Revolving doors: Freshfields hire to leave DWF managed services role after less than a year
DWF’s New Law credentials have been dealt a blow as its managed services chief executive is set to leave the…
Strategic recruitment
NRF loses ten-lawyer London insurance litigation team to Kennedys as BCLP hires energy partners from Watson Farley
UK top 30 insurance and shipping specialist Kennedys has raided Norton Rose Fulbright’s (NRF) London insurance bench, recruiting two partners and another…
Revolving Doors: City lateral market falls quiet as firms look further afield to strengthen benches
May has been a quiet month for the London lateral market, with Addleshaw Goddard making the only notable City move…
A special situation – Macfarlanes overcomes lateral reluctance with rare spate of hires
Corporate partner Peter Baldwin joins the City outfit from Ropes & Gray Traditionally reticent to engage in the lateral recruitment…
Significant hires
In April, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan reinforced its City competition practice with the hire of Elaine Whiteford from Covington…
Kirkland private equity duo quit for Willkie Farr
Long-rumoured to be on their way out of the US giant, Kirkland & Ellis private equity duo David Arnold and Gavin…
Fieldfisher merges with top 20 Irish firm McDowell Purcell for Dublin launch
Fieldfisher is continuing its fervent EU expansion with a new Dublin office, launched via a merger with top 20 Irish…
Revolving doors: Quinn Emanuel adds star Covington partner as Ropes & Gray and Mishcon make hires
City firms welcomed a host of new partners over Easter, with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Ropes & Gray and Mishcon…
Revolving Doors: King & Spalding continues lateral spree with double hire as Linklaters loses NY funds partners to Debevoise
The first week of April saw no fooling around in the lateral hires market. King & Spalding has continued its…
Revolving Doors: Akin Gump does the double, Kirkland boosts funds and Sidley recruits crime veteran as US firms power lateral market
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld led the way in the City lateral market last week after hiring two funds…
Slaughter and May chooses Hong Kong once more for rare partner hire
Traditionally phobic to partner hires, Slaughter and May has recruited in Hong Kong again almost a year after its previous…
US firms strike in the City again as Latham hits Links and Paul Hastings taps Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins has once again hit the Magic Circle to expand beyond its traditional transactional heartlands in the City, recruiting…
International round-up: Bakers launches fourth low-cost hub in Argentina as Cooley targets capital markets with Hong Kong office
Baker McKenzie is pushing on with its profitability drive having picked Buenos Aires for its fourth business service centre some…
‘Great synergies’: Mayer Brown adds long-awaited restructuring hires with DLA duo
Chicago-bred Mayer Brown has bolstered its restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency (RBI) practice with a double hire from DLA Piper in London. DLA…
‘A leading player’: Fieldfisher ups real estate game with RPC construction and projects team
Enterprising top-25 firm Fieldfisher has made a significant construction and projects play, hiring a team including two partners from RPC. Dan…
Revolving Doors: Crowell & Moring taps Squire Patton Boggs for UK partners as DLA leads hefty international recruitment round
City recruitment was steady last week with Crowell & Moring being the main mover after luring yet more talent from…
Watson Farley & Williams makes major City energy play with Clifford Chance Africa director
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) is set to hire Titus Edjua, director of Clifford Chance’s (CC) Africa group, to boost its project…
Revolving Doors: Crowell & Moring secures three-partner team from Squire Patton Boggs while Dentons makes City hire from Fieldfisher
City recruitment was active last week, as Crowell & Moring and Dentons made the standout hires while Baker Botts also made a City…
Revolving Doors: DAC Beachcroft hires from Kirkland in the City while Morgan Lewis leads international team push
There was no love lost between firms in the lateral market last week, with DAC Beachcroft, Withers and Reed Smith…
From pavements to sidewalks: PE star Mahon’s move to Simpson Thacher melts CC hearts to stone
The success of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett where others have failed in luring Clifford Chance (CC)’s Amy Mahon to the…