CC reshapes US litigation as two more partners leave
Clifford Chance (CC) is set to see another two litigation partners leave in New York, Legal Week has learnt. Securities litigators Joel Cohen and George Schieren are both preparing to exit the firm's US arm, with the departures leaving the firm with four litigators in New York.
June 09, 2009 at 07:03 AM
2 minute read
Clifford Chance (CC) is set to see another two litigation partners leave in New York, Legal Week has learnt.
Securities litigators Joel Cohen and George Schieren have both decided to exit the firm's US arm, with the departures leaving the firm with four litigators in New York.
The news, which has been announced internally within CC, follows a stream of exits from CC's New York litigation practice. Global litigation and dispute resolution chief Mark Kirsch announced he was planning to leave little more than a week ago, with securities litigation head Mark Holland also quitting to join Goodwin Procter. It is unclear where Cohen, Schieren and Kirsch are heading.
All four departures come as the firm prepares to reshape its litigation strategy in the US. The firm will shift its focus towards regulatory, investigations, antitrust, commercial disputes and international arbitration – moving away from the securities litigation work the firm inherited through its merger with Rogers & Wells in 1999.
The practice overhaul is expected to result in a number of associate redundancies, with the firm currently reviewing 29 positions.
However, CC maintains that it is still dedicated to its litigation practice in New York and Washington.
One litigation partner commented: "We are refocusing the litigation practice in New York and it is an ongoing process of making sure we get it right. We are establishing our priorities going forward and shaping our business to the size we need it to be."
A replacement for Kirsch in his global role has yet to be decided, with the firm expecting to hold elections at the end of the summer. Washington DC disputes partner Juan Morillo has replaced him as head of the US litigation and dispute resolution practice.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
Claus von Wobeser: Mexico's ‘Godfather of Arbitration’ Becomes Firm’s Honorary Chair
Slaughter and May Leads As Government Buys Back £6 Billion of Military Homes
2 minute read
LatAm Moves: DLA Piper Chile, Brazil’s Demarest Build Out Disputes Muscle
Kingsley Napley and Lord Pannick Spearhead Private Schools' Challenge to Government VAT Policy
Trending Stories
- 1'There's Always More to Be Done': Former US Attorney Breon Peace Reflects on Series of Firsts at EDNY
- 2Former Thomas Clerk Sarah Harris to Serve as Acting Solicitor General
- 3Coral Gables Firm Secures $26M Settlement
- 4Trump's Second Term Spurs Unusual Alliances Between US and European Law Firms
- 5Honored by NYSBA, 2nd Circuit Chief Judge Livingston's Remarks Stress Judicial Safety
Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
