Insurance: Mills & Reeve takes up last of DLA’s defendant insurance team as CMS snares RPC head Legal Business Mills & Reeve and CMS Cameron McKenna boosted their offerings at opposite ends of the insurance spectrum this week, taking…
CC to boost London corporate and regulatory insurance capability with hire of NRF’s Ashley Prebble Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) has hired Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) corporate insurance partner Ashley Prebble as the Magic Circle firm aims…
Visa Europe’s GC joins A&O’s global antitrust practice Caroline Hill Allen & Overy (A&O) has hired Visa Europe’s general counsel (GC) and executive vice president and company secretary Vanessa Turner…
Hogan Lovells hires rated HSF tax partner in another post merger exit for the firm Legal Business Rated Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) City tax disputes lawyer Rupert Shiers is set to join Hogan Lovells to head its…
Revolving Doors: Olswang, Macfarlanes, Dechert, DWF and Weightmans in strategic partner hires David Stevenson Macfarlanes and Dechert have made key strategic hires in the past few days while top 35, 382-lawyer UK firm Olswang has…
Revolving Doors: Chadbourne, A&O, Trowers and Pinsent Masons boost City offering Francesca Fanshawe London dominated the lateral hiring scene over the past week with firms including US Chadbourne & Parke, Allen & Overy…
Revolving Doors: Osborne Clarke, Eversheds and Bryan Cave among firms to make key strategic hires Legal Business Europe has been the focus of much lateral partner activity over the past week, as firms including Eversheds and Osborne Clarke make…
Strategic Recruitment: King & Spalding continues City drive with Steptoe hire Caroline Hill King & Spalding has continued its City recruitment drive with the hire of Steptoe & Johnson’s London dispute resolution partner…
Global Expansion: Bingham continues recruitment drive with hire of HSF London funds partner Legal Business Bingham McCutchen has expanded its transatlantic offering to European fund managers with the hire of Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) rated…
Strategic review: Eversheds introduces new sector focus as practice heads replaced Legal Business Eversheds has shaken up its sector focus as part of a series of measures introduced by management to adapt to…
Revolving Doors: King & Spalding, Olswang and Sullivan & Cromwell in key partner hires Legal Business The past week saw a clutch of firms including Kennedys, Olswang, King & Spalding and Sullivan & Cromwell make key…
Closed shop: Law Society report shows sharp fall in training contracts Sarah Downey Entering the legal profession has become harder than ever, with the latest Law Society data revealing that the number of…
Revolving Doors: Clutch of firms including Bird & Bird, Dentons and Sidley make key hires Francesca Fanshawe The lateral hires market has over the past week continued to defy an overall drop in activity as Bird &…
Shearman bolsters London private equity team with double Weil Gotshal partner hire David Stevenson The brisk trade in private equity partners continues in the City with news today (15 March) that Shearman & Sterling…
Comment: A star signing is one thing but who needs a lateral? Legal Business The worlds of business, politics and sport have since the 1970s fallen increasingly under the spell of the star individual…
Latham picks up three-partner Shearman team for Düsseldorf launch Jaishree Kalia Latham & Watkins is to further expand its German corporate capability with the launch of a Düsseldorf office after hiring…
Global London advances – Latham secures third senior City recruit of the year Caroline Hill Latham & Watkins has recruited high-profile Norton Rose derivatives and structured finance partner Dean Naumowicz as the US giant makes…
Recent spate of lateral hires a blip in a quiet year so far Caroline Hill Despite the City lateral hire market recently showing few signs of returning to its pre-credit crunch peak, yesterday (1 May)…
A star signing is one thing but who needs a lateral? Pritchard The worlds of business, politics and sport have since the 1970s fallen increasingly under the spell of the star individual…
The I in Team – what it takes to turn a lateral into a star player Legal Business Hiring star partners remains the main tactic for firms hoping to move up a division. Legal Business talks to four…
