Brown Rudnick has hired technology and intellectual property (IP) head Alex Carter-Silk from Speechly Bircham to lead its European IP practice in London. Continue reading “Brown Rudnick hires Speechly’s European IP head into equivalent City role”
Norton Rose Fulbright hires CMS Cameron McKenna DCM partner
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has hired CMS Cameron McKenna banking and finance partner Nigel Dickinson to its debt capital markets team. Continue reading “Norton Rose Fulbright hires CMS Cameron McKenna DCM partner”
Squire Patton Boggs brings in former Dundas partner to head UK real estate litigation team
Squire Patton Boggs has made its first UK partner hire since the May announcement that Squire Sanders would unite with Patton Boggs, recruiting former Dundas & Wilson partner Andrew Walker to head its burgeoning UK real estate litigation team. Continue reading “Squire Patton Boggs brings in former Dundas partner to head UK real estate litigation team”
Comment: Partner recruitment – better but still a case of buyer beware
If the oxymoronic notion of partner recruitment didn’t exist who would invent it? On one level, of course, its emergence in the legal profession was inevitable given wider changes in careers and attitudes to work. Without some form of partner mobility law firms would become inflexibly segmented and partners effectively bound to a single employer. Continue reading “Comment: Partner recruitment – better but still a case of buyer beware”
Edwards Wildman faces five-strong London partner revolt following string of City exits
Edwards Wildman is in talks with five disgruntled London partners following a string of exits from the top 100 US firm and accusations from one ex-partner that the City site is being neglected by its Boston headquarters. Continue reading “Edwards Wildman faces five-strong London partner revolt following string of City exits”
Greenberg Traurig hires Dentons London-based co-head of global real estate
Greenberg Traurig has hired Dentons London-based co-head of global real estate Eric Rosedale as its co-chair of international real estate. Continue reading “Greenberg Traurig hires Dentons London-based co-head of global real estate”
Latham goes green with latest City hire of Macfarlanes environmentalist Paul Davies
In the latest of a series of heavyweight City hires, Latham & Watkins is to bring in Macfarlanes’ environmental specialist Paul Davies as a partner in its environment, land and resources group. Continue reading “Latham goes green with latest City hire of Macfarlanes environmentalist Paul Davies”
Ashurst finance partner Simon Thrower latest to leave with move to Simmons
Ashurst finance partner Simon Thrower has quit to join Simmons & Simmons’ City practice within days of the announcement that corporate partner Nigel Stacey is leaving for US firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Continue reading “Ashurst finance partner Simon Thrower latest to leave with move to Simmons”
Ashurst corporate partner Nigel Stacey quits for Gibson Dunn’s City office
Ashurst’s corporate partner Nigel Stacey has quit the firm to join the London office of Los Angeles-founded firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
Stacey, who focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and general corporate matters, follows in the footsteps of fellow corporate partner Jonathan Earle, who left Ashurst in April after being with the firm for 16 years. Continue reading “Ashurst corporate partner Nigel Stacey quits for Gibson Dunn’s City office”
Revolving Doors: HSF’s Rosen QC returns to the Bar; laterals for Weil Gotshal; Simmons; Rosenblatt and Payne Hicks
The latest standout lateral moves have seen Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF) former advocacy chief Murray Rosen QC return to the Bar, as Weil Gotshal & Manges boosts its City finance practice, Simmons & Simmons expands in Bristol, with further partner hires at Rosenblatt Solicitors and Payne Hicks Beach.