Law Firm Hiring

Howrey team hands Shearman brace of clients including Nestle and Hilton

By Simon Petersen | June 2, 2011

Shearman & Sterling's Brussels office has picked up a number of clients from defunct firm Howrey, including Nestle and Hilton. The US law firm, which hired a five-partner competition team led by the co-head of Howrey's global antitrust practice, Trevor Soames, in February, is advising on a number of matters for the team's former Howrey clients.

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Jones Day adds three partners to London base with Ashurst team hire

By Friederike Heine | June 1, 2011

Jones Day has added three partners to its City arm with the hire of a US securities team from Ashurst. The trio comprises US-qualified partners Daniel Bushner, Eric Stuart and Marie Elena Angulo. Bushner and Angulo started at the US law firm at the beginning of last week (23 May), with Stuart set to remain at Ashurst until the end of June to conclude several client matters.

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Herbert Smith sees three-partner Paris litigation team depart for A&O

By Suzi Ring | June 1, 2011

Herbert Smith's Paris litigation team has been hit by a three-partner walkout, with the trio's forthcoming departure to Allen & Overy (A&O) marking the latest in a string of exits from the City firm's French arm over the last 18 months. Herbert Smith's recently appointed head of disputes for Continental Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA), Denis Chemla, is set to join A&O alongside arbitration partner Michael Young and litigation partner Erwan Poisson.

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Macfarlanes turns to Clifford Chance for structured finance hire

By Suzi Ring | May 31, 2011

Macfarlanes has boosted its structured finance practice with the hire of Clifford Chance (CC) partner Rachel Kelly.Kelly is set to join the firm next week from the City banking and finance practice at CC and will be the first partner in Macfarlanes' London structured finance team.

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Clydes bolsters City energy group with Watson Farley hire

By Suzi Ring | May 25, 2011

Clyde & Co has boosted its City energy practice with the hire of Watson Farley & Williams partner Sandra Sinclair-Hughes. Sinclair-Hughes joined the firm last week from the international project and structured finance group at Watson Farley. She specialises in advising offshore engineering and procurement contractors, service companies and oil companies in relation to project agreements including installation, leasing, operating and supply contracts.

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Edwards Angell hires 2Birds partner to launch City banking team

By Sofia Lind | May 25, 2011

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge is launching a London banking practice with the hire of City finance veteran Charles Proctor from Bird & Bird. The US law firm said the move had come in a bid to sustain its growing transactional practice, including in private equity and venture capital as well as its insurance practice, as Proctor also has substantial regulatory experience.

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A change in the private equity guard is opening a few gates

By Georgina Stanley | May 25, 2011

Last month Clifford Chance (CC) private equity veteran James Baird retired from the firm after more than 25 years as a partner. Clearly the departure is unlikely to spell anything like disaster for a buyout practice as dominant as CC's, but it has certainly got the private equity sewing circle talking. And, no doubt, hoping for opportunities to tighten links with some of Baird's clients, such as CVC.

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International Edition

A change in the private equity guard is opening a few gates

By Georgina Stanley | May 25, 2011

Last month Clifford Chance (CC) private equity veteran James Baird retired from the firm after more than 25 years as a partner. Clearly the departure is unlikely to spell anything like disaster for a buyout practice as dominant as CC's, but it has certainly got the private equity sewing circle talking. And, no doubt, hoping for opportunities to tighten links with some of Baird's clients, such as CVC.

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CC US disputes chief departs for Cleary in Washington DC

By Sofia Lind | May 18, 2011

Clifford Chance (CC) has lost its Americas head of litigation and dispute resolution, with Juan Morillo joining Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Washington DC. The departure will be seen as a blow to the magic circle law firm, which heavily restructured its US litigation practice two years ago.

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Field Fisher hires Squire Sanders partner for City real estate team

By Friederike Heine | May 18, 2011

Field Fisher Waterhouse has boosted its real estate practice with the hire of Squire Sanders Hammonds partner Carlos Pierce. Pierce, who joined the law firm this week (16 May), advises on the property aspects of the energy sector with a particular focus on energy, infrastructure and sustainability. He has advised a range of clients including National Grid, E.ON and Gaz de France (now GDF Suez) on matters including bio-mass, waste-to-energy and wind farm developments.

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Law.com

New Data on Racial Disparities in Lawyer Hiring Is 'Wake-Up Call' for the Profession

By Karen Sloan | October 21, 2020

New figures on entry-level lawyers hiring from the National Association for Law Placement reveal that slightly more than 62% of 2019's Black law graduates secured jobs that require a J.D., compared with 80% of white law graduates.

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Legaltech News

Vincent Cordo Says 'Knowing All Sides' Aids Transition From Shell to Holland & Knight

By Zach Warren | October 21, 2020

Formerly Shell Oil Co.'s central legal operations officer, Cordo has returned to law firms as Holland & Knight's chief client development and relationship officer. He spoke with LTN about his three-pronged plan and why in-house and firms are "equally as similar as they are different."

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The Legal Intelligencer

PLW People in the News—Oct. 20, 2020—Hamburg Rubin, Fox Rothschild

By Aleeza Furman | October 20, 2020

Additions Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin announced that James R. Craig joined the firm as an associate. Craig is a member of the firm's…

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The American Lawyer

In 2020, These Big Firms Have Seen the Most Partner Exits

By Patrick Smith | October 19, 2020

Kirkland & Ellis, Boies Schiller Flexner, Holland & Knight and Akerman saw an uptick in partner departures this year.

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Texas Lawyer

Newsmakers: Week of Oct. 19, 2020

By Jonathan Erway | October 19, 2020

Carstens & Cahoon, a full-service intellectual property law firm based in Dallas, added Stephen Liu as its newest partner.

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The Legal Intelligencer

Saltz Mongeluzzi Expands Toxic Tort Practice With Anapol Weiss Partner

By Max Mitchell | October 19, 2020

Larry Cohan's practice focuses in part on vaccine-related claims, which are likely to be an area of increased activity amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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The American Lawyer

Hire Up: Big Firms Build Up in DC, Add Bankruptcy and Benefits Partners Elsewhere

By Meredith Hobbs | October 16, 2020

At least seven big firms added partners in Washington, D.C, this week, while White & Case continued to raid Sidley for bankruptcy talent.

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The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Oct. 16, 2020— Lamb McErlane, Barley Snyder

By Aleeza Furman | October 16, 2020

Wayne C. Buckwalter joined Lamb McErlane in its estate planning and trusts department, and Barley Snyder partner Paul W. Minnich was part of the faculty of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's "Land Use Institute 2020."

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New Jersey Law Journal

Florio Perrucci 'Giving New Jersey a Full, Diverse Law Firm' With 8 Hires to Education Law Group

By Suzette Parmley | October 16, 2020

"We are giving New Jersey a full diverse law firm—not only from the subject-matter expertise that we bring to the table, but also from a gender perspective, cultural perspective and from a religious perspective," partner Christine Ann Soto said. "We really cover the gamut, and I think that makes us better lawyers."

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Delaware Law Weekly

Bayard Adds Litigation Associate in Wilmington

By Aleeza Furman | October 16, 2020

Bayard expanded its litigation group with the addition of Ronald P. Golden III to its Wilmington office, according to an announcement from the firm.

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