Baker McKenzie takes seven-strong KWM team including partner duo
Corporate partner and employment head joining Bakers with five associates
January 05, 2017 at 11:26 AM
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Baker McKenzie has hired a seven-lawyer team from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), including corporate partner Will Holder and employment head Carl Richards
Holder and Richards will join Bakers along with five associates later this month.
Holder, who has a particular focus on technology, sports, media and entertainment, is head of KWM's China group. He has advised on deals including Universal Music Group's £1.2bn purchase of EMI's recorded music business, and Warner Music's acquisition of record label Parlophone from Universal.
Richards, who has been head of employment at KWM since January 2015, has extensive experience advising on the employment aspects of corporate transactions, including complex carveouts. He joined legacy SJ Berwin as an associate in 2007 and was made up to partner three years later. He recently led a team advising global investment company Marlin Equity Partners on its acquisition of data protection business Arcserve from New York software group CA Technologies, a deal which won the firm a British Legal Award.
Last year, Holder and Richards worked together as part of a KWM team that advised on the sale of West Bromwich Albion Football Club to Chinese investment group Yungi GuoKai Sports Development.
A raft of UK, US and international law firms are currently picking up lawyers from KWM's disintegrating Europe, UK and Middle East business, which filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator with the High Court in December.
Earlier today, Debevoise & Plimpton announced that it had hired private equity specialist Simon Witney, a former SJ Berwin partner who has been a consultant at KWM since 2013, while Fieldfisher has taken on London technology partner James Walsh
Earlier this week, Legal Week revealed that Allen & Overy is set to hire Frankfurt corporate partner Michiel Huizinga, while Squire Patton Boggs has recruited City energy partner Ian Wood.
Other firms to have picked up partners include DLA Piper, Greenberg Traurig, Macfarlanes, K&L Gates, Winston & Strawn, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, Reed Smith, Addleshaw Goddard, Covington & Burling, Keystone Law, Proskauer and Goodwin Procter.
Earlier this week (3 January), the firm put 100 members of European staff on unpaid leave, pending redundancy. It is expected to appoint administrators or to file another intention to appoint administrators by 9 January.
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