Revolving doors: Global 100 firms kick off new year with heavyweight hires Tom Baker Continuing the frenetic pace of recruitment displayed throughout 2021, 2022 has begun with Allen & Overy (A&O) adding an established antitrust…
Revolving doors: Management merry-go-round as CC, Mayer Brown and Watson Farley name new leaders Tom Baker Capping off a week of significant change in big law’s C-suites, Clifford Chance has appointed financial markets partner Charles Adams…
Revolving doors: Bumper week for Taylor Wessing with team hire in Poland and double partner swoop in London Tom Baker Taylor Wessing dominated this week’s lateral partner recruitment, with eye-catching expansion both at home and abroad. In Poland, the firm…
Revolving doors: White & Case lands corporate heavyweight from Clifford Chance as Hogan Lovells makes German team hire Tom Baker Headlining the latest round of lateral partner appointments, White & Case has made an eye-catching move for Clifford Chance’s former…
Revolving doors: Cleary makes Bay Area move as HogLov and Squire enhance Africa offerings Mark McAteer In a bold Bay Area play, Cleary Gottlieb has announced that it is opening in California with the arrival of…
Revolving doors: Capita appoints new legal chief as Clifford Chance lures back former PE star Tom Baker In a major in-house move, professional services company Capita has appointed Claire Denton as its new chief general counsel and…
Revolving doors: Mishcon expands in Singapore as Squire takes on Madrid buyout team Tom Baker Bouncing back from a swathe of pre-IPO disputes partner exits, Mishcon de Reya has made a senior contentious hire in…
Revolving doors: HSF takes two senior New York litigators from Hogan Lovells as Littler expands in Portugal Tom Baker Amid a hectic week for lateral partner recruitment, Herbert Smith Freehills has picked up two former Hogan Lovells financial litigation partners in New…
Revolving doors: Goodwin lures capital markets guru as Ashurst boosts derivatives practice Tom Baker Amid the latest round of lateral hires, Goodwin has picked up capital markets partner and ESG specialist Ariel White-Tsimikalis from Bryan…
Revolving doors: private equity spree continues as Gibson Dunn hires buyout team from Vinson & Elkins Tom Baker Continuing the private equity theme set by last week’s spate of hires, Gibson Dunn has appointed a trio of buyout partners from…
Revolving doors: Kirkland picks up Freshfields private equity stars again as seven partners depart pre-IPO Mishcon Tom Baker With echoes of David Higgins’ landmark $10m switch in 2017 , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has lost two up-and-coming private equity…
Revolving doors: Disputes dominate as Willkie and HFW make major London team hires Tom Baker In a headline week for the London disputes market, a three-partner antitrust litigation team from Quinn Emanuel’s market-leading practice has…
Revolving doors: Ashurst makes senior high yield hire from Shearman as WilmerHale sees double departure to G100 rivals Tom Baker Amid another hefty round of parner recruitment, Ashurst has made a senior hire in London, bringing in Jacques McChesney as…
Rare blow for Cravath as Freshfields hires Zoubek to co-head Wall Street M&A team Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Cravath M&A partner Damien Zoubek to co-head its New York corporate practice alongside Ethan Klinsberg,…
Revolving doors: McDermott makes Paris antitrust move as HSF bolsters German corporate offering Mark McAteer The past week has seen a number of moves between Global 100 players in Europe, as well as some significant…
Revolving doors: Stephenson Harwood lands former A&O partner in restructuring push Tom Baker Stephenson Harwood has made a significant addition to its restructuring practice, hiring former Allen & Overy partner Tim Crocker in…
Revolving doors: Shoosmiths calls up Telefónica GC as post-summer recruitment spree begins Tom Baker Headlining a hectic week of partner recruitment, Shoosmiths has landed in-house veteran and former Telefónica UK general counsel Ed Smith…
Revolving doors: Sidley makes triple acquisition among spate of senior City hires Tom Baker It was a significant week of expansion for Sidley as it made a trio of eye-catching partner hires in London.…
Revolving doors: Dechert makes double hire in California as King & Spalding lures Brussels head Tom Baker In a more muted round of lateral partner recruitment as August draws to a close, Dechert, King & Spalding and Dentons…
Revolving doors: Withers makes global splash with four partner hires as Curtis opens in Saudi Arabia Tom Baker In a week of significant international expansion, Withers has added four lateral partners to its global benches while Curtis, Mallet-Prevost,…
