Law Firm Hiring

Eversheds hires three partners for City pensions group

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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At last Davis Polk hits the City, but is the Wall St leader ready to go on offensive?

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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Withers launches tax investigations group with Irwin Mitchell hire

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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Olswang brings in DLA partner for Singapore office launch

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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Simmons strengthens corporate arm with BLP partner hire

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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Morgan Lewis adds finance partner to business arm

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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SNR London real estate duo set to depart for Stephenson Harwood

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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BLP boosts finance group with Ashurst partner hire

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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Wilmer hires Kingsley Napley heavyweight to launch UK white collar crime practice

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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Collyer Bristow bolsters construction team with DAC partner

By Simon Petersen | November 16, 2011

Collyer Bristow has strengthened its London construction practice with a partner hire from legacy Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC). Jonathan Pawlowski joined the London law firm this month after leaving DAC in the days leading up to its merger with Beachcroft.

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Texas Lawyer

Newsmakers: Week of Nov. 23, 2020

By Jonathan Erway | November 23, 2020

Michael D. Pegues, a Dallas-based partner and vice chair of the intellectual property litigation practice at Polsinelli, has been appointed by Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson to the board of commissioners for DHA, Housing Solutions for North Texas, formerly known as the Dallas Housing Authority.

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The American Lawyer

The Pandemic Has Given New Partners Faith in Their Firms

By Dylan Jackson | November 23, 2020

Law firms were lauded for their pandemic response—both financial and cultural—in this year's New Partners Survey.

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The American Lawyer

Hire Up: Big Law Seeks Labor and Employment Leaders as Demand Stays High

By Dan Roe | November 20, 2020

Blank Rome, Dentons, Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck and Ogletree Deakins all made new hires in their L&E practices this week, as companies grapple with workforce issues during the pandemic.

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Law.com

Foreign Lawyer Recruitment Challenged by Singapore's Push for Local Hires

By Jessica Seah | November 20, 2020

The government raised the cost of hiring expatriates, imposed quotas to ensure businesses have a balance of local and foreign employees, and added 47 companies to a watch list for suspected discriminatory hiring practices.

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The American Lawyer

Even as Associate Attrition Wanes, Many Law Firms Will Keep 1st-Year Classes Robust

By Dylan Jackson | November 20, 2020

While law firms have seen historically low associate attrition in the pandemic, they aren't shrinking their incoming classes for fear of damaging the talent pipeline.

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Daily Report Online

COVID-19 Demands Prompt Dentons to Add Employment Law Partner—And Other 'On the Move' News

By Meredith Hobbs | November 19, 2020

Dentons recruited Rodney Moore from Ogletree as part of a push to expand its labor and employment practice, as employers struggle with COVID-19-related workplace challenges.

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The Recorder

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

By Aleeza Furman | November 19, 2020

New hires, promotions and awards from across the California legal market.

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Daily Business Review

As Renewable Energy Work Ramps Up, Holland & Knight Adds 2 M&A Partners

By Dan Roe | November 19, 2020

The new partners, including a former practice leader at DLA Piper, will help the firm meet continued demand for project financing and M&A in renewable energy, oil and gas and infrastructure projects in the U.S. and Latin America.

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Daily Report Online

Justice Blackwell to Join Alston & Bird in January

By Meredith Hobbs | November 19, 2020

The judge has opted for Alston & Bird after announcing last February that he would leave the bench on Nov. 18 and return to private practice.

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The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Nov. 19, 2020—Hoegen & Associates, Greenberg Traurig

By Aleeza Furman | November 19, 2020

John K. Lisman joined Hoegen & Associates as an associate, and Jessica Natali, a white-collar defense and special investigations shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig's Philadelphia office, is set to lead a panel at the 2020 White Collar Practice Seminar, presented virtually by the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

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