Jeremy Hodges

March 04, 2010 | Law.com

White & Case has made its first hire in London since the loss of six U.K. partners earlier this year. Skadden restructuring lawyer Chris Pilkington will join White & Case as a partner in April. He joined Skadden in October 2004 and was promoted to the rank of senior counsel there in May 2008. Pilkington will bolster White & Case's financial restructuring group in London, which lost highly rated restructuring lawyer Dan Hamilton to Ashurst last year.

By Jeremy Hodges

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March 20, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Emma Sadowski and Jeremy Hodges

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May 07, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

McDermott Will & Emery has lost its London head of securitisation and structured finance, Paul-Michael Rebus.

By Jeremy Hodges

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May 27, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Hogan Lovells is to make its first City partner hire since its merger at the beginning of the month.

By Jeremy Hodges

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May 05, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ropes & Gray has recruited the Shanghai chief of legacy firm Hogan & Hartson as the much-touted union of Hogan Lovells went live over the weekend (1 May).

By Jeremy Hodges

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March 22, 2010 | Law.com

Shearman & Sterling is ditching associate lockstep for its lawyers in the U.K., Asia and the Middle East in favor of a merit-based pay system. The new system, which goes into effect May 1, will see all associates assessed twice a year against a number of criteria including client relationships, legal and technical capabilities and interpersonal skills. Associates will be placed into one of three tiers, with each level having maximum and minimum base salaries, which are yet to be decided.

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July 10, 2008 | Law.com

Latham & Watkins is expanding its Middle East practice with several key attorneys transferring to the firm's Dubai office. Bryant Edwards, the head of the London corporate group, will be moving full time to Dubai at the end of this year, followed by M&A partner Charles Fuller. The firm hopes to have 15 associates and two more partners in Dubai by September. Latham unveiled plans to launch offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha earlier this year, making it the only U.S. firm with three offices in the region.

By Jeremy Hodges

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July 15, 2009 | Law.com

Bird & Bird has seen revenues soar by just under 30 percent during the last financial year in part boosted by a merger with a London boutique and a tie-up with a Finnish firm. The top 25 U.K. firm has reported gross revenues of 186.3 million pounds ($303.44 million) during 2008-09, a 29.6 percent increase from the 143.7 million pounds ($234.07 million by today's exchange rates) brought in during 2007-08.

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June 17, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis has moved to beef up its Manhattan financial services practice with the hire of the former managing director of Bear Stearns' legal arm in New York. Phillip Cedar joins the New York arm of K&L Gates as a partner from the legal department of the stricken investment bank, where he was in charge of a team of 20 lawyers. Cedar's practice focuses on securities and mortgage litigation and investigations.

By Jeremy Hodges

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March 26, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Jeremy Hodges

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