A&O US star Cunningham joins litigation leader

Allen & Overy (A&O) US co-head Daniel Cunningham has quit the firm's New York office to join litigation leader Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges. Cunningham, who was lauded as A&O's most high-profile US recruit when he joined the City firm from Cravath Swaine & Moore in 2001, will move to Quinn Emanuel's New York office on 1 July.The addition of Cunningham, a structured finance and derivatives specialist, does not signal a departure from Quinn Emanuel's litigation-only model. Managing partner John Quinn said in a statement released on Thursday (19 March) that the hire is part of an effort to expand the firm's litigation capabilities.

March 20, 2009 at 06:02 AM

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Allen & Overy (A&O) US co-head Daniel Cunningham has quit the firm's New York office to join litigation leader Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges.

Cunningham, who was lauded as A&O's most high-profile US recruit when he joined the City firm from Cravath Swaine & Moore in 2001, will move to Quinn Emanuel's New York office on 1 July.

The addition of Cunningham, a structured finance and derivatives specialist, does not signal a departure from Quinn Emanuel's litigation-only model. Managing partner John Quinn said in a statement released on Thursday (19 March) that the hire is part of an effort to expand the firm's litigation capabilities.

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