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The Transfer Window: recent moves including Addleshaws, DWF and A&O
Addleshaw Goddard has bolstered its finance services team with the hire of Olswang regulatory partner Brian McDonnell. McDonnell will join Addleshaws early next year after almost five years at Olswang. He was previously a regulatory lawyer at the London Stock Exchange, and also spent 10 months on secondment at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.The Transfer Window: recent moves including White & Case, Stephenson Harwood and A&O
US firm Goodwin Procter has added a fifth partner to its London office with the hire of Allen & Overy (A&O) tax counsel Ben Eaton. Eaton, whose tax practice focuses on investment funds and real estate transactions, also has broad tax experience of private equity, infrastructure and renewables, debt, hedge funds and real estate.Locke Lord adds Mayer Brown insurance partner to City base
Locke Lord has boosted its London insurance and reinsurance team with a hire from Mayer Brown's City arm. Ian McKenna, who has been a partner at Mayer Brown since 2003 when he joined from Holman Fenwick & Willan, will take the partner count in the team to three, including Damian Cleary and Gavin Coull.The Transfer Window: recent moves including OC, DLA and Ashurst
Paul Hastings has recruited Clifford Chance (CC) securitisation and structured finance partner Neil Hamilton for the US firm's London office. Hamilton, whose recent work has included leading a CC team advising Deutsche Bank on a €900m (£720m) collateralised loan obligation, is set to start at Paul Hastings on 1 October.Salans corporate partner heads for Locke Lord
Locke Lord has turned to Salans for another partner hire, recruiting corporate specialist Rob Askew for the firm's London office. Askew, who joins the Texan firm's City base after four years at Salans, focuses on corporate and cross-border transactional work. Locke Lord's London corporate group is currently manned by one other partner, Graham Spitz, who was also previously at Salans.The new, new wave - the rapid expansion of the newest entrants to the London legal market
As new firms continue to flock to London, the cautious growth of earlier entrants has been cast aside in favour of heavy investment and dramatic expansion. JDG Chambers reportsInternational interest in UK mergers grows as City retains pulling power
The number of international law firms in London open to a UK merger has almost doubled over the past year, according to new research which highlights the sustained attraction of English law for firms with global ambitions. Legal Week's annual survey of international law firms in London has seen the number of firms that would consider a UK merger rise from seven to 13, of which three – K&L Gates, Bryan Cave and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr – said they would 'definitely' consider the option.Dewey London partners to vote on administration; US nears bankruptcy
Dewey & LeBoeuf's London arm could file for administration as early as tomorrow (23 May) as partners prepare to vote on winding down operations in a meeting expected to take place at 10am. The news comes as the stricken firm has brought in global restructuring firm Zolfo Cooper in the US, where it is moving closer to filing for bankruptcy.Dewey restructuring duo join Proskauer as two more City partners find homes
Dewey & LeBoeuf's London arm has seen a further four partner departures, including restructuring duo Mark Fennessy and Hazel Miller who are set to join their New York counterparts at US rival Proskauer Rose. Fennessy and Miller's forthcoming departures come just days after New York bankruptcy chief Martin Bienenstock announced his departure for Proskauer alongside a six-partner team.Mayer Brown lets out surplus London office space as growth strategy slows
Mayer Brown has agreed deals to sublet around 10% of its London office space in 201 Bishopsgate to other law firms. US firm Locke Lord, which launched on 1 February this year with the hire of a seven-partner team from Salans, took on space in Mayer Brown's 182,000 sq ft building in February this year.TRENDING STORIES
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