Revolving doors: Magic Circle loses partners in Europe and Asia while Bakers hires in Africa

Last week saw both Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) lose partners in Europe while, in Hong Kong, Linklaters lost a capital markets partner to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. In South Africa, Baker & McKenzie made a significant hire, bringing in DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s head of projects and infrastructure.

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An opportunity to ‘build something’: KWM’s City litigation head Alex Leitch leaves for Covington

US firm Covington & Burling has bolstered its European disputes capabilities with the hire of King & Wood Mallesons London head of litigation, Alex Leitch (pictured), to its City office, as its plans to bulk up the practice this year.

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Linklaters suffers blow as US firms hire trio of leading partners

Linklaters lost a trio of heavyweight partners in February with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and Kirkland & Ellis cherry-picking from the Magic Circle firm.

Milbank built out its projects practice with the hire of two leading projects partners from Linklaters’ London office, Matthew Hagopian and Manzer Ijaz, who count among their clients Glencore, BP and Eni.

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Mass hires: Pillsbury sees partners start to move to Winston & Strawn across three offices

Up to 15 lawyers are set to quit from US firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman for Winston & Strawn, with the firm’s Abu Dhabi managing partner Stephen Jurgenson, London-based co-head of energy, infrastructure and projects James Simpson and New York-based structured products chief Jeffrey Stern having already resigned from the firm.

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Investing in London: Cooley keeps up City push with Olswang’s former PE head Rosen

After its mass hire from Edwards Wildman Palmer and Morrison & Foerster to launch in London earlier this year, Cooley has made good on plans to keep expanding in the City with the hire of Olswang’s longstanding corporate partner Stephen Rosen.

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