NEXT
Sign in to follow

International Edition

Sidley continues to ramp up Singapore with fourth partner hire since local licence win

Sidley Austin has hired its fourth partner in Singapore since receiving a local licence in the city-state in February, giving it a total partner headcount of eight. The US firm this week recruited project finance partner Nicholas Grambas from Gilbert + Tobin (G+T)in Melbourne, in a bid to ramp up its infrastructure-focused team.
2 minute read

International Edition

Up the bracket – BLP vows to stick to high-end market strategy despite PEP hit

""In the past five years, we've invested a lot in people from the very best firms. They have been getting up to speed and now we are competing for higher-quality work than we used to – part of the reason we found last year challenging..."
5 minute read

International Edition

A longer road? New partners offer career advice to frustrated associates

The top 30 law firms made up fewer partners this year, while there was a worrying dip in the number of women promoted at the magic circle. James Boxell, Anna Reynolds and Alex Newman spoke to new partners to seek their advice for frustrated associates, both female and male...
9 minute read

International Edition

Partner numbers across top 50 grow 7% as equity partner ranks see more modest rise

Partner numbers across the UK top 50 have grown almost 7% this year, as a number of significant mergers continue to drive headcount growth at leading law firms. Across the 2012-13 financial year there were an average of 10,115 partners working at the top 50 firms, up 6.9% from 9,458 the previous year. Following a spate of mergers, DWF saw the largest growth in partner numbers across the group, leaping from 152 to 285 over the year as a result of tie-ups with Biggart Baillie, Fishburns and Buller Jeffries as well as taking on a number of partners from now defunct Cobbetts.
3 minute read

International Edition

Weil Gotshal loses high-flying London litigator to Sidley Austin

Sidley Austin has hired Weil Gotshal & Manges litigation partner Matthew Shankland to its disputes resolution group in London. Shankland, who represents clients in commercial disputes in the higher courts, the European court and arbitration tribunals, has a particular practice focus on alternative dispute resolution and cross-border bankruptcy and insolvency work for financial institutions.
2 minute read

International Edition

K&L Gates adds second City energy partner in a month with Pinsents hire

K&L Gates has hired Pinsent Masons energy disputes partner Mike Stewart, the firm's second lateral partner addition in the City in a month. Stewart advises contractors and owners on major construction and energy projects, specialising in international dispute resolution work.
2 minute read

International Edition

Hill Dickinson offloads four-partner Chester office to Knights

Hill Dickinson has sold its Chester office to Knights Solicitors for an undisclosed fee following a review of its UK-wide business. The move, which will see the transfer of four partners and 20 staff, is the first acquisition by the Knights since the James Caan-led private equity house Hamilton Bradshaw bought a stake in the firm in June 2012.
2 minute read

International Edition

Minter Ellison launches Asia tax practice with Ernst & Young duo in Hong Kong

Minter Ellison has launched a tax practice in Asia with the hire of two tax specialists from Ernst and Young in Hong Kong. The Australian firm, which earlier this month said it wanted to boost the amount of regional work it did in a bid to combat a sharp decline in domestic M&A activity, has recruited the E&Y duo Christian Pellone and Edward Lean to join its Hong Kong office and to spearhead the new practice for the whole of Asia Pacific.
3 minute read

International Edition

Mishcon boosts property litigation group with Olswang hire as part of three-year strategy

Mishcon de Reya has appointed Olswang head of construction Nick Lane to join its property litigation group. Lane - who will start at the firm on 2 September - will join Mishcon's property litigation group as a contentious construction specialist. His move will bring the group, which sits within the firm's real estate practice, to a total of four partners and 12 fee-earners. Mishcon's wider real estate department has 19 partners and a total of 78 fee-earners.
2 minute read

International Edition

MoFo lands two Norton Rose veteran dealmakers

Norton Rose Fulbright has lost high-profile dealmakers Jake Robson and Adam Summerly to Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) in Singapore. Robson and Summerly, who have been based in the city-state for eight and 14 years have been brought in to support increasing demand from MoFo's clients for work based in and out of South and Southeast Asia. The English-qualified Robson focuses on M&A, private equity, cross-border investment and joint venture work throughout Asia, as well as capital markets transactions in public securities offerings in the region.
2 minute read

More from ALM

More from ALM

Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

Resources

  • Why Embracing Change Is Essential for Your Legal Department

    Brought to you by DiliTrust

    Download Now

  • International Export and Trade Assistance State Law Survey

    Brought to you by LexisNexis®

    Download Now

  • How This Personal Injury Firm Reduced Client Intake Time by 80%

    Brought to you by PracticePanther

    Download Now

  • The Hidden Cost of Bad Reviews: Why Law Firms & Attorneys Can't Afford a Damaged Online Reputation

    Brought to you by Erase.com

    Download Now