Law Firm Hiring

Gibson Dunn recruits Hogan Lovells energy partner in first hire since QFLP award

By Elizabeth Broomhall in Hong Kong | July 9, 2013

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has hired Hogan Lovells' energy head for South East Asia Brad Roach in its first move to bolster the number of partners in the region since receiving a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licence in February. The Los Angeles head-quartered firm, which previously said it would look to supplement its existing M&A, energy and infrastructure practices in Singapore, as well as adding arbitration to its offering, now counts four partners in the island city-state in addition to 12 legal staff.

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Linklaters boosts India practice with return of partner from referral firm

By Anna Reynolds | July 8, 2013

Linklaters has boosted its India practice, re-hiring a partner from its Mumbai referral firm Talwar Thakore & Associates (TT&A). Narayan Iyer - who will return to Linklaters in August as a partner - first joined the firm as a trainee in 1996. He helped to set up Linklaters India practice, and was elected a partner in 2007. Iyer left Linklaters to join the TT&A partnership in 2009, where he has been developing the firm's finance practice.

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McDermott turns to Withers for London private client hire

By Alex Newman | July 8, 2013

McDermott Will & Emery has hired high-profile Withers partner Ziva Robertson in another boost to the firm's international private client practice. The move follows Mcdermott's hire of Astrid Owen - also a Withers private client partner - who joined the firm in October.

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Baker & McKenzie hires King & Wood Mallesons duo in Australia

By Elizabeth Broomhall in Hong Kong | July 5, 2013

Baker & McKenzie has boosted its tax and employment teams in Australia with the appointment of two senior lawyers from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM). The duo Ellen Thomas and Sean Selleck were previously employed as senior associate and of counsel at KWM respectively, but both join Bakers in Australia as partners.

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DLA Piper hires Mayer Brown JSM Asia finance head in Hong Kong

By Elizabeth Broomhall in Hong Kong | July 4, 2013

DLA Piper has added to its Hong Kong finance team with the hire of Mayer Brown JSM's former head of structured finance for Asia, Ben Standstad. The UK firm, whose Hong Kong office has traditionally been heavily focused on equity capital markets work, is currently looking to strengthen its projects and finance group in Asia whilst regional IPOs remain thin on the ground.

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Camerons disputes partner duo join Covington's fast-growing City base

By Alex Newman | July 2, 2013

Covington & Burling has hired two disputes partners from CMS Cameron McKenna, bringing its London partner headcount to 28. Ben Holland and Jeremy Wilson will both practice in Covington's arbitration and commercial litigation practice, focusing on energy-related disputes.

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Jones Day grows Hong Kong team with hire of Orrick finance partner

By Elizabeth Broomhall in Hong Kong | July 2, 2013

Jones Day has grown its Hong Kong office with the appointment of banking and finance partner Michelle Taylor from US rival Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe. Taylor, who was previously the Asia managing partner for Orrick in Hong Kong before IP partner Xiang Wang took over the role in April, joins Jones Day with one associate, and boosts the total number of partners at the firm's Hong Kong office to 18.

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Dentons boost Hong Kong cap markets team with O'Melveny hire

By Elizabeth Broomhall in Hong Kong | June 28, 2013

Dentons has boosted its Hong Kong capital markets practice with the hire of corporate partner Gordon Ng from O'Melveny & Myers. Ng, who is best known for his work on Hong Kong IPOs, will join the firm as head of corporate finance and capital markets for Asia, effective July 1.

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Walker Morris turns to Deloitte for first non-exec board member

By Gerard Starkey | June 25, 2013

Walker Morris has appointed former Deloitte managing partner Stuart Counsell as its first non-executive board director. Counsell joins Walker Morris following more than 30 years at Deloitte, during which time he held a variety of senior management positions including UK managing partner. More recently, Counsell headed up the finance and legal division at the accountancy giant where he was responsible for the financial and legal aspects of a £2 billion professional services business. He was also heavily involved in the firm's continuous systems improvement and acquisition programmes.

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US firm Seyfarth Shaw launches in Australia with eight partner hires from HSF, Ashurst

By Elizabeth Broomhall in Hong Kong | June 13, 2013

Chicago employment firm Seyfarth Shaw has launched in Australia this week with the hire of eight partners from three firms. The US outfit took five partners from Herbert Smith Freehills, two from Ashurst and one from Arnold Bloch Leibler, for the opening of offices in Sydney and Melbourne.

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The Legal Intelligencer

Elliott Greenleaf Sues Ex-Partners Who Left to Launch Armstrong Teasdale's Delaware Office

By Justin Henry | February 16, 2021

The group of four partners and one paralegal left the Blue Bell-based firm's Wilmington, Delaware, office empty.

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The American Lawyer

Another Lawyer Leaves Big Tech for Big Law as Biden Promises to Ratchet Up Regulation

By Dylan Jackson | February 16, 2021

A Facebook lawyer going to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is the latest move as firms chase lucrative tech business and regulatory winds shift.

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The Recorder

Another Lawyer Leaves Big Tech for Big Law as Biden Promises to Ratchet Up Regulation

By Dylan Jackson | February 16, 2021

A Facebook lawyer going to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is the latest move as firms chase lucrative tech business and regulatory winds shift.

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National Law Journal

Wiley Lands Former High-Level Commerce Department Official

By Patrick Smith | February 16, 2021

Big Law continues to snap up government officials as international trade, security come to spotlight for many business.

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Legaltech News

Mayer Brown's First Innovation Leader: Tech Development Requires Resilience—And the Right Clients

By Rhys Dipshan | February 16, 2021

Innovation thrives on trial and error—an almost inconceivable concept in the risk adverse legal industry. Amol Bargaje, Mayer Brown's first ever global chief innovation officer discusses how he bridges that wide chasm—and why he can't do it alone.

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The Legal Intelligencer

PLW People in the News—Feb. 16, 2021—McNees Wallace, Burns White

By Aleeza Furman | February 16, 2021

McNees Wallace & Nurick announced the return of energy and environmental law attorney Teresa Harrold, and Burns White announced the promotion of four Pennsylvania attorneys to member.

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The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Feb. 16, 2021—Lamb McErlane, Eisenberg Gold

By Aleeza Furman | February 16, 2021

Lamb McErlane partner Steve E. Jarmon was appointed to serve on the Merit Selection Panel for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and Eisenberg, Gold & Agrawal, a Cherry Hill, New Jersey, law firm specializing in real estate, commercial litigation, creditor's rights and bankruptcy law, announced that it named two of its attorneys partners, brought in four new associates and appointed an of counsel.

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The American Lawyer

Winston Acquires Boutique and Hires Sidley Trio to Bulk Up on West Coast

By Andrew Maloney | February 16, 2021

The Am Law 100 firm is acquiring a Los Angeles boutique that has generated about $12 million a year in revenue in recent years. 

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Law.com

Law.com Trendspotter: Big Law Doesn't Have a Pipeline Problem. It Has an Elitism Problem.

By Zack Needles | February 15, 2021

It's become painfully clear that the lack of diversity at large law firms is self-inflicted—the product of an antiquated and homogenized notion of who qualifies as "Big Law material." The question now is: can large law firms permanently change this mindset?

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Texas Lawyer

Newsmakers: Week of Feb. 15, 2021

By Jonathan Erway | February 15, 2021

The Dallas Bar Association inaugurated its 112th president in January 2021. Leading the association is Aaron Z. Tobin, a trial attorney and name partner at Condon Tobin Sladek Thornton Nerenberg in Dallas.

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