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DWF turns to Watson Burton for Newcastle IP partner hire

DWF has strengthened its intellectual property (IP) practice with a partner hire from Watson Burton. Ed Meikle, who specialises in advising on the capture, protection, commercialisation and enforcement of all IP rights, is set to join DWF's Newcastle office later this year.
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Brown Rudnick boosts London with Chadbourne partner hire

Brown Rudnick has strengthened its European bankruptcy and restructuring team with a partner hire from the London office of Chadbourne & Parke. Insolvency partner Adrian Harris is set to join Brown Rudnick's London office in August, having been a partner at Chadbourne since 2006.
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Career Clinic: Should I follow my boss to a US firm in London?

"I'm a 2PQE associate at a UK top 50 firm in London, where I qualified. I'm generally pretty happy where I am; the work as yet hasn't been mind-numbing and the firm's been pretty good to me so far - I'm still able to have something of a personal life alongside my time in the office. "However, the partner who's the head of my team is moving to a US firm's London office, and I've been offered the opportunity to go with him.
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Senior banking partner quits SNR Denton to join Norton Rose

SNR Denton London banking partner Michael Black is set to leave the firm to join Norton Rose. Black, who is co-head of SNR Denton's financial institutions and funds sector group, joined legacy Denton Wilde Sapte in 2003 from Theodore Goddard (now Addleshaw Goddard), where he had been the firm's head of banking. He originally qualified as a barrister and lawyer in New Zealand in 1992 and has been working in London since 1995.
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Mayer Brown seals hire of Nabarro IP partner for London base

Mayer Brown has added a partner to its London intellectual property (IP) team with the hire of Jonathan Radcliffe from Nabarro. Radcliffe, who will join the US firm on 1 August, has expertise in patent and IP litigation, having acted on disputes in the pharmaceutical, life sciences and high-tech sectors. He joined Nabarro in 2005 from rival UK top 30 law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse.
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Ex-Simmons chief Dawkins quits for Bingham's 
London arm in wake of senior partner election

Simmons & Simmons' former managing partner Mark Dawkins is set to join the London office of US law firm Bingham McCutchen. Dawkins, who stepped down as Simmons' managing partner at the end of April, is expected to join the firm's securities and financial institutions litigation group as a partner in early September after a sabbatical.
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Brown Rudnick bulks up in the City with two new partners

Ashurst structured funds head Nick Terras is set to leave the firm to join Brown Rudnick's London office. Terras, who will become the US firm's 28th partner in the City, joined Ashurst last year from New York hedge fund specialist Schulte Roth & Zabel, when he was recruited as a consultant and handed a role to liaise between the UK firm's funds and derivates groups.
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Stephenson Harwood boosts City real estate with McGrigors hire

Stephenson Harwood has added to its City real estate practice with the hire of McGrigors London partner Stephen Sumpton. Sumpton, who made the move between the two firms earlier this month (6 June), had been a partner at McGrigors since 2002. Before that he also spent 10 years at Baker & McKenzie in the firm's London and Moscow offices, as well as two years at legacy KPMG legal arm KLegal.
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Herbert Smith seals senior Taylor Wessing hire for regulatory push

Herbert Smith has hired Taylor Wessing's financial services regulatory team head Clive Cunningham in a bid to target more non-contentious regulatory work. Cunningham, who is expected to join Herbert Smith after the summer, has been a partner at Taylor Wessing since November 2006, when he joined from Merrill Lynch's in-house legal team. He previously worked at both Linklaters and KLegal.
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BLP brings in senior Linklaters man to boost Russia finance team

Goltsblat BLP has strengthened its Russian banking and finance team with the appointment of a new partner from Linklaters. Oleg Khokhlov will join Goltsblat BLP's Moscow arm later this month from Linklaters, where he was a managing associate in the firm's local office.
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