European competition veteran James Venit is to leave Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom to join Dentons in Brussels after 16 years at the US firm. Continue reading “Dentons makes competition play with Skadden veteran Venit”
Linklaters has hired Goldman Sachs managing director Susana Cao Miranda as a partner to strengthen its London litigation offering.
Continue reading “Linklaters continues litigation push with Goldman Sachs hire”
US firm Reed Smith is the latest to hire from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) European practice, taking on the bulk of the firm’s financial regulation team. It is also in discussions with a number of other partners in Europe. Continue reading “Reed Smith takes on finreg team as KWM exits continue”
City firm Macfarlanes has made a rare triple lateral hire with three partners from King & Wood Mallesons‘ (KWM) European practice. The firm is taking on Tom Usher, Cameron Firth and Christoph Humpe as partners, and will also take on KWM’s former European senior partner Stephen Kon as a consultant. Continue reading “KWM competition trio defects to Macfarlanes in rare lateral play by City thoroughbred”
US firms K&L Gates, Covington & Burling and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe are the latest to take on partners from the beleaguered European practice of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM). Continue reading “KWM latest: K&L Gates and Orrick take Munich partners as Covington poised to take top litigator Pollack and team”
DLA Piper and Greenberg Traurig are the latest to benefit from a swathe of exits at King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) European arm.
Continue reading “KWM exits continue as DLA and Greenberg pick up teams”
Former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer senior partner Will Lawes is the latest heavyweight from the Magic Circle firm move into investment banking, taking a position at Lazard. Continue reading “Another Freshfields heavyweight moves into banking as former senior partner Lawes joins Lazard”
Latham & Watkins announced today (13 December) that it has hired Herbert Smith Freehills’s (HSF) global energy co-head John Balsdon, who will join its finance team in the City.
Continue reading “Latham continues City hiring spree with HSF energy head Balsdon”
Addleshaw Goddard boosted its London practice with another hire last week as Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Baker & McKenzie, Dentons and Withers all boosted their platforms.
Goodwin Procter has confirmed Mark Soundy and Sarah Priestley are joining following their resignation from Shearman & Sterling. Continue reading “‘An important step’: Shearman’s Soundy and Priestley resurface at Goodwin”
