Clifford Chance snares BLP’s contentious tax head Sarah Downey Senior exits from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) continue apace as Clifford Chance has confirmed the hire of Liesl Fichardt, the…
US lateral spree: Jones Day closes in on 50 hires for 2013 as King & Spalding continues to crank up City offering Jaishree Kalia In its 49th lateral hire of 2013, Jones Day has hired Latham & Watkins finance partner Brian Conway to its…
Healthy competition: Capsticks takes five partners from DAC Beachcroft Francesca Fanshawe It may be one of its signature practice areas but progressive insurance giant DAC Beachcroft last week (30 August) confirmed…
Revolving doors: Macfarlanes continues lateral hiring spree as DWF and Walkers make key appointments Jaishree Kalia As Macfarlanes’ tightly focused business model goes from strength to strength amid testing market conditions, its rate of lateral hires…
RSM Tenon in administration as three UK firms carve out Challinors Sarah Downey The break-up of debt-laden Midlands firm Challinors took a ‘hunter turned hunted’ twist yesterday afternoon (22 August) after administrator RSM…
Revolving Doors: Ashurst makes key energy hire in New York as Gibson Dunn and Squire Sanders expand in London Jaishree Kalia Ashurst this week announced the hire of Allen & Overy (A&O) energy partner Charles Williams in a bid to boost…
Revolving Doors: Linklaters hires former Herbert Smith Asia head as Clayton Utz and Norton Rose make key hires David Stevenson Herbert Smith Freehills recent internal confidence that its run of post-merger exits had come to an end has been dashed after…
Revolving Doors: Macfarlanes, LG and Howes Percival boost commercial real estate as CMS takes on RPC reinsurance head Sarah Downey A resurgence in commercial real estate work has seen heightened lateral activity in the sector with hires by Macfarlanes, Lawrence…
Kirkland’s trophy hire – Robert Khuzami to join the firm in Washington Legal Business If securing senior US regulatory agency lawyers can be compared to a highly competitive game of cards, then Kirkland &…
European movers: Bakers bolsters Madrid office with team of 20 as Hogan Lovells launches in Luxembourg and Wragges takes on Paris team David Stevenson In many ways it is a curious time to be building up corporate and finance capability in the depressed Spanish…
Risky business: BAE’s compliance head to direct risk at Rolls Royce as Lord Gold’s monitor role comes to an end Francesca Fanshawe BAE Systems compliance and regulation chief counsel Mark Serfozo has moved to Rolls-Royce as director of risk after nearly 20 years…
Revolving Doors: DAC Beachcroft, RPC, K&L Gates and Reed Smith boost London offering with lateral hires David Stevenson London has been the focus of a series of hires for top national, City and US firms including DAC Beachcroft,…
India calling: Freshfields and Linklaters make key India hires as Amarchand opens up its partnership Jaishree Kalia The periodic excitement over the liberalisation of the Indian legal market may currently be reduced to background chatter but the…
Revolving Doors: HSF and SJ Berwin hire finance management team as Covington and Cleary bring in litigation partners Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has filled its two most senior finance slots with the hire of Kirkland and Ellis finance chief…
SJ Berwin creates new COO role with hire of McKinsey’s Baumgartner Legal Business Top 25 City firm SJ Berwin has announced the hire of Rick Baumgartner as the firm’s first-ever chief operating officer…
White & Case continues capital markets drive as Milan boasts full DCM suite Jaishree Kalia White & Case has made no secret of its strategic objective to boost its global capital markets capability and last…
A&O finance veteran joins Co-op Jaishree Kalia Alistair Asher takes on GC role as firm acts on major bank rescue Securing a major deal and having one…
Mills & Reeve adds DLA’s defendant insurance team Legal Business DLA completes withdrawal as CMS adds RPC head Mills & Reeve and CMS Cameron McKenna boosted their offerings at opposite…
Revolving Doors: Squire Sanders, Pinsent Masons and Bird & Bird boost corporate and finance capability Legal Business Squire Sanders has today announced the hire of US Dorsey & Whitney City-based corporate finance partner Matthew Doughty in a week that has also seen…
Revolving Doors: Field Fisher hires Taylor Wessing’s David Kent as Irwin Mitchell and TLT make key hires Legal Business Taylor Wessing’s long reputed head of inward investment David Kent is to join Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) in a week that…
