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Macfarlanes nabs Bakers energy partner as lateral hiring spree continues

Macfarlanes has recruited Baker & McKenzie energy and projects partner Scott Brodsky to join its commercial practice, marking the firm's second lateral hire this month. Brodsky is co-managing partner of Bakers' Johannesburg office and has advised on a broad range of global projects in the power, renewable energy, oil and gas and transport sectors.
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Ashurst grows City energy team with Freshfields hire

Ashurst has turned to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to boost its global energy, resources and infrastructure (ERI) team with the hire of Michael Burns as partner. Burns, who was a counsel at the magic circle firm, will be based in London, taking the total number of City partners in Ashurst's team to 12.
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Links and A&O among 26 firms objecting to legal threat from Dewey estate

A host of firms including Linklaters, Allen & Overy, and Baker & McKenzie have filed a collective objection against Dewey & LeBoeuf's estate over its attempt to win compensation for client work originated at the defunct firm. The estate is threatening legal action over matters allegedly transferred to the firms when former Dewey partners left following its collapse last year.
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Law Society scoops A&O's Stephen Denyer for senior international role

The Law Society has appointed Allen & Overy (A&O) global markets partner Stephen Denyer as its new head of City and international. Denyer, who is based in Frankfurt, oversees the firm's approach to markets where the firm has not established a presence and coordinates its ties with relationship firms. He represents A&O with regulatory and professional bodies including the International Bar Association.
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Mayer Brown continues hiring spree with BLP and White & Case duo

Mayer Brown has hired a further two partners in its London banking and finance group, with the recruitment of Berwin Leighton Paisner partner Trevor Wood and White & Case senior associate Mayank Gupta, who joins as partner. The pair - who are expected to join by the end of the calendar year - bring Mayer Brown's senior lateral hire count to six in the last month, and follow the appointments of securitisation partners Richard Todd and David O'Connor from BLP and Allen & Overy respectively.
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Hogan Lovells hires private equity partner from SJB

SJ Berwin private equity partner Ed Harris is leaving to join Hogan Lovells' London corporate practice, just weeks before the merger between his old firm and Asia-Pacific giant King & Wood Mallesons goes live.
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Bingham takes Jones Day competition head in rare City hire

Bingham McCutchen has made a rare hire in London, with the recruitment of Jones Day's London competition practice head Frances Murphy, who represents clients including AstraZeneca and the London Metal Exchange in contentious and non-contentious EU and domestic competition matters, brings the London office's competition team to three partners.
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Former US Navy commander to earn partner stripes at Steptoe in London

Steptoe & Johnson has hired BHP Billiton lawyer and former US Navy commander Jeffrey Cottle as a partner in the regulation and compliance group of its London office.
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Freshfields' Tim Jones scores GC role for Rugby World Cup organiser

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Tim Jones has been appointed as England Rugby 2015's general counsel. The corporate star, who will remain at Freshfields as an adviser on certain corporate matters, is understood to be moving to a consultant role at the magic circle firm. He will start the England Rugby 2015 role on 1 November.
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Former Pinsents disputes head leads trio of hires for Irwin Mitchell

Irwin Mitchell has expanded its business legal services (BLS) division with a group of three lateral hires, including Pinsent Masons litigation head Nigel Kissack. Kissack, who moves to Irwin Mitchell as national head of commercial litigation, is joined by Squire Sanders intellectual property partner Alex Newman and former Brown Rudnick lawyer Kirsten Doherty, who moves as a consultant.
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