The list of partner departures from King & Wood Mallesons’ City office is getting longer each week with Mishcon de Reya the latest beneficiary after picking up IP veteran Ray Black.
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Hogan Lovells has tapped Baker Botts’ disputes team in Houston with the hire of three partners with almost 70 years’ combined experience at the firm, including the former head of the Houston office.
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In another busy week for international lateral hires, Allen & Overy (A&O), Kirkland & Ellis, Pinsent Masons and Reed Smith all made key appointments abroad, while London-based public international law boutique Volterra Fietta hired an overseas government specialist. Continue reading “Revolving doors: Global 100 firms make heavyweight international hires in key markets”
King & Wood Mallesons‘ (KWM) City office has suffered its second partner exit this week, with financial markets partner Gregg Beechey being the latest to quit the firm to join Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in London.
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A nine-lawyer team will be leaving the US offices of Ashurst, including its US managing partner, to join Paul Hastings as it expands its structured finance team.
Jones Day has launched a fund formation practice in Paris through the hire of partner Catherine Martougin from Luxembourg firm Arendt & Medernach in a bid to boost the firm’s private equity capabilities, while it also recruited a five-strong team from French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel to boost its TMT practice, particularly in Africa and the Middle East.
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges has bolstered its Shanghai office with the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s New York-qualified corporate partner Charles Ching.
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After suffering a series of raids on its renowned City private equity practice, including the announced departure of partner Simon Fulbrook earlier today (1 July), King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has sought to rebuild its flagship group with the hire of Laura Brunnen from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.
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TLT has boosted its financial services offering with the hire of Barclays’ investigations and enforcement head Jake McQuitty, who joins the firm as a partner.
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US firm Goodwin Procter has made its second private equity hire from King & Wood Mallesons’ City office with private equity partner Simon Fulbrook, signalling ‘an important strategic step in the development’ of its European private equity capabilities.
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