McDermott takes three DLA Piper London real estate partners following 20-partner US raid
Trio of DLA Piper London real estate partners follow raft of lawyers leaving for McDermott
April 24, 2018 at 07:44 AM
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McDermott Will & Emery has hired three London real estate partners from DLA Piper, just weeks after recruiting 20 partners from the firm's US offices.
The City trio – Laurence Rogers, Neville Wright and Tom Calnan – specialise in real estate finance, real estate corporate tax and commercial real estate respectively.
Rogers and Wright previously worked at legacy Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) before joining DLA in 2014.
Rogers was formerly DLA's sole UK head of real estate, but from January 2017 until April that year he had shared the role with William Naunton, who joined in a six-partner team move from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) as it went into administration. Naunton took over as sole practice head in April when Rogers stepped down.
Calnan, who made partner at KWM in 2014, followed Naunton's team to DLA in February last year.
The departures come after McDermott recruited 20 partners from DLA Piper's US offices in a series of hires – including at least 15 other counsel and associates – that the firm expects will add $100m to its top line.
An internal memo sent on 29 March by McDermott chairman Ira Coleman, obtained by The American Lawyer, listed the partners that had joined the US firm that month. All but one previously worked at DLA Piper.
The hires included a real estate finance team led by Jeffrey Steiner, the former New York-based global co-chair of DLA Piper's finance practice, and Michael Sheehan, the former co-chair of DLA Piper's global employment practice and chair of its US employment practice.
Steiner is joining McDermott as global leader of the firm's real estate finance practice and will also be a non-voting member of the management committee.
The Chicago-founded firm expects a $100m boost to top-line revenue as a result of the new additions, making it one of the largest group hires the legal industry has seen in recent years.
McDermott declined to comment.
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