Revolving Doors: Ashurst and Greenberg Traurig strengthen City benches as Pinsents sees moves both ways

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A bumper week for City and international lateral hires followed the Easter break last week with Ashurst and Greenberg Traurig among those to make strategic additions in London, strengthening their real estate and white-collar practices respectively.

Ashurst announced the hire of Alison Hardy from Squire Patton Boggs where she was national head of its property litigation team. James Levy, head of Ashurst’s London disputes practice, said: ‘Alison is a highly regarded and experienced real estate litigator. We have every confidence that she will deliver great results for clients and play a key role in further developing our capability in high value disputes.’ Continue reading “Revolving Doors: Ashurst and Greenberg Traurig strengthen City benches as Pinsents sees moves both ways”

Mass exodus as McDermott bags 50-lawyer team from DLA to add ‘$100m’ to revenues

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McDermott Will & Emery has brought in a team – including more than 20 partners – from DLA Piper’s US offices, in a string of major moves touted as adding $100m in revenue to its top line.

The Chicago-based firm announced on 29 March that a four-partner real estate finance team, led by DLA’s New York-based global co-chair of finance, Jeffrey Steiner, would be arriving. Continue reading “Mass exodus as McDermott bags 50-lawyer team from DLA to add ‘$100m’ to revenues”

Revolving doors: National firms lead the pack in spate of UK and international hires

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Nationally-spread LB100 firms Addleshaw Goddard, DWF and Pinsent Masons were among those to make strategic additions both in the UK and internationally last week.

Addleshaw Goddard made the most sizeable move, after a recruitment drive in Manchester which saw six partners from Irwin Mitchell boost the firm’s already-sizable real estate team. Continue reading “Revolving doors: National firms lead the pack in spate of UK and international hires”

A&O recruits fintech specialist in rare City lateral while Freshfields loses one in Germany to Latham

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A&O recruits fintech specialist in rare City lateral while Freshfields loses one in Germany to Latham

The old days when the only ways in and out of a Magic Circle partnership were promotion and retirement (forced or otherwise) seems like ancient history with this week already seeing Allen & Overy (A&O) make a rare City hire as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer loses one of its own in Europe.

A&O’s move sees the firm recruit partner Ben Regnard-Weinrabe from the London arm of Paul Hastings as the City giant moves to bolster its position in the fast-expanding payment services sector. Regnard-Weinrabe has been a partner in the banking practice of Paul Hastings since 2014. He had been credited with establishing and leading a practice focused on payment services regulation and fintech. Continue reading “A&O recruits fintech specialist in rare City lateral while Freshfields loses one in Germany to Latham”

Macfarlanes launches white-collar practice with Eversheds team head hire

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Macfarlanes launches white-collar practice with Eversheds team head hire

Macfarlanes has today (9 March) announced that Eversheds Sutherland corporate crime head Neill Blundell will be joining the firm in a move that will see him spearhead the launch of corporate crime and investigations practice at his new firm.

Blundell will focus on corporate criminal investigations and compliance advice, with particular emphasis on regulatory issues. Regarding the move, senior partner Charles Martin said: ‘The introduction of criminal offences across a broad spectrum of regulation affecting our corporate clients – such as bribery, the Criminal Finances Act and environmental matters – makes this area of work a really important one.’ Continue reading “Macfarlanes launches white-collar practice with Eversheds team head hire”

City of angels: Baker McKenzie launches in LA with Hogan Lovells team hire

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City of angels: Baker McKenzie launches in LA with Hogan Lovells team hire

Baker McKenzie has opened its ninth US office in Los Angeles after recruiting a five-partner employment and litigation team from rival global firm Hogan Lovells.

As the firm looks to beef up its numbers in the region as part of its 2020 strategy, two of Hogan Lovells’ former partners will launch the new office today (08 March). Continue reading “City of angels: Baker McKenzie launches in LA with Hogan Lovells team hire”

Linklaters offers top-of-equity deal to recruit Cleary rainmaker Casati ahead of his 70th birthday

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Linklaters offers top-of-equity deal to recruit Cleary rainmaker Casati ahead of his 70th birthday

In one of the most significant senior moves in the Italian market in recent years, Linklaters has hired Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton veteran rainmaker Roberto Casati.

In a bid by the City giant to expand beyond its finance and capital markets focus in the country into mainstream corporate, Linklaters has drafted a waiver to its partnership terms to allow the 69-year-old to join the firm at the top of its equity ladder, a deal worth around £2m annually. Casati is expected to stay on for at least five years. Continue reading “Linklaters offers top-of-equity deal to recruit Cleary rainmaker Casati ahead of his 70th birthday”

Global London: Sidley Austin launches London life sciences practice with senior hire from Bristows

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Sidley Austin has today (6 March) announced the recruitment of Marie Manley, formerly of Bristows’ life sciences team, as it launches its own practice in the City.

Manley will now lead Sidley’s life sciences team in London, which will focus on areas such as medical device and drug regulation, intellectual property and private equity and will play a pivotal role in providing services to Sidley’s global life sciences clients. Continue reading “Global London: Sidley Austin launches London life sciences practice with senior hire from Bristows”

Revolving doors: City lateral market’s big freeze means hires further afield

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Revolving doors: City lateral market’s big freeze means hires further afield

Lateral recruitment was largely left in the cold last week after a flurry of activity in late February, as London partner moves were nearly frozen out altogether.

In the City, Bristol-based LB100 firm TLT brought in Nick Pincott as a partner in its UK construction, infrastructure and projects team from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he was a partner in the firm’s energy projects group for more than a decade. Continue reading “Revolving doors: City lateral market’s big freeze means hires further afield”

Reed Smith taps Macfarlanes for fund finance head in rare departure from City blueblood

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Reed Smith taps Macfarlanes for fund finance head in rare departure from City blueblood

Macfarlanes has seen a rare partner exit as investment fund finance group leader Bronwen Jones quit the City stalwart after 14 years for Reed Smith.

The first lateral hire from the firm since head of competition Marc Israel left for White & Case in November 2016 , Jones left last Friday (23 February) and is expected to start at Reed Smith’s London fund finance group in early April. Continue reading “Reed Smith taps Macfarlanes for fund finance head in rare departure from City blueblood”