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Bakers hires 13-strong Toronto team from Heenan Blaikie

Baker & McKenzie has hired a team of 13 lawyers from collapsed Canadian firm Heenan Blaikie to join its Toronto office. The group, which is made up of at least six partners, is led by corporate & securities partners Kevin Rooney and Sonia Yung, and will be spread across Bakers' corporate & securities, tax, and banking & finance practices. The other partners include Peter Clark (tax), Ilia Danef (finance), Charles MacCready (public M&A), and Corey MacKinnon (corporate).
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Bakers hires City intellectual property partner from McDermott

Baker & McKenzie has hired McDermott Will & Emery intellectual property and life sciences partner Hiroshi Sheraton in London. Sheraton, who trained as a medical chemist before he became a lawyer, practices on all aspects of intellectual property and patent law, with a particular focus on the life sciences sector.
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Cleary partner joins HSBC as litigation and regulatory co-head

HSBC has appointed two new general counsel to oversee its litigation and regulatory enforcement departments. The appointees include Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton white collar partner Shawn Chen.
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BLP head of R&I Ben Larkin joins Jones Day exodus

Berwin Leighton Paisner's head of restructuring & insolvency Ben Larkin has quit the firm to join Jones Day, marking the third BLP partner the US firm has hired in the last six months.
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DLA Piper set to launch in Canada with move for Heenan Blaikie partners

DLA Piper is in talks to take on a group of lawyers from Heenan Blaikie, following the announcement that the Canadian firm was to be wound up.
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DWF adds to City corporate team with TLT partner and associates

DWF has continued the growth of its City corporate team with the hire of the head of TLT's commercial services group in London Richard Tall. Tall, who joins with a team of two solicitors this month, is a corporate lawyer with a particular focus on the financial services sector. He acts for bidders, targets and financial advisers, and has experience of securities offers from unlisted bond issues.
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Allen & Overy launches in Barcelona with Freshfields partner hire

Allen & Overy (A&O) has poached Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partner Toni Valverde to lead its newly launched Barcelona office, the magic circle firm's second Spanish base.
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HSF grows Germany practice with first disputes partner hire

Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Baker & McKenzie dispute resolution partner Mathias Wittinghofer to join its growing Germany practice.m's dispute resolution group.
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Hogan Lovells on song with hire of former A&O M&A partner

Hogan Lovells has made a high-profile hire in its corporate team with the capture of former Allen & Overy partner Don McGown.
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Lateral thinking - why Slaughters has finally hired a partner after 125 years

Two remarkable things happened this morning: England beat Australia in a game of cricket and Slaughter and May hired a partner from another firm. Given such seismic events, it would be little surprise to see a pig in a bowler hat take to the skies over the Royal Exchange this afternoon.
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