Headlining the latest round of lateral partner appointments, White & Case has made an eye-catching move for Clifford Chance’s former co-head of mining and metals, David Lewis.
Lewis specialises in M&A, joint ventures and equity investments with a primary focus on the mining, metals and energy sectors. Continue reading “Revolving doors: White & Case lands corporate heavyweight from Clifford Chance as Hogan Lovells makes German team hire”
In a bold Bay Area play, Cleary Gottlieb has announced that it is opening in California with the arrival of renowned antitrust trial lawyer Heather Nyong’o and the relocation of a team of partners and associates from its New York and Washington DC offices to Palo Alto and San Francisco.
Nyong’o was partner-in-charge of WilmerHale’s San Francisco office and leader of its California antitrust and competition practice. She joins long-standing Cleary antitrust partners Brian Byrne and George Cary, white-collar partner Jennifer Kennedy Park, M&A partner Benet O’Reilly, and a team of six associates. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Cleary makes Bay Area move as HogLov and Squire enhance Africa offerings”
In a major in-house move, professional services company Capita has appointed Claire Denton as its new chief general counsel and company secretary.
Denton joins from Aveva Group, where she has been group general counsel and company secretary since 2015. In her new position she will report directly to Capita’s chief executive, Jon Lewis, and will sit on the company’s executive committee. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Capita appoints new legal chief as Clifford Chance lures back former PE star”
Bouncing back from a swathe of pre-IPO disputes partner exits, Mishcon de Reya has made a senior contentious hire in Singapore.
Arriving with significant in-house experience from his most recent role as senior legal counsel at QBE Insurance, Henry Winter is a dual commercial litigation and arbitration specialist who also has considerable experience dealing with regulators across Asia Pacific. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Mishcon expands in Singapore as Squire takes on Madrid buyout team”
Amid a hectic week for lateral partner recruitment, Herbert Smith Freehills has picked up two former Hogan Lovells financial litigation partners in New York to boost its US operations.
A significant blow for Hogan Lovells, global head of financial services litigation Marc Gottridge and New York administrative partner and fellow financial litigator Lisa Fried are the high-profile departures. Continue reading “Revolving doors: HSF takes two senior New York litigators from Hogan Lovells as Littler expands in Portugal”
Amid the latest round of lateral hires, Goodwin has picked up capital markets partner and ESG specialist Ariel White-Tsimikalis from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner in London.
White-Tsimikalis specialises in advising investment banks, corporates and private equity funds on equity capital markets transactions, but also offers advice to listed clients on their ESG obligations. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Goodwin lures capital markets guru as Ashurst boosts derivatives practice”
Continuing the private equity theme set by last week’s spate of hires, Gibson Dunn has appointed a trio of buyout partners from Vinson & Elkins in London.
Federico (Fede) Fruhbeck will serve as Gibson Dunn’s new head of private equity in Europe as well as co-chair of the projects and infrastructure practice group. He is joined by fellow partners Robert Dixon and Alice Brogi. Collectively, the new partners will focus on cross-border M&A, particularly infrastructure, ESG and real estate transactions for both private equity and corporate clients. Continue reading “Revolving doors: private equity spree continues as Gibson Dunn hires buyout team from Vinson & Elkins”
With echoes of David Higgins’ landmark $10m switch in 2017 , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has lost two up-and-coming private equity rising stars to US rival Kirkland & Ellis.
Freshfields lifer Vincent Bergin, who was made partner last year, arrives at Kirkland with an impressive back catalogue of clients, including private equity shops EQT ) and CVC Capital Partners. The other hire is Keir MacLennan – promoted in 2019, MacLennan specialises in high-profile and complex mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, take-privates and exits for both financial sponsors and corporates. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Kirkland picks up Freshfields private equity stars again as seven partners depart pre-IPO Mishcon”
In a headline week for the London disputes market, a three-partner antitrust litigation team from Quinn Emanuel’s market-leading practice has decamped to Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
The team is spearheaded by partner Boris Bronfentrinker, who notably led on the landmark £14bn Mastercard interchange fee Supreme Court case last December. He will be joined by fellow contentious competition partners Elaine Whiteford and Nicola Chesaites as well as a team of eight associates. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Disputes dominate as Willkie and HFW make major London team hires”
Amid another hefty round of parner recruitment, Ashurst has made a senior hire in London, bringing in Jacques McChesney as a partner from Shearman & Sterling to boost its high yield practice. Prior to Shearman, McChesney was a partner at Latham & Watkins.
McChesney advises clients on restructurings, debt tender/consent solicitations and private placements in multiple jurisdictions across Europe. ‘Jacques is an exceptional practitioner with a great breadth of experience,’ said Anna-Marie Slot, Ashurst’s global head of high yield. ‘Our practice continues to focus on advising on first-of-a-kind and complex deals for clients to capitalise on the high yield opportunities across EMEA. Adding Jacques’ significant expertise and established reputation is an important next step in further building our offering.’ Continue reading “Revolving doors: Ashurst makes senior high yield hire from Shearman as WilmerHale sees double departure to G100 rivals”
