Law Firm Hiring

Breaking news and analysis of law firm partner moves, lateral hiring trends and law school graduate employment.

International Edition

Paul Hastings Picks Latham & Watkins Partner to Chair German M&A Practice

By Kasvi Sehgal | February 1, 2024

The firm has made a concerted hiring push in Germany in recent months, adding corporate laterals from Clifford Chance, among others.

2 minute read

International Edition

HFW Brings Aboard 11-Strong Ince Greece Shipping Team

By Jack Womack | February 1, 2024

The firm has hired 30 partners since the beginning of the 2023 financial year.

2 minute read
International Edition

Freshfields Hires Former FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson in US

By Abigail Adcox | February 1, 2024

Wilson, known for slamming FTC Chair Lina Khan in a public resignation letter, has joined Freshfields, where the firm said she will work with "senior executives and boards of directors" to navigate regulatory regimes.

4 minute read

International Edition

Paul Weiss Lands Linklaters Partner as Head of European Public M&A in London

By Patrick Smith | January 31, 2024

The firm continues to build out its corporate practice with high profile hires in London, this time hitting a UK firm for the talent.

2 minute read
International Edition

KWM Adds Former Shearman Partner to Singapore, Promotes Two to Partnership in Asia

By Jessica Seah | January 31, 2024

Gary Hamp was formerly a partner at Shearman & Sterling, Latham & Watkins and Hogan Lovells.

2 minute read
International Edition

Finance Partner Leaves HSF to Join Clifford Chance in Sydney

By Christopher Niesche | January 30, 2024

Nikki Smythe second HSF partner to leave for Clifford Chance in recent months.

2 minute read
International Edition

Fund Management Leader Joins Norton Rose Fulbright in Sydney

By Christopher Niesche | January 30, 2024

Liz Hastilow comes from First Sentire Investors.

2 minute read
International Edition

Cozen O'Connor Brings On Its First Real Estate Lawyers in Canada

By Gail J. Cohen | January 29, 2024

Three lawyers from Minden Gross, which is closing its doors, will join the Toronto office, reuniting with a group of their former corporate law colleagues.

3 minute read
International Edition

White & Case Japan Team Walks to Greenberg Traurig

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | January 29, 2024

The team includes two partners, a counsel and an associate.

2 minute read
International Edition

Australia's Allens Adds to IP Practice with Partner Hire

By Christopher Niesche | January 29, 2024

Melbourne-based Natasha Burns joins from her own firm.

1 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Feb. 20, 2024—Faye Riva, Knox McLaughlin

By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot | February 20, 2024

Attorney James W. Cushing was named vice president of the Christian Legal Clinics of Philadelphia on Feb. 5.

2 minute read
National Law Journal

Orrick, Cooley Boost DC Offices With Litigation Partner Hires

By Abigail Adcox | February 20, 2024

"We're seeing incredible demand from the market for the kind of comprehensive IP litigation platform we provide, as companies at all stages stress the importance of protecting the technologies that drive their businesses," Alyssa Caridis, co-head of Orrick's IP business unit, said.

4 minute read
The American Lawyer

Impactful Laterals Abounded in 2021 and 2022. Have They Found Success?

By Patrick Smith | February 20, 2024

Industry experts and recruiters say there are a multitude of data, many individualized, that factor into the "success" of a lateral. And even defining "success" can be tricky, depending on how firms view their attorneys.

7 minute read
International Edition

Reed Smith Adds Fourth McDermott Private Equity Lawyer in Last Nine Months

By Jack Womack | February 19, 2024

The McDermott partner was previously the global head of private equity at Hogan Lovells.

2 minute read
New York Law Journal

BakerHostetler Picks Up Private Equity Dealmaker Amid Firm's M&A 'Expansion'

By Justin Henry | February 16, 2024

Salomon "Sol" Sassoon spent the last three decades at Morrison & Cohen.

3 minute read
Pro Mid Market

Midsize Moves: Rothman Gordon Adds K&L Gates Associate, Wilson Turner Welcomes Back Partner From Van Dermyden

By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot | February 16, 2024

Rothman Gordon announced that Natalia A. Holliday has joined the firm as an associate; Wilson Turner Kosmo announced that the firm welcomed back Loleena Ansari May to its employment practice group as a partner, where she'll focus on conducting independent workplace investigations and assessments.

2 minute read
New Jersey Law Journal

On the Move and After Hours: Stevens & Lee; Porzio Bromberg; Hartmann Doherty; Kennedys; New Jersey Office of the Public Defender; Genova Burns

By Donovan Swift | February 16, 2024

Porzio Bromberg welcomes two counsels; Kennedys adds a new partner; and more moves.

8 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

Former GSK Patent Leader Moves to Troutman Pepper

By Amanda O'Brien | February 16, 2024

Duke Fitch started at the company as a medicinal chemist and rose to vice president of U.S. pharmaceutical patents after earning his law degree.

2 minute read
Law.com

The Law Firm Disrupted: Getting Laterals Right

By Dan Packel | February 16, 2024

More reliance on data, less hoping and praying.

4 minute read
The American Lawyer

Proskauer Snags 2 Milbank Attorneys to Expand Finance Practice

By Patrick Smith | February 15, 2024

Eric Reimer cited market changes that he said made Proskauer a better fit for his practice. "I do a lot of bankruptcy financing and restructuring, and I see the market moving away from bankruptcy and to balance sheet adjustment."

3 minute read

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