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Osborne Clarke has expanded its European footprint through a new office in Poland, securing a team of 30 lawyers from domestic firms to staff the Warsaw hub.

The new team, which comprises six partners, 24 lawyers and four business services staff, features a strong contingent from Polish professional services firm MDDP, with former MDDP Law managing partner and M&A specialist Tomasz Olkiewicz being selected as co-managing partner for OC’s new Polish operations. He will be supported in the top job by Olgierd Świerzewski, previously chief executive and head of the technology transaction group at Kochański & Partners. Continue reading “Revolving doors: OC opens in Warsaw with local hires as US players ramp up in the City”

Mayer Brown has bolstered its London corporate and securities team with the addition of White & Case’s head of funds and investment management, Matthew Griffin.

Griffin acts for sponsors, institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds on fund formations and fund investments and his appointment marks the firm’s push globally to strengthen its PE team. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Mayer Brown lures White & Case’s funds chief as A&O continues its US expansion”

The fight to bolster transactional teams globally rattles on in the latest round of partner recruitment.

Shearman & Sterling is expanding its London M&A team with the addition of corporate finance partner Maegen Morrison. Morrison joins from Hogan Lovells and has a broad practice covering public and private M&A and capital markets transactions. Continue reading “Revolving doors: one in one out for Hogan Lovells as transactional hiring spree continues”

In the latest round of lateral partner recruitment, Baker McKenzie has appointed a leading restructuring and insolvency partner in London.

Sarah Smith, who joins the firm from Dechert, will be tasked with expanding Baker’s restructuring and insolvency practice in London, EMEA and beyond. She has a broad finance practice focusing mainly on financial restructuring, as well as securitisation and financial services regulatory advice and the impact of bank capital requirements on the structuring of financing transactions. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Major restructuring hire for Bakers while former SFO chief Green QC leaves Slaughters”

Continuing the frenetic pace set during last week’s round of lateral partner recruitment, CMS has hired a patent litigation specialist from Allen & Overy (A&O) in London.

Toby Sears, previously a senior associate at A&O, has broad experience advising on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters in the technology and life sciences sectors.   Continue reading “Revolving doors: CMS continues recruitment drive with IP hire as Eversheds lures banking counsel from Linklaters”

Continuing the frenetic pace of recruitment displayed throughout 2021, 2022 has begun with Allen & Overy (A&O) adding an established antitrust partner from Sidley.

Kristina Nordlander was previously global co-head of antitrust at Sidley, and she has more than 23 years’ experience advising clients on both sides of the Atlantic. Her practice has a broad EU antitrust and EU litigation focus, with a particular strength in the tech and life sciences sectors. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Global 100 firms kick off new year with heavyweight hires”

Capping off a week of significant change in big law’s C-suites, Clifford Chance has appointed financial markets partner Charles Adams as its next managing partner.

Adams will succeed incumbent Matthew Layton on 1 May 2022, when he will commence a four-year term. For his part, Layton was re-appointed for a second term in 2017, after improving operational rigour, bolstering partner performance and ushering in shake-ups to CC’s historically restrictive lockstep model . During Layton’s second term, CC boosted revenues by 35% and profit per equity partner by 65%. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Management merry-go-round as CC, Mayer Brown and Watson Farley name new leaders”

Taylor Wessing dominated this week’s lateral partner recruitment, with eye-catching expansion both at home and abroad.

In Poland, the firm has taken on a ten-lawyer team from Deloitte Legal. The group is led by partners Łukasz Szymański and Zbigniew Korba, who together will strengthen the firm’s banking and finance and real estate capabilities in the region. As a result of this team hire, Taylor Wessing’s lawyer headcount has swelled to more than 30 in Poland. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Bumper week for Taylor Wessing with team hire in Poland and double partner swoop in London”