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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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DLA beefs up corporate team with BLP and Debevoise hires

DLA Piper has secured the hire of former Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) corporate heavyweight Patrick Somers. The firm has also hired Debevoise & Plimpton associate James O'Donnell as a partner in its London funds team.
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Burges Salmon partner Olley takes GC role at Department for Transport

Nick Olley, partner at Burges Salmon in Bristol, will take over as general counsel of the Department for Transport (Dft), where he will be in charge of a team of 80 lawyers. Olley is currently chair of the firm's well-regarded transport sector group and for five years previously was head of the 50-strong commercial department. Burges Salmon partner Brioney Thomas, a highly-rated rail sector specialist will succeed Olley.
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Pay guarantees remain common despite widespread concerns over effectiveness

The majority of partners regard guaranteed pay deals for senior lateral hires as an ineffective weapon in the war for talent, despite a consensus that such deals are common. Fifty-seven per cent of the respondents to Legal Week's latest Big Question survey said guaranteed deals were either not very effective (43%) or made no difference (14%) in helping law firms secure the best talent, with just 12% regarding them as very effective and 31% as quite effective.
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DLA Birmingham managing partner joins Eversheds in double partner exit

Eversheds has sealed the hires of two partners from DLA Piper's Birmingham team, including office managing partner Mark Beardmore. Beardmore, who has been office managing partner since 2011, joined DLA Piper in 1999. He specialises in M&A and private equity deals and will join Eversheds' Birmingham arm.
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International Edition

Five-lawyer Herbert Smith Freehills energy team moves to King & Spalding in Paris

King & Spalding has established a Paris energy practice with the hire of a five lawyer team from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), led by the firm's former North Africa practice head Mehdi Haroun. The US firm said the hires would give King & Spalding "added firepower" in France, and present new opportunities for the international energy practice.
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Reed Smith boosts London trade finance team with Dentons hire

Reed Smith has hired Dentons partner Jonathan Solomon to its London energy and natural resources group. Solomon - who joined the firm today (9 September) - advises financial institutions, corporates and traders on structured finance, trade and commodity matters in a range of emerging markets, including Indonesia, Ukraine, Mongolia and Brazil.
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Skadden closes Vienna office as sole partner leaves for CMS

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has closed its Vienna base, with the departure of office managing partner Rainer Wachter to CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz. Skadden said the decision was made following a strategic review which found that the firm could continue to provide advice on Austrian matters from other European bases.
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