Law Firm Hiring

Olswang brings in DLA partner for Singapore office launch

By Suzi Ring | November 30, 2011

Olswang has hired a partner from DLA Piper for its Singapore arm as the firm gears up for its official office launch in the New Year. Jonathan Choo joined the top 40 firm as a partner and local head of dispute from DLA Piper, where he was of counsel in the firm's Singapore office.

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Simmons strengthens corporate arm with BLP partner hire

By Legal Week | November 30, 2011

Simmons & Simmons has hired its sixth partner from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) in London this year, with the addition of corporate insurance partner Pollyanna Deane.

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Morgan Lewis adds finance partner to business arm

By Legal Week | November 30, 2011

Morgan Lewis has hired its second Simmons & Simmons partner in recent months, with private funds partner Noel Ainsworth set to join the US firm in the New Year (3 January).

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SNR London real estate duo set to depart for Stephenson Harwood

By Sofia Lind | November 16, 2011

SNR Denton is to lose a London partner duo to Stephenson Harwood, including its joint head of real estate finance. The double hire of Andrew Hill and Paul Hayward-Surry comes after real estate finance partner James Linforth joined Stephenson Harwood from SNR Denton in early October.

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BLP boosts finance group with Ashurst partner hire

By Friederike Heine | November 16, 2011

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has strengthened its finance practice with the hire of Simon Small from Ashurst, 
who will join the firm towards the end of this year. Small, who joined Ashurst from Linklaters in 2006, will be part of BLP's banking & capital markets group. He has experience in capital markets transactions across a range of asset classes including residential mortgages, trade receivables, auto loans, credit cards, commercial real estate and project bonds. He also advises on corporate trusts. His departure takes the number of partners to leave Ashurst since May 2010 to 26. At Linklaters, Small was a partner for 11 years and was one of the partners to found the magic circle firm's securitisation business.

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Wilmer hires Kingsley Napley heavyweight to launch UK white collar crime practice

By Suzi Ring | November 16, 2011

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is set to launch a City investigations and criminal litigation practice with the hire of Kingsley Napley heavyweight Stephen Pollard. Pollard is to join the top 20 US law firm's London arm in the New Year to found and head the practice along with a team of two associates. The move is the latest in a string of similar appointments by corporate law firms moving to build white collar crime practices in Europe.

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Collyer Bristow bolsters construction team with DAC partner

By Simon Petersen | November 16, 2011

Collyer Bristow has strengthened its London construction practice with a partner hire from legacy Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC). Jonathan Pawlowski joined the London law firm this month after leaving DAC in the days leading up to its merger with Beachcroft.

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LG grows City real estate with SJ Berwin hire

By Simon Petersen | November 15, 2011

LG is set to boost its City real estate practice with a hire from SJ Berwin. SJ Berwin senior associate Mark Mallon is set to join LG on 12 December as a partner in the real estate group. Mallon specialises in real estate investment and development work, with a client base including a number of overseas investment funds and companies, as well as UK-based retailers, hoteliers and land owners.

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BLP bolsters competition with hires from Freshfields and BG Group

By Suzi Ring | November 2, 2011

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has bulked up its competition arm with a new partner from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and a senior in-house counsel from BG Group. Elaine Whiteford joined BLP's City competition, European Union and trade group this week from her role at Freshfields, where she was of counsel. Whiteford specialises in competition litigation and is also a qualified barrister.

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Holman gains lucrative aviation client list as Barlows team joins firm

By Suzi Ring | November 2, 2011

Holman Fenwick Willan has been handed around 100 new client relationships – including BAE Systems and Cathay Pacific – with the firm's hire of an eight-partner aerospace team from Barlow Lyde & Gilbert earlier this year. The team, which joined Holman last month, has brought a host of high-profile clients to the firm as well as broadening the range of work Holman can handle for its existing clients.

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The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Jan. 29, 2021—Gawthrop Greenwood, Ballard Spahr

By Aleeza Furman | January 29, 2021

Gawthrop Greenwood announced that attorney and shareholder Patrick M. McKenna was elected chair of the firm's management committee, and Marcel S. Pratt—who led the Philadelphia law department as city solicitor—rejoined Ballard Spahr as managing partner of the firm's Philadelphia office and a partner in its litigation department.

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The American Lawyer

How Should Law Firms Define Success in Lateral Hiring? Am Law 100 Leaders Weigh In

By Jon Lindsey | January 29, 2021

Every firm has its own barometer for success, but it has to be defined before it can be achieved.

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The American Lawyer

In a Market Gone Mad, High-End Private Equity Hires Have Gotten Out of Hand

By Paul Hodkinson | January 29, 2021

It is an open question whether the frantic hiring market for high-level private equity partners is really worth it for law firms, Paul Hodkinson writes.

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The Recorder

On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers

By Aleeza Furman | January 28, 2021

New hires and promotions from across the California legal market.

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The American Lawyer

DLA Piper's Frank Ryan Is Bringing a 'Growth Mindset' to the Busiest Lateral Market He's Ever Seen

By Ben Seal | January 28, 2021

In a conversation with The American Lawyer, DLA's new chair opens up about taking over during a pandemic, navigating societal and economic upheaval and watching former partner Doug Emhoff enter the White House.

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The Legal Intelligencer

Kennedys Takes Partners From White and Williams, Clyde & Co to Grow East Coast Practice

By Justin Henry | January 28, 2021

Global insurance law firm Kennedys is enriching its cybersecurity and privacy regulation practices in Philadelphia, Miami and the Caribbean.

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The Legal Intelligencer

What's Next for Dilworth Paxson?

By Justin Henry | January 28, 2021

After Ajay Raju stepped down as CEO, and a few more lawyers left, chairman Lawrence McMichael says he has "irons in the fire."

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Texas Lawyer

Energy-Focused Corporate Partner Jumps to Skadden From Willkie in Houston

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | January 28, 2021

In addition to stints at Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Kirkland, new Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom partner Cody Carper also worked in-house at a Houston energy company.

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National Law Journal

Will Kirkland Bring Back Alumni From the Trump Administration?

By Andrew Maloney | Dan Roe | January 28, 2021

The firm emerged as one of the top law firms feeding legal talent into the Trump administration. But few have returned so far.

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Daily Report Online

Amid Firmwide Growth, Burr & Forman Creates New Roles for Retention, Development

By Meredith Hobbs | January 28, 2021

The Southeastern firm has grown large enough, at 360 lawyers, that it needed dedicated professionals in those roles, said the firm's managing partner.

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