Law Firm Hiring

K&L Gates boosts Tokyo arm with hire of 10-lawyer team from CC

By Simon Petersen | May 5, 2011

K&L Gates has expanded its Tokyo office with the hire of a 10-lawyer team from Clifford Chance (CC), including three partners. The team hire comes after CC moved to restructure its Tokyo office and integrate its local joint venture firm into one CC partnership. Before the restructuring, CC had around 12 partners, including the trio joining K&L Gates - Keiji Isaji, Atsushi Yamashita and Naoki Watanabe.

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Hogan Lovells recruits US partner duo for London energy practice

By Friederike Heine | May 5, 2011

Hogan Lovells has boosted its infrastructure and project finance practice in London with the hire of energy partners Matthew Williams and John Deacon from US law firm Hunton & Williams. The two partners, who joined the firm earlier this week (1 May), both focus on the energy sector, working on project finance deals as well as related regulatory, trading and M&A matters.

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Allen & Overy boosts Germany with Hogan Lovells hire

By Simon Petersen | May 3, 2011

Allen & Overy (A&O) has strengthened its Frankfurt employment practice with the hire of a partner from Hogan Lovells. Hans-Peter Loew, who joined Hogan Lovells in 1996 and has been the managing partner of the firm's Frankfurt office since 2004, is set to join A&O in the coming months, with his start-date still to be finalised.

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Pinsents adds two partners in Dubai boost

By Simon Petersen | April 21, 2011

Pinsent Masons has boosted its Middle East projects and construction team with two new partners, with one more set to relocate to the region later this year. Projects and finance specialist Simon Harvey will join Pinsents' Dubai office from Baker & McKenzie this June, while international arbitration specialist Bjorn Gehle will join in July from Clayton Utz's Sydney base. Gehle, a special counsel at the Australian firm, advises on infrastructure and construction projects, international trade, energy and resources as well as corporate disputes.

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Asset finance - increasingly not for every banking team

By Georgina Stanley | April 14, 2011

Recent weeks have seen no less than five asset finance partner moves announced, with Berwin Leighton Paisner, Ince & Co, Mayer Brown, and, most notably, Hogan Lovells all moving to strengthen their City practices. While the timing of the appointments is more down to coincidence than any single driver in the market, the moves illustrate the differing approaches to asset finance across large law firms.

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International Edition

Asset finance - increasingly not for every banking team

By Georgina Stanley | April 14, 2011

Recent weeks have seen no less than five asset finance partner moves announced, with Berwin Leighton Paisner, Ince & Co, Mayer Brown, and, most notably, Hogan Lovells all moving to strengthen their City practices. While the timing of the appointments is more down to coincidence than any single driver in the market, the moves illustrate the differing approaches to asset finance across large law firms.

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BLP hires ex-Paul Hastings City partner in finance push

By Sofia Lind | April 14, 2011

Hire part of practice shake-up as asset finance gets strategic focus

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Nabarro adds two partners from Reed Smith and Pinsents

By Friederike Heine | April 14, 2011

Nabarro has recruited two partners for its London headquarters with a double hire from Pinsent Masons and Reed Smith. The new additions, George Lubega and Philip Olmer, will join Nabarro next month (3 May) in the City law firm's commercial litigation and real estate practices respectively. Litigator Lubega is joining from Pinsents as the 27th partner in Nabarro's commercial disputes practice. He specialises in commercial litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution, and acts for a number of corporate clients and government departments.

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A&O analysis of lateral hiring shows 90% partner retention at firm

By Sofia Lind | March 15, 2011

Allen & Overy (A&O) has reviewed its lateral partner hiring programme over the last seven years, with the firm retaining more than 90% of the partners it brought in over the period. The magic circle firm's research, which comes against a backdrop of increasing numbers of UK and US firms taking a detailed look at their lateral hiring record, found A&O has brought in 95 partners over the last seven years, 19 of whom were hired for the firm's Australia launch last year. Of the total, only nine have departed.

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The American Lawyer

Fly-Fishing and All-Night Layovers: How McGuireWoods Got Face-to-Face With Summer Associates Despite COVID Challenges

By Dylan Jackson | August 27, 2020

Many Big Law firms made their summer programs totally online, but McGuireWoods was set on keeping some of the in-person experience intact.

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The American Lawyer

Surge in 'Blank Check' Companies Keeps SPAC Specialists Busy

By Dan Packel | August 27, 2020

The relatively new arrow in private equity's quiver is gaining staying power, and so have the lawyers handling the unique offerings.

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Pro Mid Market

Why Convergence Makes Midsize a Sweet Spot for Insurance Defense

By David Gialanella | August 27, 2020

One market factor that has a considerable influence on how insurance defense practices win and keep business—and which firms are growing, and how…

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The American Lawyer

Eversheds Sutherland Expands Tax Group With 2 Partner Hires

By Meredith Hobbs | August 26, 2020

The addition of Breen Schiller and Nikki Dobay is part of the firm's focus on expanding its tax law capabilities in the Midwest and on the West Coast, said the head of Eversheds' tax practice.

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The Legal Intelligencer

'Constantly at Capacity,' Chicago IP Boutique Founder Jumps to K&L Gates

By Erica Silverman | August 26, 2020

Patrick Richards, a former partner of McDermott Will & Emery, joined K&L Gates as a partner along with two other lawyers and a patent specialist from the boutique he founded in 2009.

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The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Aug. 26, 2020—Blank Rome, KingSpry

By Aleeza Furman | August 26, 2020

Blank Rome partner and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Sophia Lee will serve as a panelist at the 11th Law of Shale Plays Conference, and King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul added attorney Jody A. Mooney to the firm.

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Pro Mid Market

Midsize Moves: A State Dept. Director and 2 California Litigators

By Aleeza Furman | August 26, 2020

The former director of the U.S. Department of State Office of Foreign Missions joined Bose McKinney, while Hahn Loeser and Benesch both added partners in California.

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New Jersey Law Journal

On The Move: Lindabury McCormick; Greenbaum Rowe

By Jonathan Erway | August 26, 2020

Former Judge Katherine Dupuis Joins Lindabury ADR Group; Litigator Judah Skoff Joins Greenbaum Rowe as Partner.

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The American Lawyer

What Are the Chances of First-Year Associate Cancellations?

By Meredith Hobbs | August 25, 2020

Even if the economy worsens this year, some firm leaders and industry observers say they do not expect a repeat of 2009, when some big firms rescinded job offers.

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The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Aug. 25, 2020—Villanova University, RG/2 Claims Administration

By Aleeza Furman | August 25, 2020

The Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion and Public Policy at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law is slated to host Vincent Lloyd, director of the school's Africana Studies program, as he presents the CLE "Black Dignity and Augustinian Political Theology," and RG/2 Claims Administration announced the hiring of Christopher J. Tucci as vice president of business development and client relations,

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