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Cadwalader snaps up Mayer Brown finance partner Day

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has boosted its London office with the hire of structured finance partner Stephen Day from fellow US firm Mayer Brown. Day, who joined Mayer Brown in 2002 and made partner in 2008, specialises in a range of structured finance and securitisation transactions, with particular focus on complex cross border deals.
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Bird & Bird appoints China chief in regional push

Bird & Bird has appointed John Chiu as chief operating officer (COO) for Greater China and corporate development officer for Asia. The firm's London and China executive committees developed the first-time roles in light of its ambitious strategy to grow the area to represent 20% of the firm's total revenue and lawyer headcount in the next three to five years.
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Norton Rose secures hire of Clifford Chance shipping finance chief

Norton Rose has made a magic circle partner hire for its London banking practice with the addition of Clifford Chance (CC) shipping finance chief Simon Lew.
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Perfectly engineered fit: up close with Siemens GC Claire Carless

Claire Carless, the newly-appointed Siemens GC, goes a long way to dispelling the myth that a serious career woman can't have it all, finds Caroline Hill
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Stephenson Harwood hires from SNR Denton continue with senior duo

Stephenson Harwood has hired two senior City insolvency lawyers from SNR Denton, taking the number of partners to have joined from the transatlantic firm or legacy Denton Wilde Sapte to seven in little more than a year. Susan Moore, formerly a senior equity partner at SNR Denton, who became a consultant at the firm around six months ago, is set to join Stephenson Harwood as a partner alongside partner Elizabeth Elliott. Both currently sit within SNR Denton's London contentious insolvency practice but will join Stephenson Harwood as partners in the banking group.
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Norton Rose brings in Vinson capital markets partner as firm pushes forward on integration

Norton Rose has hired a new partner for its City capital markets practice, with the recruitment marking the second lateral addition to the practice in the last three months.
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Breaking up is hard - firms should be wary of dissing ex-partners

"Look, the reality is that this guy hadn't been performing for a while, and you know what happens in these situations…" My response was admittedly a bit schoolyard: "A US firm comes along and doubles their money? That'll teach 'em..."
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Squire Sanders brings in Eversheds partner

Squire Sanders has boosted its Manchester pensions group with the hire of highly regarded partner David Griffiths from Eversheds' local office.
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What's at stake? A star not invested in you isn't worth much

"Even if the individual is a superstar, why would you ever want to base a business on such recruits? And forget fluffy stuff about collegiality, why would high performers want a guarantee? They're selling the chance to profit from their delivery..."
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Wragges brings in ex-Norton Rose partner

Wragge & Co has grown its international projects practice with the hire of former Norton Rose Middle East infrastructure head Jonathan Brufal. Brufal, who joins Wragges in London as a partner in the firm's energy and infrastructure finance team, focuses on international projects with a particular emphasis on power and utilities in the Middle East, as well as energy and mining in Africa.
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