Law Firm Hiring

Clayton Utz takes on KWM partner in first post-SJ Berwin merger exit

By Elizabeth Broomhall in Hong Kong | August 15, 2013

Clayton Utz has hired King & Wood Mallesons partner Andrew Norman in a move aimed at bolstering its real estate practice nationally. Norman, who was with Mallesons for 22 years, will join Clayton Utz in Melbourne on January 1 next year, bringing the total number of partners in the real estate practice to nine.

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Sidley to triple size of Singapore base as firm eyes 50 lawyers in three years

By Elizabeth Broomhall in Hong Kong | August 14, 2013

Sidley Austin is to triple the size of its Singapore offices in the next two months as it looks to grow the base to around 50 lawyers in the next three years. The US firm, which was one of four to be awarded a licence to practice local law in February, will relocate from its existing office on level 41 of 6 Battery Road, sized 4,800sf, to a new space on ;evel 31 of the same building, topping 12,200sf.

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Macfarlanes boosts construction with ex-Linklaters partner from Ashurst

By Gerard Starkey | August 12, 2013

Macfarlanes has strengthened its commercial real estate practice with the hire of former Linklaters construction partner Ann Minogue from Ashurst. Top-rated Minogue joins Macfarlanes after four years at Ashurst, where she headed up the firm's City construction practice.

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White & Case adds to City private equity team with Kirkland hire

By Gerard Starkey | August 6, 2013

White & Case has strengthened its London private equity capability with the hire of a partner from US rival Kirkland & Ellis. Ross Allardice, who spent nine years at Kirkland where he made partner in October 2010, joined White & Case yesterday (5 August) with his arrival bringing the US firm's City partner count to 67.

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Sidley continues to ramp up Singapore with fourth partner hire since local licence win

By Elizabeth Broomhall in Hong Kong | August 2, 2013

Sidley Austin has hired its fourth partner in Singapore since receiving a local licence in the city-state in February, giving it a total partner headcount of eight. The US firm this week recruited project finance partner Nicholas Grambas from Gilbert + Tobin (G+T)in Melbourne, in a bid to ramp up its infrastructure-focused team.

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A longer road? New partners offer career advice to frustrated associates

By James Boxell | August 1, 2013

The top 30 law firms made up fewer partners this year, while there was a worrying dip in the number of women promoted at the magic circle. James Boxell, Anna Reynolds and Alex Newman spoke to new partners to seek their advice for frustrated associates, both female and male...

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Up the bracket – BLP vows to stick to high-end market strategy despite PEP hit

By James Boxell | August 1, 2013

""In the past five years, we've invested a lot in people from the very best firms. They have been getting up to speed and now we are competing for higher-quality work than we used to – part of the reason we found last year challenging..."

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Partner numbers across top 50 grow 7% as equity partner ranks see more modest rise

By Anna Reynolds | August 1, 2013

Partner numbers across the UK top 50 have grown almost 7% this year, as a number of significant mergers continue to drive headcount growth at leading law firms. Across the 2012-13 financial year there were an average of 10,115 partners working at the top 50 firms, up 6.9% from 9,458 the previous year. Following a spate of mergers, DWF saw the largest growth in partner numbers across the group, leaping from 152 to 285 over the year as a result of tie-ups with Biggart Baillie, Fishburns and Buller Jeffries as well as taking on a number of partners from now defunct Cobbetts.

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Weil Gotshal loses high-flying London litigator to Sidley Austin

By Alex Newman | August 1, 2013

Sidley Austin has hired Weil Gotshal & Manges litigation partner Matthew Shankland to its disputes resolution group in London. Shankland, who represents clients in commercial disputes in the higher courts, the European court and arbitration tribunals, has a particular practice focus on alternative dispute resolution and cross-border bankruptcy and insolvency work for financial institutions.

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K&L Gates adds second City energy partner in a month with Pinsents hire

By Alex Newman | July 29, 2013

K&L Gates has hired Pinsent Masons energy disputes partner Mike Stewart, the firm's second lateral partner addition in the City in a month. Stewart advises contractors and owners on major construction and energy projects, specialising in international dispute resolution work.

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The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Dec. 23, 2020—Barley Snyder, McNees Wallace

By Aleeza Furman | December 23, 2020

After a recent appointment to the board of directors of the York and York County YMCA, Barley Snyder partner Justin Tomevi was named to the board of directors at Y Community Development Corp., and McNees Wallace & Nurick added Christopher Ladner to the firm's intellectual property practice group.

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New Jersey Law Journal

On The Move: Mandelbaum Salsburg; Stradley Ronon

By Jonathan Erway | December 23, 2020

Mandelbaum Salsburg Welcomes Partner, Counsel Mandelbaum Salsburg in Roseland brought on two attorneys. Health-care partner Alex Keoskey joined…

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Corporate Counsel

Former Samsung In-House Leader Returns to Big Law

By Phillip Bantz | December 22, 2020

"It wasn't something I'd mapped out or planned. I had different ideas in terms of where my career path might take me," said Christopher Burrell, who worked for seven years at Samsung's legal department in Washington, D.C.

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Legaltech News

Legal Secretaries Are Being Automated, but the 'Human Touch' May Save Jobs

By Victoria Hudgins | December 22, 2020

Fully replacing legal secretaries with automation may never happen, because even as their job opportunities dwindle, legal outsourcing providers say there's some institutional and client-specific nuances that software can't replicate.

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The Legal Intelligencer

PLW People in the News—Dec. 22, 2020—Barley Snyder, Spector Gadon

By Aleeza Furman | December 22, 2020

Barley Snyder hired two new attorneys, a paralegal and a legal administrative assistant to help grow the firm's Gettysburg office, and Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci announced that Madison G. Melinek joined the firm as an associate in the firm's insurance and casualty litigation practice groups.

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The American Lawyer

US Firms Featured Heavily in the Biggest UK Hires of 2020

By Simon Lock | December 22, 2020

The year saw unusual churn at Slaughters, rare laterals at Quinn Emanuel and Jones Day, and more exits from Freshfields and A&O.

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The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Dec. 21, 2020—Goldblum & Pollins, Duane Morris

By Aleeza Furman | December 21, 2020

Kristen Repyneck Dennis was named a partner of Goldblum & Pollins, an immigration law firm, and the Duane Morris tax accounting group added Galina Morgovsky, CPA, as a manager and Thomas Maag as a staff accountant.

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Litigation Daily

'Petty and Unprofessional': Judge Threatens Sanctions in Legal Recruiter Trade Secrets Case

By Lizzy McLellan | December 18, 2020

U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Austin wrote that the information at issue is "at best, marginally sensitive and is three years old," in a case brought by Texas legal recruiter Robert Kinney.

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Texas Lawyer

'Petty and Unprofessional': Judge Threatens Sanctions in Legal Recruiter Trade Secrets Case

By Lizzy McLellan | December 18, 2020

U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Austin wrote that the information at issue is "at best, marginally sensitive and is three years old," in a case brought by Texas legal recruiter Robert Kinney.

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The American Lawyer

Hire Up: Changing Regulatory Environment Top-Of-Mind for Late 2020 Laterals

By Justin Henry | December 18, 2020

"The current president's approach is one of heavy de-regulation, and the Biden administration will probably be much more regulatory-focused," new Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney shareholder Mark Kornfeld said.

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