Bar round-up: Essex Court and Outer Temple Chambers boost their ranks
It’s been a good summer so far for Essex Court Chambers and Outer Temple Chambers, with Daniel Oudkerk QC recently…
Strategic recruitment
In-house Round-up: Swiss Re GC to DAC, Co-op’s Gulliford to Pannone, FACT appoints first GC and Auction.com takes on senior legal team
If it had seemed that the flow of UK hires between private practice and in-house was very much one-sided in…
Can’t make an omelette – newly-merged Norton Rose Fulbright sees exodus in Middle East
So far the high-stakes merger between Norton Rose and US practice Fulbright & Jaworski has been sealed with minimal fall-out…
In-house: Facebook and Diageo fill top GC roles
Social networking giant Facebook and global drinks brand Diageo both this week announced appointments to fill their top legal positions. Facebook…
Asia round-up: K&L Gates, Akin Gump, Addleshaws and Milbank bolster presence
A raft of leading UK and US firms boosted their East Asian presence this past week, including K&L Gates, Akin Gump…
Forward thinking: Ashurst appoints independent non-execs to its board
Ashurst has taken the unusual step of appointing two high level non-executive directors to its board as the firm beds…
Italy: Hogan Lovells trio departs to Ernst & Young while Bonelli changes management
Hogan Lovells’ Rome office has lost partners Gianroberto de Giovanni, Massimiliano Marinozzi and Paolo Ricci to Ernst & Young. The…
Asia round-up: Bingham makes funds push in Tokyo while Eversheds launches in Beijing
The lateral hire market has been particularly active in Asia this week, with some of the most established international players…
Quinn’s global master plan – elite disputes shop hits HK for third foreign launch of the year
Having only launched its first foreign office in 2008, US disputes leader Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan clearly now has…
UK Green Investment Bank welcomes Pinsents McVicar as MacRitchie moves on
The formal establishment of the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has had a domino effect on senior counsel moves as…
US firms on the march as Global London headcount rises
Foreign firms in London made bulking up their senior ranks their key priority in 2012, with average partner headcount hitting…
Top HSF litigator Greeno defects to Quinn Emanuel’s City arm
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) partners received more bad news this morning as it emerged that top litigator Ted Greeno has…
Positive early signs at combined firm King & Wood Mallesons
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has enjoyed a successful first six months as a single firm, according to Handel Lee,…