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Legal Week

Mayer Brown JSM hires defunct Bingham's last man in Hong Kong

Mayer Brown JSM has hired failed Boston firm Bingham McCutchen's last partner in Hong Kong, Vincent Sum, with the hire coming after a number of his colleagues moved to Akin Gump ahead of Morgan Lewis & Bockius hire of the majority of Bingham's partners.
32 minute read

International Edition

Ex-Kirkland London chief Jim Learner returns to firm

Former Kirkland & Ellis London chief Jim Learner is returning to the firm's City base almost exactly three years after it emerged he was leaving to join a buyout house in the US.
2 minute read

International Edition

Morgan Lewis adds 16-strong team from Bingham McCutchen in Tokyo

Morgan Lewis has hired a 16-person team from Bingham in Tokyo, a month after signing up the majority of the Boston-headquartered firm's lawyers, partners and support staff.
2 minute read

International Edition

Legal Week's best read features and analysis of 2014

Long-form pieces on Addleshaw Goddard, Kirkland & Ellis, Weil Gotshal & Manges and associate pay were among the best read analytical articles published on Legal Week in 2014.
3 minute read

International Edition

2014 in review: Japan

Despite ongoing economic turmoil, Japan's legal market had a steady 2014, marked by a number of team moves among the international firms.
2 minute read

International Edition

Paul Weiss media head Schwab departs for co-president role at Vice

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison media and entertainment group chair James Schwab will leave the firm in January to become co-president of digital media group Vice Media.
1 minute read

International Edition

Gibson Dunn hires Kirkland & Ellis finance partner Stephen Gillespie

Gibson Dunn has made another high profile hire in London, poaching senior finance partner Stephen Gillespie from Kirkland & Ellis.
2 minute read

Legal Week

Gibson Dunn hires Kirkland & Ellis finance partner Stephen Gillespie

Gibson Dunn has made another high profile hire in London, poaching senior finance partner Stephen Gillespie from Kirkland & Ellis.
25 minute read

International Edition

Mishcon de Reya turns to DLA Piper for latest New York litigation hire

Mishcon de Reya's New York office has secured the hire of DLA Piper litigator Joshua Sohn, who will co-lead the firm's complex civil litigation and white collar defence practices.
2 minute read

International Edition

Addleshaw Goddard unveils five-year vision: we want our top-earning partners on £1m-plus a year by 2019

Addleshaw Goddard wants its top-earning partners to be taking home £1m a year by 2019, as high-performing non-partners are set to benefit from a ring-fenced bonus pool.
4 minute read

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