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By Rose Orlik | February 16, 2012
Charles Russell has bulked up its employment and pensions team with the hire of Pinsent Masons employment partner Robert Mecrate-Butcher. Mecrate-Butcher, who joined Pinsents in 2007, works across both contentious and non-contentious employment law, with a particular focus on advising clients in the insurance and banking sectors. He specialises in TUPE advice, with his practice also covering diversity and equality issues, executive departures and the enforcement of restrictive covenants. The hire takes the combined employment and pensions group to 11 partners.
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By Rose Orlik | February 9, 2012
Eversheds has added three partners to its London pensions practice with the hire of two laterals from Squire Sanders and an of counsel from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The Squire Sanders partner duo, Emma King and Sarah Franklin, both join from the firm's Birmingham arm, where King headed up the local practice.
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By Suzi Ring | January 12, 2012
Suzanna Ring sizes up Davis Polk & Wardwell's prospects as the US leader makes its English law debut in the City...
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By Suzi Ring | December 7, 2011
Withers has launched a tax litigation practice in London with the hire of Irwin Mitchell's business and tax investigations head Maurice Martin. Martin joined the firm on 1 December after five years at Irwin Mitchell, four of which he spent as practice head. He will lead the tax litigation team at Withers, which will sit within the firm's wealth planning group. The firm is planning to add a team of junior lawyers to the group over the coming months.
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By Suzi Ring | November 30, 2011
Olswang has hired a partner from DLA Piper for its Singapore arm as the firm gears up for its official office launch in the New Year. Jonathan Choo joined the top 40 firm as a partner and local head of dispute from DLA Piper, where he was of counsel in the firm's Singapore office.
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By Legal Week | November 30, 2011
Simmons & Simmons has hired its sixth partner from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) in London this year, with the addition of corporate insurance partner Pollyanna Deane.
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By Legal Week | November 30, 2011
Morgan Lewis has hired its second Simmons & Simmons partner in recent months, with private funds partner Noel Ainsworth set to join the US firm in the New Year (3 January).
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By Sofia Lind | November 16, 2011
SNR Denton is to lose a London partner duo to Stephenson Harwood, including its joint head of real estate finance. The double hire of Andrew Hill and Paul Hayward-Surry comes after real estate finance partner James Linforth joined Stephenson Harwood from SNR Denton in early October.
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By Friederike Heine | November 16, 2011
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has strengthened its finance practice with the hire of Simon Small from Ashurst, who will join the firm towards the end of this year. Small, who joined Ashurst from Linklaters in 2006, will be part of BLP's banking & capital markets group. He has experience in capital markets transactions across a range of asset classes including residential mortgages, trade receivables, auto loans, credit cards, commercial real estate and project bonds. He also advises on corporate trusts. His departure takes the number of partners to leave Ashurst since May 2010 to 26. At Linklaters, Small was a partner for 11 years and was one of the partners to found the magic circle firm's securitisation business.
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By Suzi Ring | November 16, 2011
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is set to launch a City investigations and criminal litigation practice with the hire of Kingsley Napley heavyweight Stephen Pollard. Pollard is to join the top 20 US law firm's London arm in the New Year to found and head the practice along with a team of two associates. The move is the latest in a string of similar appointments by corporate law firms moving to build white collar crime practices in Europe.
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By Dan Packel | December 17, 2020
But recruiters say the impact of the firm's political ties is unlikely to alter the calculus of potential partners.
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By Justin Henry | December 16, 2020
"I'm excited about the prospect of joining a younger firm and a dynamic firm," Mike Hayes said.
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By Patrick Smith | December 16, 2020
The hire falls right in line with the firm's strategy of bulking up practice areas expected to grow.
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By Dylan Jackson | December 16, 2020
After an Am Law 50 firm announced its intention to start hiring partners where it doesn't have offices, will others follow?
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By Karen Sloan | December 16, 2020
Summer associate offer and acceptance rates remained near historic highs in 2020, according to the National Association for Law Placement. That's despite myriad challenges posed by the pandemic, including moving most summer associate programs online.
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By Jonathan Erway | December 16, 2020
McCusker Anselmi Names DaSilva Chief Administrative Officer McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen, & Carvelli (MARC) in Florham Park selected Rosemarie (Rose)…
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By Dylan Jackson | December 16, 2020
Perkins Coie managing partner William Malley said the infusion of white-collar talent in New York and D.C. is sure to come in handy, as President-elect Joe Biden's administration ramps up regulatory scrutiny.
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By Meredith Hobbs | December 15, 2020
The Atlanta, Charlotte and Nashville legal markets are attracting interest, recruiters said, adding the Southeast is a logical place to look for expansion.
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By Patrick Smith | December 15, 2020
Several Am Law 100 firms are turning to Suited's artificial intelligence-powered recruiting platform in hopes of getting more diverse hires.
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By David Gialanella | Lizzy McLellan | December 15, 2020
A collection of the Mid-Market Report's "Market Focus" features, covering Boston, Seattle, Nashville, Denver, and more.
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