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Ashurst lures Freshfields partner in German push
Ashurst is set to bolster its German practice with the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Matthias Kuhn. Kuhn, who became a partner at Freshfields in 1996, is due to join Ashurst's Frankfurt arm on 10 September.Latham converts London and Milan to LLPs
Latham & Watkins' London and Milan offices have converted to limited liability partnership (LLP) status this month as the firm seeks to protect partners' individual assets in the event of a firm-busting negligence claim.Latham loses London partner to private equity fund
Latham & Watkins is to lose the co-head of its London projects practice with the news that Joseph Blum is leaving the US firm to join a private equity fund. Blum, who has been with Latham for more than 20 years, is set to join Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) on 1 July as a partner and general counsel. He will be based in GIP's City office.US firms resist Weil-style pay hikes as salary market begins to fragment
O'Melveny & Myers, LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae and Hogan & Hartson have set their London associate salary rates, with the firms holding fast against the increases announced at Weil Gotshal & Manges last week. All three have remained in line with the mid-Atlantic newly-qualified rates set by White & Case (£76,000) and Shearman & Sterling (£75,000) earlier this year.Lovells hikes NQ pay to £63,500 to match CC
Lovells has become the latest City firm to up its associate salaries, with the top 10 UK outfit boosting its rate for newly-qualified lawyers by 15% to £63,500. The hike is Lovells' second pay-rise for newly-qualified lawyers in the last year, having raised salaries from last May's £53,000 to a new mark of £55,000 in November.Commentary: US City results: for whom the bellwether tolls
If there is one theme emerging from the figures for US firms' London outposts in 2006, it is just how divergent this amorphous group has become - particularly the more established players. On paper, 2006 should have been a great year: markets booming, M&A activity up and UK firms of all sizes mostly announcing record results.Lovells loses US restructuring duo to MoFo
Lovells is set to lose the bulk of its US restructuring practice after two partners, including its US restructuring head, Gary Lee, handed in their notice. Lee, who leads the firm's US insolvency and restructuring practice and is one of the firm's best-known US partners, and Karen Ostad are both understood to have handed in their notice within the last week.Dentons rolls up sleeves to restructure Focus DIY
Denton Wilde Sapte has edged Ashurst aside to land a lead role on the high-profile restructuring of retailer Focus DIY.Dentons banking and insolvency partner Graham Paine is acting for the senior lenders - a consortium of banks led by ING and Barclays holding around £180m of senior debt.US firms feel the squeeze as two-dollar pound looms
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