Fieldfisher has appointed Stephen Moller as a partner from K&L Gates, further bolstering the firm’s finance team after its April hire of Freshfields’ Dougall Molson.
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Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is set to pick up Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer patent litigation partner Justin Watts.
Continue reading “Freshfields patent litigation duo exit for WilmerHale”
Despite a slightly less active week for lateral hires in the UK, firms continue to grow their European footprint. Baker McKenzie and Fieldfisher added to their Paris and Dusseldorf bases respectively, as national firm Weightmans hired in Manchester and Kirkland & Ellis opened a new office in Boston.
In what amounts to a break-up of one of the City’s most storied private equity partner duos, Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom has hired White & Case’s global and EMEA PE co-head Richard Youle, along with recently promoted PE partner Katja Butler.
Continue reading “‘Move makes sense’: Skadden breaks up White & Case City PE duo with Youle hire”
Linklaters has hired Ropes & Gray partner James Douglas to its London office, its second restructuring hire in as many months.
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Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is due to launch a real estate and infrastructure practice in Hong Kong this autumn with the hire of Mayer Brown JSM’s rated head of Asia hospitality and leisure, Andrew MacGeoch.
Continue reading “‘Didn’t want someone average’: BLP taps Mayer Brown in Hong Kong real estate push”
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan announced today (19 May) that it has hired Shearman & Sterling’s global antitrust head and managing partner of its Brussels office, Stephen Mavroghenis, as well as competition partner Miguel Rato – after first approaching the team last autumn.
Kirkland & Ellis has returned to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to hire financial restructuring partner Sean Lacey.
Following its recent agreement to combine with Norton Rose Fulbright to create a $2bn firm, Chadbourne & Parke has lost the head of its Moscow office, Andrei Baev, to Reed Smith. Continue reading “‘A natural fit’: Reed Smith takes Chadbourne Moscow managing partner Baev ahead of NRF merger”
In a busy week for lateral hires, firms have been actively adding to their offices at home and abroad. Linklaters has made a couple of key appointments in Asia while a host of other firms have hired laterals in the UK, the US and Gibraltar. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Linklaters adds depth to Asian offices as Signature opens in Gibraltar with key hire”
