Law Firm Partners

Ashurst rebuilds US securities team with ex-Linklaters veterans

By Friederike Heine | May 5, 2011

Ashurst has moved to rebuild its US securities practice in London after all three partners in the group handed in their notice earlier this year. The top 10 City law firm has hired two partners for the team - Linklaters corporate finance partner Ray Fisher, who is currently based in the magic circle firm's New York office, and Jennifer Schneck, who left Linklaters' London office in 2009. Both joined Ashurst this week.

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K&L Gates boosts Tokyo arm with hire of 10-lawyer team from CC

By Simon Petersen | May 5, 2011

K&L Gates has expanded its Tokyo office with the hire of a 10-lawyer team from Clifford Chance (CC), including three partners. The team hire comes after CC moved to restructure its Tokyo office and integrate its local joint venture firm into one CC partnership. Before the restructuring, CC had around 12 partners, including the trio joining K&L Gates - Keiji Isaji, Atsushi Yamashita and Naoki Watanabe.

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Hogan Lovells recruits US partner duo for London energy practice

By Friederike Heine | May 5, 2011

Hogan Lovells has boosted its infrastructure and project finance practice in London with the hire of energy partners Matthew Williams and John Deacon from US law firm Hunton & Williams. The two partners, who joined the firm earlier this week (1 May), both focus on the energy sector, working on project finance deals as well as related regulatory, trading and M&A matters.

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Allen & Overy boosts Germany with Hogan Lovells hire

By Simon Petersen | May 3, 2011

Allen & Overy (A&O) has strengthened its Frankfurt employment practice with the hire of a partner from Hogan Lovells. Hans-Peter Loew, who joined Hogan Lovells in 1996 and has been the managing partner of the firm's Frankfurt office since 2004, is set to join A&O in the coming months, with his start-date still to be finalised.

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Pinsents adds two partners in Dubai boost

By Simon Petersen | April 21, 2011

Pinsent Masons has boosted its Middle East projects and construction team with two new partners, with one more set to relocate to the region later this year. Projects and finance specialist Simon Harvey will join Pinsents' Dubai office from Baker & McKenzie this June, while international arbitration specialist Bjorn Gehle will join in July from Clayton Utz's Sydney base. Gehle, a special counsel at the Australian firm, advises on infrastructure and construction projects, international trade, energy and resources as well as corporate disputes.

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Asset finance - increasingly not for every banking team

By Georgina Stanley | April 14, 2011

Recent weeks have seen no less than five asset finance partner moves announced, with Berwin Leighton Paisner, Ince & Co, Mayer Brown, and, most notably, Hogan Lovells all moving to strengthen their City practices. While the timing of the appointments is more down to coincidence than any single driver in the market, the moves illustrate the differing approaches to asset finance across large law firms.

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International Edition

Asset finance - increasingly not for every banking team

By Georgina Stanley | April 14, 2011

Recent weeks have seen no less than five asset finance partner moves announced, with Berwin Leighton Paisner, Ince & Co, Mayer Brown, and, most notably, Hogan Lovells all moving to strengthen their City practices. While the timing of the appointments is more down to coincidence than any single driver in the market, the moves illustrate the differing approaches to asset finance across large law firms.

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BLP hires ex-Paul Hastings City partner in finance push

By Sofia Lind | April 14, 2011

Hire part of practice shake-up as asset finance gets strategic focus

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Nabarro adds two partners from Reed Smith and Pinsents

By Friederike Heine | April 14, 2011

Nabarro has recruited two partners for its London headquarters with a double hire from Pinsent Masons and Reed Smith. The new additions, George Lubega and Philip Olmer, will join Nabarro next month (3 May) in the City law firm's commercial litigation and real estate practices respectively. Litigator Lubega is joining from Pinsents as the 27th partner in Nabarro's commercial disputes practice. He specialises in commercial litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution, and acts for a number of corporate clients and government departments.

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A&O analysis of lateral hiring shows 90% partner retention at firm

By Sofia Lind | March 15, 2011

Allen & Overy (A&O) has reviewed its lateral partner hiring programme over the last seven years, with the firm retaining more than 90% of the partners it brought in over the period. The magic circle firm's research, which comes against a backdrop of increasing numbers of UK and US firms taking a detailed look at their lateral hiring record, found A&O has brought in 95 partners over the last seven years, 19 of whom were hired for the firm's Australia launch last year. Of the total, only nine have departed.

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National Law Journal

Harmon Rejoins King & Spalding as FBI Revolving Door Keeps Swinging

By Ryan Lovelace | September 9, 2019

Zack Harmon, former chief of staff to FBI Director Chris Wray, is returning to the firm after another King & Spalding partner took his place.

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New York Law Journal

Ex-Kirkland Partner Will Head Up Patent Litigation for Stroock From NY

By Patrick Smith | September 9, 2019

Longtime Kirkland IP partner Timothy Gilman said he saw opportunities in Stroock's "nimbler" practice. He will be based in New York.

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The American Lawyer

Ex-Kirkland Partner Will Head Up Patent Litigation for Stroock

By Patrick Smith | September 9, 2019

Longtime Kirkland IP partner Timothy Gilman said he saw opportunities in Stroock's "nimbler" practice.

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New York Law Journal

Andrew Finch Rejoins Paul Weiss Antitrust Team After DOJ Stint

By Jack Newsham | September 9, 2019

After more than two years in senior roles at the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, Finch has returned to Paul Weiss as co-chair of its antitrust practice.

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New York Law Journal

Awards, Events, Directories and Publications: Separating the Wheat From the Chaff

By Jennifer King and Steven Andersen | September 9, 2019

In their Law Firm Marketing column, Jennifer King and Steven Andersen discuss marketing opportunities involving legal media outlets, awards, directories and events. They write that a little due diligence into the legitimacy of an organization goes a long way.

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Texas Lawyer

Newsmakers: Week of Sept. 9

By Jonathan Erway | September 9, 2019

Associates Kilpatrick Townsend announced the addition of Shannon Jones as an associate in the firm's Dallas office. She joins the Real Estate Investment…

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National Law Journal

FBI Chief of Staff's King & Spalding Income Revealed in New Disclosure

By Mike Scarcella | September 9, 2019

Paul Murphy, a former white-collar partner, succeeded Zack Harmon, a fellow King & Spalding attorney, in June as FBI Director Chris Wray's chief of staff.

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Daily Report Online

Dentons Attracts Corporate Lawyer From AmTrust Financial—and Other 'On the Move' News

By Meredith Hobbs | September 6, 2019

Perry Smith, who just finished a four-year in-house stint at an insurance carrier, said he believes Dentons' global reach will give him a competitive edge for building an M&A client base.

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The Recorder

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

By Aleeza Furman | September 6, 2019

New hires and promotions from across the California legal market.

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Daily Business Review

Greenspoon Marder No Longer Represents Miami Preschool Amid Ethics Question

By Lidia Dinkova | September 6, 2019

Partner William Riley Jr. said his resignation has nothing to do with accusations of an attorney conflict of interest, adding that he planned to start his own firm even before the ethics issue was raised.

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