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Boies Schiller takes Bingham litigator for London launch

Boies Schiller & Flexner has hired Bingham McCutchen litigation partner Natasha Harrison to head the firm's London office. Harrison, who is expected to move over in November, will sit as the managing partner of Boies Schiller's first base outside the US.
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RPC boosts Singapore team with hire of Ince Asia insurance chief

RPC has bulked up its Singapore practice with the hire of Ince & Co head of Asia insurance and reinsurance Iain Anderson. Anderson joined Ince as a trainee in 1998 and was made up as partner in 2007 before relocating to Singapore three years later to launch the firm's Singapore insurance offering. He is set to start his role at RPC at the start of November.
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Former Fulbright competition co-head joins Brodies in Edinburgh

Brodies' Edinburgh office has re-hired Norton Rose Fulbright regulatory and competition partner Rod Lambert. Lambert, who trained at the Scottish firm before moving to London, joins Brodies' public law and regulatory team, where he will advise clients on antitrust litigation matters including cartel defence, antitrust compliance and merger control.
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Reed Smith global managing partner leaves for US bank role

Reed Smith global managing partner Greg Jordan is leaving the firm to join the PNC Financial Services Group, in a surprise senior move. Jordan, who steps down after thirteen years as managing partner replaces outgoing PNC general counsel Bob Hoyt, who was last month headhunted by Barclays to replace outgoing legal chief Mark Harding.
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Mayer Brown raids SJB real estate team for second London lateral in a week

Mayer Brown has recruited SJ Berwin real estate partner Pat Jones, marking the firm's second lateral hire in London in less than a week. Jones joins the firm today, after 10 years at SJ Berwin. She advises clients in the real estate and retail sectors on complex structured development, investment and joint ventures.
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Former Dewey chief Horvath joins Greenberg's London office

Former Dewey & LeBoeuf executive partner Stephen Horvath has joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in its London corporate and securities practice. Horvath, Dewey's former European M&A practice head and member of its European Council, was made executive partner as the firm began to experience financial difficulty last year, before it was eventually wound up.
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Simmons funds partner exits for Schulte Roth & Zabel

Simmons & Simmons funds partner Steven Whittaker has left the firm to join New York hedge fund specialist Schulte Roth & Zabel. Whittaker was made up as partner at the firm thirteen years ago after he started at the firm in 1992. He will join a team of nearly 20 funds lawyers at the US firm's City practice, which includes 10 partners. His departure date has not yet been confirmed.
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DLA adds Asia Pacific corporate head with double hire in Sydney

DLA Piper's Sydney office has recruited a corporate partner duo, including Bryan Pointon, who joins as head of corporate for Asia-Pacific, from Gilbert + Tobin. Pointon, a top-ranked private equity lawyer who spent 15 years at King & Wood Mallesons and previously practiced at Latham & Watkins in New York, makes the move alongside David Ryan from Baker & McKenzie.
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McGuireWoods hires FCA chief criminal counsel David Kirk

McGuireWoods has recruited the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) chief criminal counsel David Kirk, in the latest example of law firms hiring lawyers with high-level experience of leading government prosecutions. Kirk will join the US firm's government, regulatory and criminal investigations practice at the start of 2014, and advise clients on regulatory and compliance matters, as well as criminal investigations.
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Cadwalader hires two-partner finance team from Mayer Brown

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft's London office has hired a top-ranked structured finance team from Mayer Brown, including former finance and banking practice head Bruce Bloomingdale. Bloomingdale, a US-qualified lawyer who splits his time between London and New York, advises financial institutions and corporates on a wide range of transactions, including cross-border securitisations, leveraged finance and asset-backed lending.
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