Nationally-spread LB100 firms Addleshaw Goddard, DWF and Pinsent Masons were among those to make strategic additions both in the UK and internationally last week.
Addleshaw Goddard made the most sizeable move, after a recruitment drive in Manchester which saw six partners from Irwin Mitchell boost the firm’s already-sizable real estate team. Continue reading “Revolving doors: National firms lead the pack in spate of UK and international hires”
Lateral recruitment was largely left in the cold last week after a flurry of activity in late February, as London partner moves were nearly frozen out altogether.
In the City, Bristol-based LB100 firm TLT brought in Nick Pincott as a partner in its UK construction, infrastructure and projects team from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he was a partner in the firm’s energy projects group for more than a decade. Continue reading “Revolving doors: City lateral market’s big freeze means hires further afield”
Firms have launched new teams in Paris and Milan on the back of a strong week for European lateral recruitment, while both Ashurst and Eversheds Sutherland have bolstered their IP practices with hires in the UK.
In the City, Ashurst hired former Clyde & Co intellectual property (IP) head David Wilkinson for its London disputes team. Wilkinson has more than 20 years’ experience in disputes and transactions involving patents, copyright, designs and confidential information. Continue reading “Revolving doors: new teams for DLA Piper and Dentons while IP specialists find new homes”
In a week dominated by European and international partner hires, US firms Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and King & Spalding were among four firms to add to their London benches with strategic additions in project finance and white-collar crime respectively.
After the coup of hiring former Financial Reporting Council (FRC) heavyweight Gareth Rees QC last September, King & Spalding has underscored its ambitions of being a serious corporate crime firm in London with the appointment of Aaron Stephens from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP). Continue reading “Revolving Doors: Akin Gump and King & Spalding boost London benches while international lateral hiring continues apace”
Germany has today (12 February) taken centre stage in the European lateral recruitment market with Clyde & Co announcing the launch of a new office in Hamburg on the back of a four-partner team hire from insurance and shipping rival Ince & Co.
Clyde will be launching its second German office after Düsseldorf later this year, with Ince’s former head of English law Daniel Jones and head of admiralty and energy Eckehard Volz. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Clyde & Co launches in Hamburg with four-partner Ince team”
Last week saw a busy lateral recruitment market pick up again, with Fieldfisher and Mayer Brown making headline deals at the expense of Dentons and Allen & Overy (A&O).
Dentons’ former UK head of IP John Linneker is to join Fieldfisher after 13 years at the global giant. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Fieldfisher secures Dentons IP veteran as A&O loses New York finance star to Mayer Brown”
The City is stirring during a typically dreary January with at least six firms making lateral partner hires in London, while others bolster in Europe and Asia.
Baker McKenzie and Clyde & Co both landed two London partners in the last week, while Osborne Clarke, White & Case, Fieldfisher and Brown Rudnick added to the City moves with one lateral hire apiece. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Baker McKenzie and Clyde & Co double up in the City as international hires gain momentum”
The beginning of 2018 has brought a further slew of lateral moves both in private practice and in-house, with Fieldfisher, Kennedys, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Dentons, Bird & Bird, Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF), Osborne Clarke (OC) and Aon all making major hires.
In the UK, Kennedys has boosted its London insurance practice by hiring Katherine Proctor as a partner from sector heavyweight Clyde & Co. As well as insurance, Proctor also specialises in construction, energy and negligence matters. Continue reading “Revolving doors: January lateral rush continues with key City and international appointments”
The New Year often focuses minds on the greener pastures a new job might bring, and so it has proven with last week’s round of lateral moves.
Mishcon de Reya, Hogan Lovells, Dentons, and King & Spalding have all kicked off 2018 with partner hires, following a strong end to last year’s recruitment market. Continue reading “Revolving doors: New year sees no rest for lateral recruitment market”
Lateral recruitment is mirroring the pre-Christmas deal rush after multiple firms announced multiple partner hires last week.
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Fieldfisher, Pinsent Masons, CMS UK and Kennedys have all made lateral moves already this month, following a strong November for partner recruitment. Continue reading “Revolving doors: December shopping spree continues in lateral recruitment market”
