire in two months, as Allen…
Dentons’ Howard Morris to join Morrison & Foerster as head of business restructuring Legal Business One of Dentons best-known long term senior managers and a solid restructuring partner, Howard Morris has joined Morrison & Foerster to head…
Baker & McKenzie hires EY tax partner as EY looks at growth David Stevenson Baker & McKenzie has again turned to one of the Big Four accountancy firms to boost its sizeable London tax practice…
Back to basics: BLP hires DLA Piper real estate partner Karen Friebe David Stevenson More recently the subject of headlines announcing partner departures, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) today announced the appointment of Karen Friebe, a…
Davis Polk bolsters English law practice with hire of Ashurst finance partner Nick Benham David Stevenson Davis Polk & Wardwell’s aggressive approach to building and developing an English law practice has seen the top 30 global…
Field Fisher loses construction head to Fladgate weeks after loss of privacy head to Hogan Lovells Legal Business Just weeks after Field Fisher Waterhouse lost its head of privacy Eduardo Ustaran to Hogan Lovells, the 350-lawyer UK top 40…
Negotiations conclude over Simmons’ hire of Mahrie Webb from Burges Salmon Legal Business Long-running negotiations have now concluded between Burges Salmon and Simmons & Simmons over the start date of funds partner Mahrie Webb,…
High energy – Bracewell & Giuliani continues City push with CC partner hire Legal Business With shale gas emerging as one of the most touted new markets for advisers, one of the leading US players…
Hogan Lovells’ ambitious capital expansion draws in second HSF partner Legal Business As Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) continues to lose London partners so Hogan Lovells is in the midst of aggressively bulking…
Bristol tussle over Simmons’ hire of Mahrie Webb from Burges Salmon Legal Business Negotiations are still underway between Burges Salmon and Simmons & Simmons over the start date of funds partners Mahrie Webb, who…
City ambitions – Mayer Brown adds to London laterals tally with hire of BLP finance partner David Stevenson Mayer Brown has added to its tally of recent London hires as Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) finance and restructuring partner Trevor Wood…
Law Society reaches out to City firms with hire of A&O’s Denyer Jaishree Kalia The Law Society has not always seen eye-to-eye with its City firm contingent but the hire of Allen & Overy’s…
Revolving Doors: SJ Berwin corporate heavyweight Harris to Hogan Lovells as Bingham and Bond Dicks make key hires Francesca Fanshawe Just weeks away from its merger with King Wood & Mallesons, SJ Berwin corporate heavyweight Ed Harris is leaving for…
More Paris moves as Linklaters announces triple partner hire Legal Business Further movement in the Paris market has seen Linklaters announce a trio of high level hires as Matthieu de Boisséson, Pierre…
