The pace of lateral hiring has picked up during the past week with a number of appointments in the UK and internationally.
Dechert has made an ambitious double hire in the City from US firm Kirkland & Ellis, bringing in corporate partner Christopher Field and tax partner Jane Scobie. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Dechert makes London play with Kirkland duo as firms strengthen abroad”
Pinsent Masons is continuing its sustained international expansion drive with a new Australian arm in Perth and the hire of four infrastructure and energy partners from Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF).
The UK law firm’s new Perth branch, to open in the autumn, will be its third Australian office after Sydney and Melbourne and its fifth international launch in the last 18 months.
In a quieter week for lateral hiring in the City, Global 100 firms have been strengthening their international operations.
Mayer Brown partners Jochen Seitz and Peter Maier will move to Hogan Lovells’ international debt capital markets practice in Frankfurt. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Global 100 firms target key international markets as City sees recruitment lull”
CMS is continuing its global expansion with news that its French member firm has hired a two-partner real estate team from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) in Paris.
With the acquisition of Nabarro and Olswang in the UK having moved real estate up the agenda at CMS, 12 lawyers will join CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre at the start of 2018. Continue reading “‘Real estate up the agenda’: CMS brings across Paris team from Herbert Smith”
After an initial flurry of hires in September there has been a pause for breath, leaving Osborne Clarke (OC) and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius to bring in senior lawyers in the UK in recent days.
Pinsent Masons has seen financial services regulation partner Michael Lewis depart for UK top 25 rival OC. After a career which has spanned Norton Rose, Linklaters, Simmons & Simmons and a secondment as policy adviser to the Treasury in 2000/01, Lewis spent six years at Pinsents. OC head of business transactions Greg Leyshon said Lewis would help strengthen the firm’s financial institutions practice. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Osborne Clarke and Morgan Lewis make senior hires as City recruitment takes a breath”
International law firms have returned from the summer break in acquisition mode, with Berwin Leighton Paisner, Bird & Bird, Taylor Wessing, Reed Smith and Pinsent Masons all hiring in London and Asia, while Sidley, Dentons and Osborne Clarke are expanding their continental European footprint.
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has this morning (11 September) announced the appointment of three new international disputes partners to further strengthen its litigation and corporate risk (LCR) practice. Continue reading “Revolving doors: International firms return to hiring season with multiple City and global recruits”
As a season of disputes and regulatory hiring for international firms in Washington DC continues apace, Clifford Chance (CC) has continued its significant period of lateral hires in the US by adding two partners and a counsel to its Washington litigation practice.
And with the arrival of partners Joshua Berman and Glen Donath, alongside counsel Joshua Fitzhugh, CC has also ensured that 40% of its 22-strong US litigation contingent are former federal prosecutors. Continue reading “CC pushes on with stateside lateral spree adding disputes trio in Washington”
With August drawing to a close, London’s simmering lateral hire market is already heating up again with DLA Piper, Pinsent Masons, Kirkland & Ellis and Debevoise & Plimpton among the firms bringing in new partners.
At DLA Piper, the firm’s finance team made its first hires since Maurice Allen’s appointment in March as a consultant, appointing ex-Kirkland & Ellis and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner Philip Crump in London and Kirkland partner Doug Murning.
Pinsent Masons is continuing its extensive international expansion of late with a new Australian office and the hire of four infrastructure and energy partners from Norton Rose Fulbright.
The firm’s new Perth base, to open in the autumn, will be its third Australian office after Sydney and Melbourne and its fifth international launch in the last 18 months. Continue reading “‘A stellar team’: Pinsents to open in Perth with Norton Rose Fulbright partners”
Fieldfisher has made a major addition to its London corporate team while DWF, Watson Farley & Williams, O’Melveny & Myers and Linklaters have all made key hires around the globe.
Arriving from Hogan Lovells, Fieldfisher has appointed Keith Woodhouse as a partner in its London office. Woodhouse has experience in advising private equity houses on investments, M&A, disposals and restructurings. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Fieldfisher hires from Hogan Lovells as global players make international appointments”
