Law Firm Hiring

Eversheds recruits Cobbetts partner to boost London real estate team

By Friederike Heine | July 27, 2011

Eversheds has strengthened its London real estate practice with the hire of planning partner David Hardy from regional firm Cobbetts, taking the number of partners in its planning practice to 11. Hardy, who is qualified as both a barrister and a solicitor, will join from Cobbetts alongside planning associate Michelle Smith and personal assistant Michelle Brown.

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Stephenson Harwood hires Weil energy head for practice push

By Sofia Lind | July 14, 2011

Stephenson Harwood has hired Weil Gotshal & Manges' London head of energy and renewables Andrew McLean, who will transfer to the top 30 UK law firm in September. The corporate partner helped establish Weil Gotshal's consumer and financial services practice in Europe when he joined as a partner 11 years ago from Clifford Chance, where he had been an associate. He specialises in commercial contracts, private company M&A and joint ventures.

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DLA Piper boosts energy practice with CMS and Ofgem hires

By Simon Petersen | July 13, 2011

DLA Piper has bolstered its City energy and infrastructure and project finance teams with the appointment of a former CMS Cameron McKenna partner and a lawyer from Ofgem. Former CMS partner Trevor Butcher, who left his previous firm at the end of April, is due to join DLA Piper in August.

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Stephenson Harwood hires Weil energy head for practice push

By Sofia Lind | July 13, 2011

Stephenson Harwood has hired Weil Gotshal & Manges' London head of energy and renewables Andrew McLean, who will transfer to the top 30 UK law firm in September. The corporate partner helped establish Weil Gotshal's consumer and financial services practice in Europe when he joined as a partner 11 years ago from Clifford Chance, where he had been an associate. He specialises in commercial contracts, private company M&A and joint ventures.

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SJ Berwin competition chief cancels Milbank resignation

By Sofia Lind | July 13, 2011

SJ Berwin has persuaded EU and competition head Stephen Kon to remain with the firm after he resigned last month to join Milbank Tweed 
Hadley & McCloy. Kon was voted into the Milbank partnership in mid-June alongside fellow competition partner Cameron Firth, but both partners subsequently retracted their resignations and opted to stay with the top 20 City law firm.

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Cravath coup as firm secures heavyweight lawyer from DoJ

By Legal Week | July 13, 2011

Cravath Swaine & Moore is strengthening its antitrust team with the hire of Christine Varney, a key player in the Obama administration's efforts to shore up the 
nation's antitrust enforcement efforts, from the Department 
of Justice (DoJ). Varney is due to join Cravath's New York office on 6 September, having taken her post as assistant attorney general of the department's antitrust division in April 2009.

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DWF turns to Watson Burton for Newcastle IP partner hire

By Simon Petersen | July 13, 2011

DWF has strengthened its intellectual property (IP) practice with a partner hire from Watson Burton. Ed Meikle, who specialises in advising on the capture, protection, commercialisation and enforcement of all IP rights, is set to join DWF's Newcastle office later this year.

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Brown Rudnick boosts London with Chadbourne partner hire

By Simon Petersen | July 13, 2011

Brown Rudnick has strengthened its European bankruptcy and restructuring team with a partner hire from the London office of Chadbourne & Parke. Insolvency partner Adrian Harris is set to join Brown Rudnick's London office in August, having been a partner at Chadbourne since 2006.

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Career Clinic: Should I follow my boss to a US firm in London?

By Legal Week | July 10, 2011

"I'm a 2PQE associate at a UK top 50 firm in London, where I qualified. I'm generally pretty happy where I am; the work as yet hasn't been mind-numbing and the firm's been pretty good to me so far - I'm still able to have something of a personal life alongside my time in the office. "However, the partner who's the head of my team is moving to a US firm's London office, and I've been offered the opportunity to go with him.

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Senior banking partner quits SNR Denton to join Norton Rose

By Sofia Lind | June 29, 2011

SNR Denton London banking partner Michael Black is set to leave the firm to join Norton Rose. Black, who is co-head of SNR Denton's financial institutions and funds sector group, joined legacy Denton Wilde Sapte in 2003 from Theodore Goddard (now Addleshaw Goddard), where he had been the firm's head of banking. He originally qualified as a barrister and lawyer in New Zealand in 1992 and has been working in London since 1995.

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New York Law Journal

As Employment Business Booms, 2 Practices Combine

By Aleeza Furman | November 30, 2020

Wechsler & Cohen will close its doors on Nov. 30, when its attorneys move to Harris St. Laurent. 

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The American Lawyer

As Firms Restructure Staffs for the Post-Pandemic Future, Who Will Be Protected and Exposed?

By Dan Roe | November 29, 2020

Law firms are preparing for the future as they navigate the present, illuminating some clear trends about what staffing will look like when the crisis is over.

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The American Lawyer

Sensing Opportunity With Change in Administrations, Paul Hastings Bulks Up Life Sciences Consulting Arm

By Patrick Smith | November 24, 2020

Paul Hastings finds some blue ocean in consulting that complements existing practices.

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The Legal Intelligencer

PLW People in the News—Nov. 24, 2020—Royer Cooper, Eastburn and Gray

By Aleeza Furman | November 24, 2020

Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld announced the addition of partner David S. Antzis to the firm's corporate and business group., and Judy Hayman, a shareholder in the Doylestown office of Eastburn and Gray, presented a CLE to the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's annual Family Law Institute.

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New Jersey Law Journal

Former Superior Court Judge Bolsters Pashman Stein's Public Interest Practice

By Suzette Parmley | November 24, 2020

Retired Union County Superior Court Judge Stuart Peim will assist pro bono clients with immigration, criminal and other matters through the firm's 1-year-old Justice Gary S. Stein Public Interest Center.

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The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Nov. 24, 2020—Cummins Law, Barley Snyder

By Aleeza Furman | November 24, 2020

Daniel E. Cummins of Clarks Summit firm Cummins Law presented a Zoom CLE program titled "Celebrating the Holidays With Tort Talk: A Holiday-Themed Civil Litigation Update," and Barley Snyder partner Justin Tomevi spoke to approximately 150 of his fellow York County attorneys at a recent virtual event.

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New Jersey Law Journal

On The Move: Vaughan Baio & Partners; Wong Fleming

By Jonathan Erway | November 24, 2020

Four Partners Join Vaughan Baio & Partners Vaughan Baio & Partners added four partners—Peter P. Perla Jr., Joseph P. Horan II, Susie B.…

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Daily Business Review

Civil Rights Lawyer Joins Plaintiffs Firm Behind McDonald's Discrimination Litigation

By Dan Roe | November 23, 2020

Daryl Parks, whose clients have included the families of Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin, has joined the Ferraro Law Firm, helping to lead its discrimination lawsuits against McDonald's. 

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Texas Lawyer

Newsmakers: Week of Nov. 23, 2020

By Jonathan Erway | November 23, 2020

Michael D. Pegues, a Dallas-based partner and vice chair of the intellectual property litigation practice at Polsinelli, has been appointed by Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson to the board of commissioners for DHA, Housing Solutions for North Texas, formerly known as the Dallas Housing Authority.

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The American Lawyer

The Pandemic Has Given New Partners Faith in Their Firms

By Dylan Jackson | November 23, 2020

Law firms were lauded for their pandemic response—both financial and cultural—in this year's New Partners Survey.

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