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HSF nabs Mayer Brown partner for German finance practice launch

Herbert Smith Freehills has launched a German finance practice with the hire of a fifth partner in the jurisdiction since opening a Frankfurt office in April 2013.
6 minute read

International Edition

How – and at what cost – does Kirkland & Ellis' London office land the star names?

It's your twentieth birthday and you're flush with cash. How do you mark the occasion? If you're the London office of Kirkland & Ellis, you recruit the City's pre-eminent banking partner.
4 minute read

International Edition

Ever-decreasing circles – firms must do more to promote the benefits of partnership to the next generation

With the notable exceptions of Donald Trump's hair and Nick Clegg's electability, most things tend to change. Where once partnership and the keys to the executive bathroom were all any aspiring lawyer wanted from life, now it's not quite so cut and dried...
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Am Law Second Hundred Firms of Note: Dickstein Shapiro

The D.C. firm reports its weakest net income in more than 15 years.
13 minute read

International Edition

Kirkland Hong Kong partner relocates to City to help star signing Lucas build leveraged finance group

Kirkland & Ellis Hong Kong finance partner Ashley Young will move to London to work alongside the firm's latest star hire - Weil Gotshal & Manges' banking head Stephen Lucas.
3 minute read

International Edition

Only fools rush in – what soon-to-be partners should check before signing up

The 2014 promotion statistics suggest that it is getting harder to make partnership at London law firms.
4 minute read

International Edition

Weil to lose ex-Linklaters star Stephen Lucas to Kirkland

Weil Gotshal & Manges is set to lose London banking head Stephen Lucas to Kirkland & Ellis after just three years at the US firm, Legal Week has learned.
3 minute read

International Edition

City funds duo re-hired by Reed Smith after two years at KPMG

Reed Smith has re-hired Winston Penhall, the London-based partner who left the firm in 2012 to launch KPMG's funds law practice.
3 minute read

International Edition

Skadden hires Siemens senior counsel to Frankfurt disputes practice

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has hired senior Siemens lawyer Anke Sessler as a litigation and arbitration partner in its Frankfurt office.
2 minute read

International Edition

Nabarro opens in Manchester with raid on Addleshaws real estate practice

Nabarro has launched its first Manchester office with a trio of real estate partner hires from Addleshaw Goddard, including practice head Mark Haywood.
3 minute read

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