Law Firm Hiring

Dechert continues recent recruitment with hire of rated LG finance partner

By Suzi Ring | November 2, 2011

Dechert is to further bulk up its City arm with the hire of LG banking and finance partner Charles Malpass, with the recruitment marking Dechert's fifth partner hire in London since April. The highly-regarded partner is set to join Dechert's London banking and finance team in January next year along with associate Catherine Gooding.

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Holman hires Fulbright energy partner for London base

By Suzi Ring | October 12, 2011

Holman Fenwick Willan has grown its London corporate, projects and finance practice with the hire of Fulbright & Jaworski partner Susan Farmer. Farmer, who is US qualified, will join Holman Fenwick next week after four years in Fulbright's London office. She left Fulbright in August. Her practice focuses on the energy, natural resources and electric power sectors, with her hire taking the total number of partners in Holman Fenwick's London corporate, projects and finance practice to 12.

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SJ Berwin expands structured finance group with Sidley hire

By Sofia Lind | October 12, 2011

SJ Berwin is to add to its structured finance practice with the hire of a partner from Sidley Austin, doubling the team's partner capacity in London. Sidley finance partner Andrew Bliss, who is a UK-qualified solicitor in the US firm's London office, is set to join SJ Berwin's City finance group after being voted into the partnership on 7 October. Bliss, who joined Sidley in 1999, has a practice focused around structured finance deals, including the securitisation of loans and rental deposits, repackagings, and bond and equity-linked transactions in the developed and emerging markets.

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LG boosts finance with Squire Sanders Hammonds partner hire as litigation trio exit

By Suzi Ring | September 28, 2011

LG is expanding its finance practice through the hire of Squire Sanders Hammonds partner Iain Shurwood, with the addition coming as the UK firm prepares to lose a trio of litigation partners. Shurwood will join LG next month, having been a partner at legacy Hammonds since 2008. He was previously a senior associate at Denton Wilde Sapte, which merged with US law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in September last year.

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Barlows partner opts for RPC move ahead of Clydes merger

By Suzi Ring | September 14, 2011

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert insurance partner Victoria Sherratt has opted to leave the firm ahead of its merger with Clyde & Co in favour of a move to Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC). Sherratt will join RPC next month, marking the first Barlows partner departure to be announced since the firm's merger plans with Clydes went public this summer. Sherratt, who has been a partner in the insurance and reinsurance group at Barlows since 2009, specialises in property insurance. Her hire takes the total number of partners in RPC's insurance and reinsurance practice to 29.

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Herbert Smith boosts City DCM team with hire of former Linklaters partner

By Sofia Lind | August 19, 2011

Herbert Smith has strengthened its London debt capital markets (DCM) team with the hire of ex-Linklaters partner Andrew Roberts.

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Orrick grows Beijing corporate team with Hogan Lovells hire

By Simon Petersen | August 17, 2011

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has strengthened its Beijing corporate team with the hire of a partner from Hogan Lovells. Thomas Man joined the US firm this week (15 August) alongside counsel Brad Herrold. The hire marks a return to Orrick for Man, who left the firm in 2008 to join legacy Lovells.

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BLP strengthens Abu Dhabi base with Linklaters hire

By Suzi Ring | August 16, 2011

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has added a new partner to its Abu Dhabi office, with the hire of a lawyer from Linklaters in Dubai...

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A&O boosts Qatar with hire of Simmons' local financial markets chief

By Sofia Lind | August 15, 2011

Allen & Overy (A&O) has hired Simmons & Simmons' Middle East financial markets head as a partner in its Qatar office. Doha-based Samer Eido will head A&O's local banking and finance practice when he joins the firm at a start date still to be agreed.

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Allens Arthur Robinson expands Perth office with Ashurst hire

By Simon Petersen | August 12, 2011

Ashurst energy partner Anthony Patten is leaving the firm to join the Perth office of Australia's Allens Arthur Robinson.The move means a return to Australia for Patten, who is a partner in Ashurst's City headquarters, having started his career in Allens' Melbourne office.

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The American Lawyer

A Hire Gear: Big Law's Top Laterals of 2020

By ALM Staff | January 28, 2021

A slow market didn't stop the world's biggest firms from adding major talent. These were 2020's most notable lateral hires.

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New York Law Journal

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Names Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright as Director of Environmental Justice

By Patricia Kane | January 28, 2021

And other announcements of recent hirings and promotions of New York attorneys.

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Pro Mid Market

When Money Is Tight, How Can Law Firms Keep Morale From Falling?

By Lizzy McLellan | David Gialanella | January 28, 2021

Financial success in 2020 was no guarantee of a healthy culture, but a healthy culture can help law firms weather tough financial times—at least to an extent.

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The American Lawyer

What 2021 Partner Classes Say About the State of the Legal Industry

By Patrick Smith | January 28, 2021

2020 was a year that saw a lot of novel conditions in the legal community, some of which spurred change in how firms looked at their incoming partnerships.

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Texas Lawyer

In a 'Giant Move,' Energy Sector Coverage Litigator Joins Cozen O'Connor

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | January 27, 2021

Wendy B. Hall joined Cozen O'Connor in Houston in a practice the office leader said has been experiencing "incredible growth" due to more litigation and regulatory issues.

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The American Lawyer

Star Lateral Partners Can Turn to a Big Payoff—but Also Pitfalls

By Meredith Hobbs | January 27, 2021

There's no guarantee a firm's top laterals will stay, as in the case of Jim Woolery, who joined King & Spalding in May 2017, only to exit last fall.

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The Recorder

Star Lateral Partners Can Turn to a Big Payoff—but Also Pitfalls

By Meredith Hobbs | January 27, 2021

There's no guarantee a firm's top laterals will stay, as in the case of Jim Woolery, who joined King & Spalding in May 2017, only to exit last fall.

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The Recorder

King & Spalding, Cadwalader Pick Off More Boies Schiller Partners

By Dylan Jackson | January 27, 2021

Ken Beale joins at least 24 of his former Boies Schiller Flexner colleagues at King & Spalding. A New York partner also left for Cadwalader.

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The American Lawyer

King & Spalding, Cadwalader Pick Off More Boies Schiller Partners

By Dylan Jackson | January 27, 2021

Ken Beale joins at least 24 of his former Boies Schiller Flexner colleagues at King & Spalding. A New York partner also left for Cadwalader.

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Pro Mid Market

Midsize Moves: A Wisconsin Office Opening, a New Land Use Practice in Florida

By Aleeza Furman | January 27, 2021

Von Briesen & Roper expanded into Eau Claire, Wisconsin, with a new, five-attorney office, Kelley Kronenberg brought on partner Alicia J. Lewis to serve as business unit leader in its newly created land use and zoning practice, and other midsize moves.

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