Law Firm Partners

Simmons brings in one partner each for City and Milan bases

By Sofia Lind | August 3, 2011

Simmons & Simmons has made two partner hires, strengthening its London corporate practice and its Milan litigation team. The firm has hired Travers Smith counsel Caroline Murphy as a partner for its London corporate practice and brought in Hogan Lovells partner Cristina Pagni in Italy. Murphy, who has worked with clients including Bridgepoint Capital and 3i, becomes the fourth partner in Simmons' London private equity team. Prior to joining Travers in 2006, Murphy was general counsel at furniture retailer Habitat, becoming the first person to hold the position when she left Clifford Chance in 2004.

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Eversheds recruits Cobbetts partner to boost London real estate team

By Friederike Heine | July 27, 2011

Eversheds has strengthened its London real estate practice with the hire of planning partner David Hardy from regional firm Cobbetts, taking the number of partners in its planning practice to 11. Hardy, who is qualified as both a barrister and a solicitor, will join from Cobbetts alongside planning associate Michelle Smith and personal assistant Michelle Brown.

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Stephenson Harwood hires Weil energy head for practice push

By Sofia Lind | July 14, 2011

Stephenson Harwood has hired Weil Gotshal & Manges' London head of energy and renewables Andrew McLean, who will transfer to the top 30 UK law firm in September. The corporate partner helped establish Weil Gotshal's consumer and financial services practice in Europe when he joined as a partner 11 years ago from Clifford Chance, where he had been an associate. He specialises in commercial contracts, private company M&A and joint ventures.

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DLA Piper boosts energy practice with CMS and Ofgem hires

By Simon Petersen | July 13, 2011

DLA Piper has bolstered its City energy and infrastructure and project finance teams with the appointment of a former CMS Cameron McKenna partner and a lawyer from Ofgem. Former CMS partner Trevor Butcher, who left his previous firm at the end of April, is due to join DLA Piper in August.

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Stephenson Harwood hires Weil energy head for practice push

By Sofia Lind | July 13, 2011

Stephenson Harwood has hired Weil Gotshal & Manges' London head of energy and renewables Andrew McLean, who will transfer to the top 30 UK law firm in September. The corporate partner helped establish Weil Gotshal's consumer and financial services practice in Europe when he joined as a partner 11 years ago from Clifford Chance, where he had been an associate. He specialises in commercial contracts, private company M&A and joint ventures.

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SJ Berwin competition chief cancels Milbank resignation

By Sofia Lind | July 13, 2011

SJ Berwin has persuaded EU and competition head Stephen Kon to remain with the firm after he resigned last month to join Milbank Tweed 
Hadley & McCloy. Kon was voted into the Milbank partnership in mid-June alongside fellow competition partner Cameron Firth, but both partners subsequently retracted their resignations and opted to stay with the top 20 City law firm.

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Cravath coup as firm secures heavyweight lawyer from DoJ

By Legal Week | July 13, 2011

Cravath Swaine & Moore is strengthening its antitrust team with the hire of Christine Varney, a key player in the Obama administration's efforts to shore up the 
nation's antitrust enforcement efforts, from the Department 
of Justice (DoJ). Varney is due to join Cravath's New York office on 6 September, having taken her post as assistant attorney general of the department's antitrust division in April 2009.

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DWF turns to Watson Burton for Newcastle IP partner hire

By Simon Petersen | July 13, 2011

DWF has strengthened its intellectual property (IP) practice with a partner hire from Watson Burton. Ed Meikle, who specialises in advising on the capture, protection, commercialisation and enforcement of all IP rights, is set to join DWF's Newcastle office later this year.

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Brown Rudnick boosts London with Chadbourne partner hire

By Simon Petersen | July 13, 2011

Brown Rudnick has strengthened its European bankruptcy and restructuring team with a partner hire from the London office of Chadbourne & Parke. Insolvency partner Adrian Harris is set to join Brown Rudnick's London office in August, having been a partner at Chadbourne since 2006.

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Career Clinic: Should I follow my boss to a US firm in London?

By Legal Week | July 10, 2011

"I'm a 2PQE associate at a UK top 50 firm in London, where I qualified. I'm generally pretty happy where I am; the work as yet hasn't been mind-numbing and the firm's been pretty good to me so far - I'm still able to have something of a personal life alongside my time in the office. "However, the partner who's the head of my team is moving to a US firm's London office, and I've been offered the opportunity to go with him.

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New York Law Journal

Mintz & Gold Adds Rick Breslow as Partner to Head Its New Accountants' Liability Practice

By Patricia Kane | September 18, 2019

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

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The American Lawyer

Litigation Funder Sues Kirkland, Littler Over $71M Private Equity Sale

By David Thomas | September 18, 2019

Kirkland & Ellis and Littler Mendelson are facing claims over their role in the $71 million sale of a company billed as "the nation's largest consumer legal funding business."

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Litigation Daily

Litigation Funder Oasis Financial Sues Kirkland, Littler Over $71M Private Equity Sale

By David Thomas | September 18, 2019

Kirkland & Ellis and Littler Mendelson are facing claims over their role in the $71 million sale of a company billed as "the nation's largest consumer legal funding business."

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National Law Journal

King & Spalding Government Matters Team Snags Interior Department Lawyer

By Ryan Lovelace | September 18, 2019

Marcella Burke is the latest in a string of new additions to King & Spalding's government matters group in D.C.

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The American Lawyer

Cleary Gottlieb Takes Lead in Petrobras' $20 Billion Offerings

By Amy Guthrie | September 18, 2019

Simultaneously, the firm advised on $10 billion in liability management transactions for state oil firm Mexico's Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex).

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The American Lawyer

Law Firms Commit $5M to Tackle Legal Profession's Diversity Problem

By Dylan Jackson | September 18, 2019

Five firms will collaborate, sharing their success and failures, as each strives to achieve its own robust diversity goals.

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National Law Journal

Brownstein Forms Crisis Management Practice Group With Ample DC Footprint

By Ryan Lovelace | September 18, 2019

The new group comprises "veterans from the communications battlefield" as Brownstein seeks to grow its D.C. presence.

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The Legal Intelligencer

Lewis Brisbois Grows Phila.-Based Life Sciences Practice With New Minneapolis Office

By Lizzy McLellan | September 18, 2019

Adding a four-partner group from Bowman and Brooke, LA-based Lewis Brisbois joins a long list of out-of-town firms that have established roots in Minneapolis.

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The American Lawyer

Lewis Brisbois Opens in Minneapolis With Products Liability Group

By Lizzy McLellan | September 18, 2019

Adding a four-partner group from Bowman and Brooke, LA-based Lewis Brisbois joins a long list of out-of-town firms that have established roots in Minneapolis.

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Daily Report Online

Alston Launches London Office, Boosting Payments, Finance Practices

By Meredith Hobbs | September 18, 2019

Atlanta-based Alston & Bird recruited partners from K&L Gates and Constantine Cannon to open the U.K. outpost.

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