Nearly two years after opening in Manchester, Fieldfisher has swelled its partner headcount with two lateral hires from regional firms.
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Dentons boosts competition offering with BLP veteran hire
Dentons has enhanced its competition and antitrust offering by appointing longstanding Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) partner Adrian Magnus to join its City practice.
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Revolving doors: key hires at Ropes & Gray and Clifford Chance while White & Case loses Polish disputes head
Global 100 heavyweights Ropes & Gray and Clifford Chance announced key lateral hires last week, while White & Case saw the head of its Polish disputes practice leave the firm.
‘Supporting strategic expansion’: Wilberforce takes barrister duo from 3 Stone Buildings
Wilberforce Chambers continues to expand, adding Fenner Moeran QC and Andrew Child from 3 Stone Buildings, just weeks after bringing three silks and five junior barristers from soon-to-dissolve London commercial and chancery set 11 Stone Buildings (11SB).
Clyde & Co ramps up South African offering with Norton Rose, ENS hires
Clyde & Co has continued its seemingly relentless international push of the last 18 months, this time recruiting ten new lawyers including five partners in South Africa, bringing the total number of legal staff across its Johannesburg and Cape Town offices to 30.
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Linklaters makes first US lateral hire in two years with Baker’s New York litigation chief
Linklaters has made a statement of intent in New York by hiring Baker & McKenzie’s Manhattan litigation head Douglas Tween, its first lateral hire in the US in almost two years.
Herbert Smith counters Thierbach loss with King & Spalding hire
Just over a month since news broke that its high-profile capital markets head Steve Thierbach was leaving, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has appointed King & Spalding’s Tom O’Neill to head its US securities practice.
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Revolving doors: King & Wood Mallesons, Ropes & Gray, Trethowans make strategic hires
On the move this week are partners from Clifford Chance, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Trethowans, who are joining King & Wood Mallesons, Ropes & Gray and Trethowans respectively.
Clyde & Co continues arbitration push with Berwin Leighton Paisner hire
Clyde & Co has hired Berwin Leighton Paisner’s co-head of arbitration and energy specialist Richard Power as it continues to develop its global arbitration group.
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Macfarlanes taps Ashurst for another real estate hire
With Macfarlanes having a made a virtue of broadening its service lines post-recession to contribute to its impressive financial performance in the last five years, it has expanded its real estate practice further with the hire of Ashurst real estate partner Gerald Kelly – its fourth real estate lateral from Ashurst in as many years.
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