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Pillsbury boosts London office with five-lawyer Gowlings IP team

Pillsbury has hired a five-strong London intellectual property (IP) team from Canadian firm Gowlings, including two partners. James Tumbridge and Paul Harris join the US firm's London office alongside associates Katerina Mikheev and Robert Peake and Dr Ashley Roughton, formerly an intellectual property and data protection barrister at Hogarth Chambers, who joins Pillsbury as special counsel.
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Five-partner healthcare team exits DAC Beachcroft to join Capsticks

DAC Beachcroft's Leeds office has lost a five-partner team to healthcare boutique Capsticks. The team comprises national health employment chief Rachael Heenan, who also heads up the health practice in the North, healthcare regulatory and public law partner Ian Cooper, health commercial specialist Robert McGough, employment lawyer Ron Simms and northern health sector partner Claire Reynolds.
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Transfer Window Asia: recent moves including Ashurst and Simmons

Ropes & Gray has added to its corporate practice in Seoul with the hire of counsel Jaewoo Lee from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Lee, who joins the US firm as a partner, will initially be based out of New York and Hong Kong but will relocate to Ropes and Gray's Seoul office when his license to practice in the North Asian state is approved.
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Gibson Dunn recruits Skadden litigation partner in London

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has made a rare partner hire in London with the appointment of Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom litigation and arbitration lawyer Penny Madden. An English-qualified solicitor who was promoted to the Skadden partnership in 2012, Madden has a practice focus on telecoms, international trade and insurance disputes.
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BLP global private equity head McKeeve leaves for Jones Day

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) global head of private equity Raymond McKeeve has left to join Jones Day in a coup for the US firm's London office. McKeeve has spent four years at BLP after joining as private equity head in 2009, just a year after leaving Kirkland & Ellis in 2008, during which time he worked as an investment professional for property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz.
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Squire Sanders secures City hire of Addleshaws structured finance head

Squire Sanders has sealed the hire of Addleshaw Goddard's head of structured finance, Mark Thomas, for its London office. Thomas, who advises clients on structured loan products and loan portfolio sales and acquisitions, is the fifth partner in the last year to join Squire Sanders' global financial services practice.
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Ashurst takes A&O energy and infra partner for New York office

Ashurst has hired Allen & Overy (A&O) energy partner Charles Williams to its New York office. Williams, who was promoted to partner in 2007, focuses his practice on the US public-private partnership (P3) market, which he has been involved in since its inception. He joins Ashurst's energy, resources and infrastructure practice.
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International Edition

Orrick boosts Japan practice with former Paul Hastings Tokyo head

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has strengthened its Japan practice with the hire of Paul Hastings' former Tokyo managing partner Ted Johnson. The US firm has recruited Johnson to join its M&A and private equity team in the country, bringing the total number of partners in the office to eight.
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International Edition

Ex-Herbert Smith Asia disputes head to join Linklaters as exits continue

Linklaters has made a key hire for its Hong Kong litigation team with the addition of Herbert Smith Freehills' former Asia disputes head Gavin Lewis. Lewis, who is top rated for China disputes and contentious regulatory work, is expected to join the magic circle firm's Hong Kong base in November or December this year, bringing the total number of disputes partners in the office to to four.
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International Edition

Clayton Utz takes on KWM partner in first post-SJ Berwin merger exit

Clayton Utz has hired King & Wood Mallesons partner Andrew Norman in a move aimed at bolstering its real estate practice nationally. Norman, who was with Mallesons for 22 years, will join Clayton Utz in Melbourne on January 1 next year, bringing the total number of partners in the real estate practice to nine.
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