Reed Smith has swooped to land a 55-lawyer team from rival US firm Anderson Kill & Olick, writes the Legal Intelligencer.

The team, whose move is effective from 1 February, represents almost half the total fee earners at 120-attorney Anderson Kill and includes several members of the firm’s executive management team, including former president and chief executive Jeffrey Glatzer. Twenty-five join Reed Smith as partners, three join as counsel and 27 as associates.