Law Firm Hiring

LG boosts finance with Squire Sanders Hammonds partner hire as litigation trio exit

By Suzi Ring | September 28, 2011

LG is expanding its finance practice through the hire of Squire Sanders Hammonds partner Iain Shurwood, with the addition coming as the UK firm prepares to lose a trio of litigation partners. Shurwood will join LG next month, having been a partner at legacy Hammonds since 2008. He was previously a senior associate at Denton Wilde Sapte, which merged with US law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in September last year.

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Barlows partner opts for RPC move ahead of Clydes merger

By Suzi Ring | September 14, 2011

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert insurance partner Victoria Sherratt has opted to leave the firm ahead of its merger with Clyde & Co in favour of a move to Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC). Sherratt will join RPC next month, marking the first Barlows partner departure to be announced since the firm's merger plans with Clydes went public this summer. Sherratt, who has been a partner in the insurance and reinsurance group at Barlows since 2009, specialises in property insurance. Her hire takes the total number of partners in RPC's insurance and reinsurance practice to 29.

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Herbert Smith boosts City DCM team with hire of former Linklaters partner

By Sofia Lind | August 19, 2011

Herbert Smith has strengthened its London debt capital markets (DCM) team with the hire of ex-Linklaters partner Andrew Roberts.

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Orrick grows Beijing corporate team with Hogan Lovells hire

By Simon Petersen | August 17, 2011

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has strengthened its Beijing corporate team with the hire of a partner from Hogan Lovells. Thomas Man joined the US firm this week (15 August) alongside counsel Brad Herrold. The hire marks a return to Orrick for Man, who left the firm in 2008 to join legacy Lovells.

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BLP strengthens Abu Dhabi base with Linklaters hire

By Suzi Ring | August 16, 2011

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has added a new partner to its Abu Dhabi office, with the hire of a lawyer from Linklaters in Dubai...

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A&O boosts Qatar with hire of Simmons' local financial markets chief

By Sofia Lind | August 15, 2011

Allen & Overy (A&O) has hired Simmons & Simmons' Middle East financial markets head as a partner in its Qatar office. Doha-based Samer Eido will head A&O's local banking and finance practice when he joins the firm at a start date still to be agreed.

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Allens Arthur Robinson expands Perth office with Ashurst hire

By Simon Petersen | August 12, 2011

Ashurst energy partner Anthony Patten is leaving the firm to join the Perth office of Australia's Allens Arthur Robinson.The move means a return to Australia for Patten, who is a partner in Ashurst's City headquarters, having started his career in Allens' Melbourne office.

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Simmons brings in one partner each for City and Milan bases

By Sofia Lind | August 3, 2011

Simmons & Simmons has made two partner hires, strengthening its London corporate practice and its Milan litigation team. The firm has hired Travers Smith counsel Caroline Murphy as a partner for its London corporate practice and brought in Hogan Lovells partner Cristina Pagni in Italy. Murphy, who has worked with clients including Bridgepoint Capital and 3i, becomes the fourth partner in Simmons' London private equity team. Prior to joining Travers in 2006, Murphy was general counsel at furniture retailer Habitat, becoming the first person to hold the position when she left Clifford Chance in 2004.

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Eversheds recruits Cobbetts partner to boost London real estate team

By Friederike Heine | July 27, 2011

Eversheds has strengthened its London real estate practice with the hire of planning partner David Hardy from regional firm Cobbetts, taking the number of partners in its planning practice to 11. Hardy, who is qualified as both a barrister and a solicitor, will join from Cobbetts alongside planning associate Michelle Smith and personal assistant Michelle Brown.

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Stephenson Harwood hires Weil energy head for practice push

By Sofia Lind | July 14, 2011

Stephenson Harwood has hired Weil Gotshal & Manges' London head of energy and renewables Andrew McLean, who will transfer to the top 30 UK law firm in September. The corporate partner helped establish Weil Gotshal's consumer and financial services practice in Europe when he joined as a partner 11 years ago from Clifford Chance, where he had been an associate. He specialises in commercial contracts, private company M&A and joint ventures.

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Pro Mid Market

Market Focus Denver: What Does Boom Mean For 'Legacy' Firms?

By David Gialanella | December 15, 2020

Editor's note: This story was originally published on Oct. 5, 2018, and was reposted on Dec. 15, 2020 to be included in this collection: Market Refocus:…

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Pro Mid Market

Market Focus Seattle: Mega Merger in a Market 'Protective of Culture'

By David Gialanella | December 15, 2020

"We don't see these types of mergers in Seattle," recruiter Rehman Bashey said. "Firms are loath to consider growing by merger. ... Pacific Northwest firms are very protective of culture."

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Pro Mid Market

Market Focus: As Big Law Breaks Into Boston, Midsize Law Puts Up a Fight

By Lizzy McLellan | December 15, 2020

Big Law is stampeding into Boston. But midsize firm leaders say they're still competitive in the talent acquisition arena.

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Pro Mid Market

Market Focus Nashville: More New Beginnings for 'Entrepreneurial' Music City?

By David Gialanella | December 15, 2020

As a known market of interest with at least some history of notable moves, can Nashville expect to see further shakeup in the coming years? It won't be for lack of trying.

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The Recorder

Second Sidley Austin Partner Heads to Baker Botts

By Scott Graham | December 14, 2020

The second Sidley partner to join the firm in the last few months, Ted Chandler said he will work for the firm in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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Texas Lawyer

Newsmakers: Week of Dec. 14, 2020

By Jonathan Erway | December 14, 2020

Winstead PC announced that Taylor E. White, a labor and employment attorney, has joined the firm as a partner in the firm's Dallas office.

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Delaware Law Weekly

Potter Anderson Adds New E-Discovery Counsel

By Aleeza Furman | December 14, 2020

Potter Anderson & Corroon brought on Laura G. Readinger to serve as e-discovery counsel.

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Law.com

Law.com Trendspotter: For Law Firms, Having a Presence No Longer Requires Having an Office

By Zack Needles | December 14, 2020

The success of remote work during the pandemic has brought some traditional law firm leaders around to a concept distributed law firm leaders have been hip to for a while now: you can add talent without adding office space. And, in fact, you can attract talent by substracting that real estate overhead.

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The Recorder

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

By Aleeza Furman | December 11, 2020

New hires and promotions from across the California legal market.

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National Law Journal

Former Deputy Associate Attorney General Joins Cadwalader

By Dylan Jackson | December 11, 2020

The hire comes just a week after Cadwalader announced it hired Boies Schiller co-managing partner Nick Gravante.

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