Strategic recruitment Archives

Growth plans: Osborne Clarke continues lateral hiring spree

Osborne Clarke (OC) has made its 25th lateral hire in 18 months, while managing partner Simon Beswick has revealed plans…

Revolving Doors: Strategic hires for WilmerHale, Eversheds, Irwin Mitchell and DWF

Francesca Fanshawe

As former co-head of Bird & Bird’s London-based international life sciences sector group and rated intellectual property (IP) litigation partner Trevor Cook joins WilmerHale’s…

Linklaters private equity ambitions dealt a blow by departure of Bagshaw and Youle

David Stevenson

Linklaters‘ now decade-long effort to carve a credible position in the private equity market has been dealt a serious blow as…

Paris walk out: Gide hires nine partner team from Morgan Lewis

Sarah Downey

The highly fluid Paris market has seen nine partners and ten associates walk out of Morgan Lewis & Bockius’ regional office to join Gide…

Key real estate and construction hires for Macfarlanes, Taylor Wessing and Withers

Legal Business

Property and construction lawyers are taking advantage of being back in vogue with a number of high profile moves in…

Acquisitive streak: DWF takes on a 50-strong team from Greenwoods

Francesca Fanshawe

DWF has continued its highly acquisitive streak with the announcement today (11 October) that it has taken on an 11-partner,…

Strategic hires: Field Fisher head of privacy to join Hogan Lovells but held to 19 month notice period

Legal Business

Hogan Lovells has moved to significantly boost its European privacy capability with the hire of Field Fisher Waterhouse group head Eduardo Ustaran…

Rising star: Latham hires Clifford Chance private equity partner Tom Evans

David Stevenson

Latham & Watkins has secured another heavyweight hire in London with the announcement that Tom Evans, a newly made up partner…

US/UK hires: Mayer Brown boosts London securitisation team as Herbert Smith hires New York financial services litigator

Legal Business

Mayer Brown is boosting its English law securitisation capability with the hire of former Mayer Brown lawyer Richard Todd, who…

Going buy-side: Reed Smith’s global managing partner takes over from Hoyt at PNC

Legal Business

It is still reasonably uncommon to see private practice partners step straight into a general counsel (GC) role but Reed Smith’s…

Revolving Doors: Key hires for Mayer Brown, Greenberg Traurig, Herbert Smith, K&L Gates and Pinsent Masons

Legal Business

The lateral hiring spike of September is running into October, as Mayer Brown and US rival Greenberg Traurig Maher bulk up in…

Back to school: lateral hire market picks up with renewed vigour as autumn arrives

Legal Business

BLP sees three partners depart; London hires hit double figures for September The lateral hire market in the City picked…

Asia Pacific: DLA hires four-strong Jones Day team in Beijing

Francesca Fanshawe

DLA Piper has further bolstered its Asia Pacific offering with the hire of a four-lawyer IP team from Jones Day in…

Surprise and strong words as a nine-partner Hogan Lovells team quits for MoFo’s German launch

Sarah Downey

While Hogan Lovells has had its integration challenges since the three-year Anglo/American union that created it, the firm’s well-regarded German practice…

Recruitment drive for Cadwalader in London reaps double Mayer Brown hire

Jaishree Kalia

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft’s efforts to rebuild its London finance team were today rewarded with the hire of two leading Mayer Brown…

Swings and roundabouts: DLA Piper announces replacement Birmingham head and double hire as Patrick Somers joins from BLP

Legal Business

After losing Birmingham managing partner Mark Beardmore to Eversheds last week DLA Piper has announced his replacement plus a double hire to boot,…

Further DLA regional fall out as Eversheds hires Birmingham managing partner and head of technology

Legal Business

DLA Piper has suffered further regional losses as Birmingham managing partner Mark Beardmore and head of technology and sourcing Simon…

Revolving Doors: September ushers in hires for Bakers, Clyde & Co, Eversheds, Pinsent Masons and Irwin Mitchell

David Stevenson

A return to business as usual this September has brought a wave of lateral hires including 4,000-lawyer Baker & McKenzie’s…

Lateral movement: Martin explains Macfarlanes’ current hiring spree

Sarah Downey

One of the biggest surprises to come out of Macfarlanes lately is not that it was one of the strongest…

Revolving doors: Linklaters boosts Asia restructuring practice while SJ Berwin makes key disputes hire

Francesca Fanshawe

In the second recruit to its Hong Kong office in the last couple of weeks, Linklaters has hired former Allen…