Law Firm Hiring

DLA Piper boosts energy practice with CMS and Ofgem hires

By Simon Petersen | July 13, 2011

DLA Piper has bolstered its City energy and infrastructure and project finance teams with the appointment of a former CMS Cameron McKenna partner and a lawyer from Ofgem. Former CMS partner Trevor Butcher, who left his previous firm at the end of April, is due to join DLA Piper in August.

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Stephenson Harwood hires Weil energy head for practice push

By Sofia Lind | July 13, 2011

Stephenson Harwood has hired Weil Gotshal & Manges' London head of energy and renewables Andrew McLean, who will transfer to the top 30 UK law firm in September. The corporate partner helped establish Weil Gotshal's consumer and financial services practice in Europe when he joined as a partner 11 years ago from Clifford Chance, where he had been an associate. He specialises in commercial contracts, private company M&A and joint ventures.

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SJ Berwin competition chief cancels Milbank resignation

By Sofia Lind | July 13, 2011

SJ Berwin has persuaded EU and competition head Stephen Kon to remain with the firm after he resigned last month to join Milbank Tweed 
Hadley & McCloy. Kon was voted into the Milbank partnership in mid-June alongside fellow competition partner Cameron Firth, but both partners subsequently retracted their resignations and opted to stay with the top 20 City law firm.

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Cravath coup as firm secures heavyweight lawyer from DoJ

By Legal Week | July 13, 2011

Cravath Swaine & Moore is strengthening its antitrust team with the hire of Christine Varney, a key player in the Obama administration's efforts to shore up the 
nation's antitrust enforcement efforts, from the Department 
of Justice (DoJ). Varney is due to join Cravath's New York office on 6 September, having taken her post as assistant attorney general of the department's antitrust division in April 2009.

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DWF turns to Watson Burton for Newcastle IP partner hire

By Simon Petersen | July 13, 2011

DWF has strengthened its intellectual property (IP) practice with a partner hire from Watson Burton. Ed Meikle, who specialises in advising on the capture, protection, commercialisation and enforcement of all IP rights, is set to join DWF's Newcastle office later this year.

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Brown Rudnick boosts London with Chadbourne partner hire

By Simon Petersen | July 13, 2011

Brown Rudnick has strengthened its European bankruptcy and restructuring team with a partner hire from the London office of Chadbourne & Parke. Insolvency partner Adrian Harris is set to join Brown Rudnick's London office in August, having been a partner at Chadbourne since 2006.

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Career Clinic: Should I follow my boss to a US firm in London?

By Legal Week | July 10, 2011

"I'm a 2PQE associate at a UK top 50 firm in London, where I qualified. I'm generally pretty happy where I am; the work as yet hasn't been mind-numbing and the firm's been pretty good to me so far - I'm still able to have something of a personal life alongside my time in the office. "However, the partner who's the head of my team is moving to a US firm's London office, and I've been offered the opportunity to go with him.

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Senior banking partner quits SNR Denton to join Norton Rose

By Sofia Lind | June 29, 2011

SNR Denton London banking partner Michael Black is set to leave the firm to join Norton Rose. Black, who is co-head of SNR Denton's financial institutions and funds sector group, joined legacy Denton Wilde Sapte in 2003 from Theodore Goddard (now Addleshaw Goddard), where he had been the firm's head of banking. He originally qualified as a barrister and lawyer in New Zealand in 1992 and has been working in London since 1995.

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Mayer Brown seals hire of Nabarro IP partner for London base

By Friederike Heine | June 29, 2011

Mayer Brown has added a partner to its London intellectual property (IP) team with the hire of Jonathan Radcliffe from Nabarro. Radcliffe, who will join the US firm on 1 August, has expertise in patent and IP litigation, having acted on disputes in the pharmaceutical, life sciences and high-tech sectors. He joined Nabarro in 2005 from rival UK top 30 law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse.

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Ex-Simmons chief Dawkins quits for Bingham's 
London arm in wake of senior partner election

By Friederike Heine | June 27, 2011

Simmons & Simmons' former managing partner Mark Dawkins is set to join the London office of US law firm Bingham McCutchen. Dawkins, who stepped down as Simmons' managing partner at the end of April, is expected to join the firm's securities and financial institutions litigation group as a partner in early September after a sabbatical.

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Connecticut Law Tribune

So Long, New York: Big Law Attorneys Are Seeking Jobs in Connecticut to Flee the Pandemic

By Robert Storace | November 11, 2020

As the pandemic enters its eighth month, statistics show more and more New Yorkers are leaving for Connecticut. That's also true for Big Law attorneys, who are sending their resumes to Connecticut.

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New Jersey Law Journal

On The Move: Flaster Greenberg; Florio Perrucci

By Jonathan Erway | November 11, 2020

Flaster Greenberg Grows South Florida Office, Adds Cherry Hill Associate Flaster Greenberg announced the addition of three attorneys to its insurance…

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The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Nov. 11, 2020—Fisher Phillips, Philadelphia Bar Association

By Aleeza Furman | November 11, 2020

Fisher Phillips announced the addition of Raeann Burgo as of counsel and Erica Wilson as an associate in the firm's Pittsburgh office, and the Philadelphia Bar Association is set to present "Seeking Justice for All: Then, Now and Where Do We Go from Here," on Thursday.

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New Jersey Law Journal

Freeman Heads to Buchanan Ingersoll Amid Industry's Moves to Grow Diversity Programs

By Justin Henry | November 10, 2020

Lloyd Freeman left Archer for Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney to fill that firm's new full-time diversity role, while Hogan Lovells recruited a diversity pro from Sidley Austin.

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The Legal Intelligencer

As Firms Grow Diversity Teams, Buchanan, Hogan Lovells Recruit Known Pros

By Justin Henry | November 10, 2020

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney added Archer's chief diversity officer to fill its own new full-time diversity role, while Hogan Lovells recruited a diversity pro from Sidley Austin.

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The Legal Intelligencer

PLW People in the News—Nov. 10, 2020—Saxton & Stump, Barley Snyder

By Aleeza Furman | November 10, 2020

Registered patent attorneys Andrew L. Oltmans and Meghan A. Van Leeuwen joined Saxton & Stump in addition to paralegals Jean Leisher and Tracy L. Finkenbinder, and Barley Snyder announced that it formed a crisis management service team to help businesses be prepared and to help businesses through potentially catastrophic times.

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The Legal Intelligencer

Longtime Dechert Partner Joins Morgan Lewis Securities Practice

By Justin Henry | November 9, 2020

Michael Kichline said he expects an increased focus on trends in securities litigation related to the COVID-19 pandemic as it begins to impact a wider range of industries.

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Texas Lawyer

Defamation Suit Against Kinney Recruiting Can Proceed in Hong Kong, 5th Circuit Rules

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | November 9, 2020

The appellate court vacated and remanded a Texas federal court antisuit injunction that the defamation suit, filed by a recruiter who used to work for Kinney. 

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Texas Lawyer

Newsmakers: Week of Nov. 9, 2020

By Jonathan Erway | November 9, 2020

Alexander Dubose & Jefferson added former Texas Supreme Court Justice Paul W. Green as a partner in its newly created San Antonio office.

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Daily Business Review

Law Firms Plan for Less Office Space and More Tech Costs Heading Into 2021

By Dan Roe | November 9, 2020

Florida law firm leaders have saved on renegotiated leases and stifled travel, spent on telecommunications and other technology and positioned their firms to maximize success in pandemic-driven practice areas.

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