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Breaking news and analysis of law firm partner moves, lateral hiring trends and law school graduate employment.
By Simon Petersen | June 15, 2011
Osborne Clarke has hired its first dedicated funds partner, bringing in Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) partner Tim Simmonds. Simmonds, who was based in London until he left BLP at the end of May, is set to join Osborne Clarke in Bristol next week (20 June), where he will be responsible for developing the firm's funds practice across all types of investment funds, including private equity, venture capital, real estate and hedge funds.
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By Simon Petersen | June 15, 2011
Lateral partner hiring by international firms in London rebounded by almost 50% last year, according to new Legal Week research. Legal Week's annual international firms in London survey, which includes submissions from most major foreign practices operating in the Square Mile, found that 93 lateral partner hires were made across the 62 firms surveyed, up 41% from just 66 the previous year.
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By Sofia Lind | June 15, 2011
US firms' aggressive European private equity drive continues as Weil Gotshal makes significant team hire from CC
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By Alex Novarese | June 15, 2011
Legal Week's in depth strand has been timely of late. While May's focus on libel and privacy coincided with sustained hysteria about injunctions, this month's international firms in London focus comes as Weil Gotshal & Manges pulls off arguably the most significant City raid yet inflicted on a leading UK law firm. If nothing else, the resignation of a four-partner funds team from Clifford Chance (CC) is evidence that a select band of US law firms is becoming a steadily more menacing threat to the City's finest.
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By Charlotte Edmond | June 15, 2011
Foreign firms in London still struggle to find that elusive balance between organic growth and lateral hiring. Charlotte Edmond charts the latest trends
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By Charlotte Edmond | June 15, 2011
Foreign firms in London still struggle to find that elusive balance between organic growth and lateral hiring. Charlotte Edmond charts the latest trends
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By Suzi Ring | June 15, 2011
Macfarlanes corporate and M&A partner Garrett Hayes has left the firm to join Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker in London. Hayes, who specialises in M&A and private equity advice and acts primarily for private equity sponsors and portfolio companies on leveraged buyouts, restructurings and auctions, joins the US firm after 16 years at Macfarlanes. He had been a partner since 2005.
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By Simon Petersen | June 15, 2011
Addleshaw Goddard has boosted its Manchester corporate team with the hire of a partner from DLA Piper. Neal Shepherd, who has been at DLA in 1992 and made partner in 1996, is set to join Addleshaws at the end of August.
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By Friederike Heine | June 8, 2011
Ropes & Gray has launched a tax and benefits practice in its fledgling London office with the hire of tax partner John Baldry from Kirkland & Ellis. Baldry, who joined Kirkland's London office in 2006 from Weil Gotshal & Manges, advises on most areas of corporate tax, including structured finance, private equity fund structuring, M&A and restructurings.
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By Sofia Lind | June 8, 2011
Bird & Bird is set to target standalone UK tax advisory work after sealing the hire of a second City tax specialist. The law firm has recruited LG partner Julian Hickey to practise alongside UK tax head Mathew Oliver – currently the firm's only dedicated London partner in the practice area.
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By Simon Lock | November 3, 2020
The legal arm of the Big Four accountant will add 29 partners as part of the deal, significantly expanding its U.K. presence.
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By Andrew Maloney | November 3, 2020
Latham is among those that appear to be gaining ground in the talent market during the pandemic, as Covid-19 continues to spread and substantial uncertainty remains in business and politics.
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By Lizzy McLellan | November 2, 2020
David Antzis spent more than 40 years at Saul Ewing, and he misses the midsize feel it had when he first started there.
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By Patrick Smith | November 2, 2020
The former attorney general and senator from Arkansas is known for his ability to reach across the aisle. Bipartisan Brownstein is counting on it.
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By Catherine Wilson | November 2, 2020
Former state House member Katie Edwards-Walpole, who is known for her agricultural expertise, joins Becker as a senior attorney.
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By Jonathan Erway | November 2, 2020
Texas A&M Law Professor Named MacArthur Foundation Fellow, Receives $625K Stipend Texas A&M School of Law professor Thomas W. Mitchell has been…
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By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | November 2, 2020
McKool Smith intellectual property litigators Aimee Fagan and Phillip Aurentz have joined Sidley Austin's Dallas office as partners.
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By Amy Guthrie | October 30, 2020
The firm promises more growth in Latin America, where it has entered several new markets this year.
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By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | October 30, 2020
Lateral hiring has been active this week in areas including litigation, real estate, intellectual property and even sports law.
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By Aleeza Furman | October 30, 2020
Levenfeld Pearlstein hired two trusts and estates lawyers, WheelermTrigg added a partner to its Denver office, and other midsize moves.
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