Freshfields fuels New York M&A growth with four more Cleary lawyers

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Freshfields fuels New York M&A growth with four more Cleary lawyers

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has added four more lawyers to its ten-partner Wall Street M&A team, with three counsel and one associate joining the City firm from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.

The move announced today (5 December) comes just over a month after the firm hired Cleary M&A veteran Ethan Klingsberg and partners Meredith Kotler, Pamela Marcogliese and Paul Tiger, in what it hopes will amount to a breakthrough for its US business after years of struggle. Continue reading “Freshfields fuels New York M&A growth with four more Cleary lawyers”

Revolving doors: Latham revisits CC for finance hire as DLA recruits BCLP duo in London

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Revolving doors: Latham revisits CC for finance hire as DLA recruits BCLP duo in London

Defying the pre-Christmas lull in City laterals, Latham & Watkins last week returned to Clifford Chance to bolster its finance bench as DLA Piper expanded its infrastructure disputes team with a double hire.

Latham hired CC infrastructure and real estate veteran Stephen Curtis to its London finance team. Curtis, who had been at the Magic Circle firm since 1991 and a partner since 2000, advises on structured finance transactions in the regulated utility, infrastructure and real estate sectors, as well as corporate securitisations. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Latham revisits CC for finance hire as DLA recruits BCLP duo in London”

Revolving doors: Shoosmiths hires first COO as DWF acquires small Australian firm and others look to the continent

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Revolving doors: Shoosmiths hires first COO as DWF acquires small Australian firm and others look to the continent

City lateral recruitment was quiet last week, with firms instead hiring in Europe as Shoosmiths appointed a chief operating officer (COO) and DWF made another acquisition.

Paul Hastings hired the former director of legal affairs for the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), Nicola Bonucci, as a partner to its Paris office. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Shoosmiths hires first COO as DWF acquires small Australian firm and others look to the continent”

Freshfields recruits Linklaters’ alternative legal services head as chief operating officer

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Freshfields recruits Linklaters’ alternative legal services head as chief operating officer

Linklaters’ global head of alternative legal services has quit just months into his role to become chief operating officer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Mark Higgs (pictured), the former head of Ashurst Advance who was hired by Linklaters in April to spearhead its flexible lawyering platform, Re:link, is joining Freshfields in December. He had been chief operating officer of Re:link and became global head of alternative legal services at Linklaters in October. Continue reading “Freshfields recruits Linklaters’ alternative legal services head as chief operating officer”

Revolving doors: City hires aplenty as Goodwin adds Kirkland PE player and Weil makes restructuring lateral

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Revolving doors: City hires aplenty as Goodwin adds Kirkland PE player and Weil makes restructuring lateral

Leading US firms have continued to ramp up lateral recruitment in London as Goodwin Procter hired a private equity partner from Kirkland & Ellis and Weil, Gotshal & Manges added to its restructuring bench.

Goodwin hired Kirkland partner Carl Bradshaw to its private equity group. Bradshaw focuses on cross-border private equity deals and has worked on deals including leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, public-to-privates, consortium deals and co-investments. Continue reading “Revolving doors: City hires aplenty as Goodwin adds Kirkland PE player and Weil makes restructuring lateral”

Revolving doors: Simmons and CMS make City banking and pensions hires as Gibson Dunn bolsters its Paris bench

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Revolving doors: Simmons and CMS make City banking and pensions hires as Gibson Dunn bolsters its Paris bench

In another muted patch for City laterals, Simmons & Simmons and CMS were the only firms to hire in London last week as Gibson Dunn & Crutcher recruited to its employment bench and HFW hired in Hong Kong.

Simmons has added to its international banking practice with the hire of Kirsty Barnes, Gowling WLG’s head of banking and finance in the UK. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Simmons and CMS make City banking and pensions hires as Gibson Dunn bolsters its Paris bench”

Goodwin makes good on Taylor Wessing hires with Cambridge office opening

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Goodwin makes good on Taylor Wessing hires with Cambridge office opening

The expansive Goodwin has leveraged its recent four-strong band of life sciences and technology laterals from Taylor Wessing to open a new office in the UK’s innovation hub, Cambridge.

The move follows Goodwin’s hire of a Taylor Wessing team including Malcolm Bates, David Mardle, Tim Worden and Adrian Rainey as part of its strategy to build out its City technology and life sciences bench. Continue reading “Goodwin makes good on Taylor Wessing hires with Cambridge office opening”

Revolving Doors: Proskauer and TLT hire in the City as Clydes insurance head retires

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Proskauer and TLT have added to their funds and banking practices in what was a quiet week generally for City lateral hires.

Proskauer has hired regulatory specialist Kirsten Lapham to its global private funds practice. She joins the firm’s London office as partner from Ropes & Gray where she was counsel in the asset management group. Continue reading “Revolving Doors: Proskauer and TLT hire in the City as Clydes insurance head retires”

Rolling up the sleeves: Eversheds sets out corporate ambitions with hire of Simmons’ UK corporate head

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Rolling up the sleeves: Eversheds sets out corporate ambitions with hire of Simmons’ UK corporate head

Eversheds Sutherland is ramping up its City investment plans as the firm looks to become a leading player in the global upper mid-market corporate space.

The firm said today (4 November) it had hired the former head of UK corporate at Simmons & Simmons, Giles Dennison (pictured), in London. Dennison was a Simmons lifer, becoming partner in 2005 before heading the corporate team since 2012. Continue reading “Rolling up the sleeves: Eversheds sets out corporate ambitions with hire of Simmons’ UK corporate head”

Paul Hastings withdraws from Milan as K&L Gates loses eight-partner employment team in Australia

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Paul Hastings withdraws from Milan as K&L Gates loses eight-partner employment team in Australia

Paul Hastings is shutting up shop in Milan as its office head leaves for a US rival while K&L Gates has seen an exodus of partners in Australia.

Bruno Cova has been a corporate partner at Paul Hastings for over 14 years and currently chairs the firm’s operation in Milan. However, Cova is set to leave the firm for Studio Legale Delfino e Associati Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Though the hires have not yet been finalised, Cova is expected to join alongside litigation partner Francesca Petronio. Continue reading “Paul Hastings withdraws from Milan as K&L Gates loses eight-partner employment team in Australia”