After resigning last month, King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) influential head of investment funds and major biller Michael Halford will be joining Goodwin Procter and has taken several other partners with him.
Continue reading “Goodwin Procter to take Halford and other KWM partners as recap fails”
Arnold & Porter and Withers take the latest Olswang leavers, while Watson Farley & Williams (WFW), Clyde & Co and Shakespeare Martineau have all added laterals this week.
Olswang has lost the co-chair of its patent prosecution group to Dentons as the TMT firm prepares its mega merger with CMS Cameron McKenna and Nabarro. Continue reading “Olswang’s patent prosecution co-head exits amid merger talks”
Simmons & Simmons announced today (16 November) the hire of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) intellectual property (IP) partner Michael Knospe. He has joined Simmons’ Munich office together with counsel Caroline von Nussbaum and supervising associate Massimo Bellitto-Grillo.
Continue reading “Simmons latest to benefit from KWM exits as German IP team quits”
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has taken on a three-partner team from Allen & Overy (A&O) in New York, including the firm’s US senior partner Kevin O’Shea. Continue reading “‘One of the top teams’: Milbank takes A&O US senior partner in real estate group hire”
In a rare move, White & Case has hired Macfarlanes competition and EU head Marc Israel after 15 years at the firm. Continue reading “Another defection from Macfarlanes as competition head moves to White & Case”
In this week’s round-up of lateral appointments, Clifford Chance (CC) and RPC have added to the benches in Hong Kong, while Dentons has hired in Europe and Lawyers on Demand’s (LOD) Jonathan Brenner has taken on a new part-time role at Keystone Law.
Dechert has strengthened its private equity and finance practices hiring White & Case‘s Ross Allardice and Kirkland & Ellis partner John Markland to boost its presence in the City. Continue reading “Double hire for Dechert as White & Case PE player Allardice exits with K&E finance partner”
In a busy week for laterals, Addleshaw Goddard, Hogan Lovells and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) have boosted their international ranks, while Matrix Chambers and Penningtons Manches have hired in the City. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Addleshaws and Hogan Lovells boost ranks as Matrix targets Freshfields and Olswang construction head exits”
Wall Street leader Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has made a rare London hire after recruiting high-profile Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Ben Spiers to boost its M&A practice. Continue reading “Simpson Thacher taps Freshfields for M&A heavyweight Spiers”
