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Dentons takes Heenan Blaikie hires to 46 in a month as 16-lawyer team joins

Dentons has now picked up a total of 46 lawyers from collapsed Canadian firm Heenan Blaikie following the signing of a five-partner, 11-associate team this week. Corporate partner Allen Garson and insolvency partners Kenneth Kraft and John Salmas join in Toronto, while corporate partner Wendy Del Mul and infrastructure partner Tommaso Nanci will join Dentons as counsels in Toronto and Montreal respectively.
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Shearman, Jones Day and Covington partners to join Freshfields trio in establishing new arbitration firm

Partners from Shearman & Sterling, Jones Day and Covington & Burling are set to join three senior disputes lawyers from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in establishing a global arbitration boutique.
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The Transfer Window: recent moves including Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and Norton Rose Fulbright

The Transfer Window is a regular round-up of recent legal moves in the UK and abroad.
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Latham hires third Clifford Chance private equity partner in a year

Latham & Watkins has hired its third private equity partner from Clifford Chance (CC) in a year, with the appointment of the magic circle's Africa co-head Kem Ihenacho. Ihenacho, who joins Latham's corporate department, advises private equity houses and their portfolio companies on a range of UK and international transactions, with a particular focus on Africa.
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MoFo hires recently departed Reed Smith finance partner Phillip Slater

Reed Smith partner Phillip Slater has joined Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) in London, three weeks after exiting his old firm. Slater, who previously led Reed Smith's acquisition and leveraged finance practice in London, practices across a number of areas, including acquisition finance, leveraged finance and corporate banking.
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Bakers hires 13-strong Toronto team from Heenan Blaikie

Baker & McKenzie has hired a team of 13 lawyers from collapsed Canadian firm Heenan Blaikie to join its Toronto office. The group, which is made up of at least six partners, is led by corporate & securities partners Kevin Rooney and Sonia Yung, and will be spread across Bakers' corporate & securities, tax, and banking & finance practices. The other partners include Peter Clark (tax), Ilia Danef (finance), Charles MacCready (public M&A), and Corey MacKinnon (corporate).
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Bakers hires City intellectual property partner from McDermott

Baker & McKenzie has hired McDermott Will & Emery intellectual property and life sciences partner Hiroshi Sheraton in London. Sheraton, who trained as a medical chemist before he became a lawyer, practices on all aspects of intellectual property and patent law, with a particular focus on the life sciences sector.
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Cleary partner joins HSBC as litigation and regulatory co-head

HSBC has appointed two new general counsel to oversee its litigation and regulatory enforcement departments. The appointees include Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton white collar partner Shawn Chen.
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BLP head of R&I Ben Larkin joins Jones Day exodus

Berwin Leighton Paisner's head of restructuring & insolvency Ben Larkin has quit the firm to join Jones Day, marking the third BLP partner the US firm has hired in the last six months.
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DLA Piper set to launch in Canada with move for Heenan Blaikie partners

DLA Piper is in talks to take on a group of lawyers from Heenan Blaikie, following the announcement that the Canadian firm was to be wound up.
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