Latham & Watkins has hired US rival Debevoise & Plimpton‘s rising arbitration star Sophie Lamb (pictured) as it builds out its disputes practice.
Boyd becomes the latest Linklaters partner to jump ship to Kirkland
Rising private equity star Stuart Boyd has become the fifth Linklaters partner in the City to switch to US rival Kirkland & Ellis (K&E) in the last 18 months.
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Revolving doors: Dentons hires in the City while Global 100 rivals focus on international appointments
Dentons and DAC Beachcroft announced lateral hires to their City offices last week, while K&L Gates and Clyde & Co have boosted their ranks overseas.
Coming out swinging – the Ince fightback continues with team hire for Cologne launch
Shipping and insurance specialist Ince & Co has opened an office in Cologne with a team of four including two partners from CMS Hasche Sigle and German insurance practice Bach Langheid Dallmayr.
Reed Smith the beneficiary as Addleshaw loses second insurance head in two years
Addleshaw Goddard (AG) head of insurance Mark Pring is leaving the firm to join Reed Smith, less than two years after he replaced Richard Leedham as team head.
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White & Case lands Hogan Lovells rising star Potel as US firm builds corporate practice
After becoming the first US firm to employ more than 400 lawyers in the City last year, White & Case has added Hogan Lovells‘ star corporate partner Guy Potel (pictured) as it bids to become a corporate force in London.
Proskauer makes real estate push in London with DLA hire as Latham taps Kirkland in Asia for another PE specialist
Proskauer Rose has made a strategic play to capture work in London’s burgeoning real estate market with the hire of DLA Piper’s global co-chair of hospitality and leisure, Joanne Owen.
Revolving doors: Nabarro and DLA make tech hires as Ashurst and Bird & Bird bring in fresh blood
In this week’s appointments round-up, Nabarro and DLA Piper have made important tech hires in the City, while Bird & Bird has brought on a media GC, and Ashurst has made a private equity appointment in Germany.
Gowling WLG boosts banking and projects ranks with appointments from Dentons and HSF
Gowling WLG has made a double partner hire, appointing Dentons’ Matthew Harvey in banking and finance and former Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) Abu Dhabi head Andrew Newbery in projects. The appointments are the first UK lateral hires the firm has made since its merger went live earlier this year.
Dentons expands again, opening Munich office with Norton Rose team
Dentons will launch an office in Munich this summer in a bid to strengthen its corporate offering with the recruit of three partners from Norton Rose Fulbright.
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