Law Firm Hiring

Hill Dickinson offloads four-partner Chester office to Knights

By Gerard Starkey | July 29, 2013

Hill Dickinson has sold its Chester office to Knights Solicitors for an undisclosed fee following a review of its UK-wide business. The move, which will see the transfer of four partners and 20 staff, is the first acquisition by the Knights since the James Caan-led private equity house Hamilton Bradshaw bought a stake in the firm in June 2012.

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Minter Ellison launches Asia tax practice with Ernst & Young duo in Hong Kong

By Elizabeth Broomhall in Hong Kong | July 29, 2013

Minter Ellison has launched a tax practice in Asia with the hire of two tax specialists from Ernst and Young in Hong Kong. The Australian firm, which earlier this month said it wanted to boost the amount of regional work it did in a bid to combat a sharp decline in domestic M&A activity, has recruited the E&Y duo Christian Pellone and Edward Lean to join its Hong Kong office and to spearhead the new practice for the whole of Asia Pacific.

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Mishcon boosts property litigation group with Olswang hire as part of three-year strategy

By Anna Reynolds | July 26, 2013

Mishcon de Reya has appointed Olswang head of construction Nick Lane to join its property litigation group. Lane - who will start at the firm on 2 September - will join Mishcon's property litigation group as a contentious construction specialist. His move will bring the group, which sits within the firm's real estate practice, to a total of four partners and 12 fee-earners. Mishcon's wider real estate department has 19 partners and a total of 78 fee-earners.

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MoFo lands two Norton Rose veteran dealmakers

By Alex Newman | July 26, 2013

Norton Rose Fulbright has lost high-profile dealmakers Jake Robson and Adam Summerly to Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) in Singapore. Robson and Summerly, who have been based in the city-state for eight and 14 years have been brought in to support increasing demand from MoFo's clients for work based in and out of South and Southeast Asia. The English-qualified Robson focuses on M&A, private equity, cross-border investment and joint venture work throughout Asia, as well as capital markets transactions in public securities offerings in the region.

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Goldman Sachs deputy GC to rejoin Fried Frank as co-chair

By Alex Newman | July 24, 2013

Goldman Sachs deputy general counsel David Greenwald is set to rejoin Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson as co-chair of the US firm. Greenwald, who also holds the post of international GC at the bank, will serve alongside Valerie Jacob, current chair of the New York-headquartered firm, until February 2015.

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Wragges takes four-strong Paris real estate team from Bird & Bird

By Gerard Starkey | July 16, 2013

Wragge & Co has moved to strengthen its Paris real estate offering with the hire of a four-lawyer team from Bird & Bird led by partner Constance de La Hosseraye. La Hosseraye joins the firm to head up the Paris real estate practice and brings with her associates Fleur Gaffinel, Jeremy Roigt and Katy Bonixe, with the team plugging the gap left following the departure of partner Henry Ranchon to French law firm Franklin at the start of the month. After being called to the bar in 1992, La Hosseraye joined local firm De Pardieu Brocas Maffei in 1993 before joining Bird & Bird's Paris office in 2007 as partner. Her arrival at Wragges brings its Paris partner count to ten.

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Gibson Dunn recruits Hogan Lovells energy partner in first hire since QFLP award

By Elizabeth Broomhall in Hong Kong | July 9, 2013

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has hired Hogan Lovells' energy head for South East Asia Brad Roach in its first move to bolster the number of partners in the region since receiving a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licence in February. The Los Angeles head-quartered firm, which previously said it would look to supplement its existing M&A, energy and infrastructure practices in Singapore, as well as adding arbitration to its offering, now counts four partners in the island city-state in addition to 12 legal staff.

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Linklaters boosts India practice with return of partner from referral firm

By Anna Reynolds | July 8, 2013

Linklaters has boosted its India practice, re-hiring a partner from its Mumbai referral firm Talwar Thakore & Associates (TT&A). Narayan Iyer - who will return to Linklaters in August as a partner - first joined the firm as a trainee in 1996. He helped to set up Linklaters India practice, and was elected a partner in 2007. Iyer left Linklaters to join the TT&A partnership in 2009, where he has been developing the firm's finance practice.

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McDermott turns to Withers for London private client hire

By Alex Newman | July 8, 2013

McDermott Will & Emery has hired high-profile Withers partner Ziva Robertson in another boost to the firm's international private client practice. The move follows Mcdermott's hire of Astrid Owen - also a Withers private client partner - who joined the firm in October.

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Baker & McKenzie hires King & Wood Mallesons duo in Australia

By Elizabeth Broomhall in Hong Kong | July 5, 2013

Baker & McKenzie has boosted its tax and employment teams in Australia with the appointment of two senior lawyers from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM). The duo Ellen Thomas and Sean Selleck were previously employed as senior associate and of counsel at KWM respectively, but both join Bakers in Australia as partners.

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The Recorder

On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers

By Aleeza Furman | December 18, 2020

New hires and promotions from across the California legal market.

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Daily Report Online

Survey Shows Lag In Atlanta Partner Pay, But Industry-Watchers See 'Healthy' Lateral Demand

By Meredith Hobbs | December 17, 2020

Average total compensation was $650,000 for the 43 Atlanta participants, compared with $1,054,000 on average nationally, but the Atlanta respondents' pay satisfaction rate didn't vary much from elsewhere.

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The Legal Intelligencer

Castor Splits With Longtime Firm, Joining Phila. Personal Injury Practice

By Max Mitchell | December 17, 2020

Bruce L. Castor Jr.'s former firm, Rogers Castor, is set to change its name to Rogers Counsel, with name partner Lance Rogers continuing to head that firm.

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The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Dec. 17, 2020—Kang Haggerty, Cozen O'Connor

By Aleeza Furman | December 17, 2020

Kang Haggerty & Fetbroyt announced that Susan Moon O joined the firm as counsel, and Cozen O'Connor co-hosted a panel presentation with the American Heart Association on the topic of "Practical Strategies for Dealing With COVID in the Workplace."

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Pro Mid Market

Midsize Moves: An Ohio Energy Team, a Former USPTO GC in DC

By Aleeza Furman | December 17, 2020

Benesch adds four attorneys to its energy practice group, McKool Smith adds a former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office acting general counsel, and other midsize moves.

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The American Lawyer

Polarizing Election Work, Discrimination Suits May Dent Jones Day's Appeal to Young Lawyers

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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The Legal Intelligencer

Longtime Montgomery McCracken Partner Leaves to Chair Construction Boutique's Litigation Practice

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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The American Lawyer

As Fintech Stays Hot, Reed Smith Hires Partner Who Led 2 Big Law Firms' Payment Tech Practices

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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The American Lawyer

Remote Partner Hiring Will Be a Broad, but Limited Strategy in Big Law

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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Law.com

The Pandemic Hasn't Curtailed Big Law's Appetite for New Associates

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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