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Taking London – the US firms swooping in on the City's top talent

The Olympic stadium wasn't the only venue for record setting in London in 2012.
16 minute read

International Edition

Exclusive: former Shell legal boss Peter Rees joins 39 Essex Street

Peter Rees QC, the former legal chief of Shell, has joined Thirty Nine Essex Street as a counsel and commercial arbitrator.
3 minute read

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Hogan Lovells and Latham latest winners as exits from BLP's real estate finance team mount

Berwin Leighton Paisner has lost another partner from its real estate finance group this week, with Jo Solomon the latest to exit.
2 minute read

International Edition

The Transfer Window: recent moves including DWF, Olswang and Norton Rose Fulbright

The transfer window is a regular round-up of recent moves in the UK and abroad.
5 minute read

International Edition

Eversheds raids Ashurst with City pensions chief hire

Ashurst London head of pensions Steven Hull has joined Eversheds, marking the latest in a string of partner exits at the City firm. Hull is set to leave Ashurst on 20 March, and is expected to join Eversheds on 1 May.
2 minute read

International Edition

Ashurst holds first partner remuneration review since financial integration with Blakes

Ashurst is set to complete its first partner remuneration review since its full financial merger with Australia's Blake Dawson Partners at Blakes transferred over to Ashurst's managed lockstep system in November last year, a move which had been one of the conditions in the firms' merger deed.
2 minute read

International Edition

Pinsent Masons to address gender imbalance with 30% female partner target

Pinsent Masons has launched a suite of initiatives aimed at increasing its number of female partners to 30%, with an initial target of 25% set for May 2018. 'Project Sky', which is being led by employment partner Linda Jones, seeks to remove any barriers to the progression of women to partnership and senior leadership.
3 minute read

International Edition

Trio of partners quit BLP for DLA in wake of finance chief appointment

Three Berwin Leighton Paisner partners, including head of real estate finance Laurence Rogers, have resigned from the firm to join DLA Piper. Rogers has left the firm alongside commercial real estate partner Richard Hopkinson-Woolley and corporate tax partner Neville Wright.
3 minute read

International Edition

Dentons takes Heenan Blaikie hires to 46 in a month as 16-lawyer team joins

Dentons has now picked up a total of 46 lawyers from collapsed Canadian firm Heenan Blaikie following the signing of a five-partner, 11-associate team this week. Corporate partner Allen Garson and insolvency partners Kenneth Kraft and John Salmas join in Toronto, while corporate partner Wendy Del Mul and infrastructure partner Tommaso Nanci will join Dentons as counsels in Toronto and Montreal respectively.
2 minute read

International Edition

Shearman, Jones Day and Covington partners to join Freshfields trio in establishing new arbitration firm

Partners from Shearman & Sterling, Jones Day and Covington & Burling are set to join three senior disputes lawyers from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in establishing a global arbitration boutique.
2 minute read

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