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Addleshaws seals hire of DLA Piper corporate partner in Manchester

Addleshaw Goddard has boosted its Manchester corporate team with the hire of a partner from DLA Piper. Neal Shepherd, who has been at DLA in 1992 and made partner in 1996, is set to join Addleshaws at the end 
of August.
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Ropes & Gray launches London tax practice with Kirkland partner hire

Ropes & Gray has launched a tax and benefits practice in its fledgling London office with the hire of tax partner John Baldry from Kirkland & Ellis. Baldry, who joined Kirkland's London office in 2006 from Weil Gotshal & Manges, advises on most areas of corporate tax, including structured finance, private equity fund structuring, M&A and restructurings.
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Bird & Bird brings in tax partner from LG

Bird & Bird is set to target standalone UK tax advisory work after sealing the hire of a second City tax specialist. The law firm has recruited LG partner Julian Hickey to practise alongside UK tax head Mathew Oliver – currently the firm's only dedicated London partner in the practice area.
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Freshfields partner duo exit firm's Duesseldorf base to join Noerr

German firm Noerr has hired two real estate partners from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, leaving the magic circle firm with no property partners in Duesseldorf. Partners Alexander Goepfert and Christoph Brenzinger are expected to join Noerr in July, when Goepfert will lead the German firm's real estate investment group.
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Norton Rose boosts Paris with Hogan Lovells corporate partner hire

Norton Rose has strengthened its Paris office with the hire of Hogan Lovells corporate partner Jon Harry. Harry, who had worked at Hogan Lovells and legacy Lovells since 1988, is set to join Norton Rose on 6 June.
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Hogan Lovells appoints new MP for Beijing office following Jones Day departure

Hogan Lovells has appointed a new managing partner in Beijing following the departure of intellectual property (IP) partner Horace Lam to Jones Day. Lam left Hogan Lovells to join Jones Day on 23 May and has been replaced by corporate partner Jun Wei, a corporate and commercial partner focusing on M&A, private equity and project financing. Wei advises multinational companies and financial institutions on structuring their investments in China and dealing with Chinese regulatory agencies.
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Howrey team hands Shearman brace of clients including Nestle and Hilton

Shearman & Sterling's Brussels office has picked up a number of clients from defunct firm Howrey, including Nestle and Hilton. The US law firm, which hired a five-partner competition team led by the co-head of Howrey's global antitrust practice, Trevor Soames, in February, is advising on a number of matters for the team's former Howrey clients.
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Jones Day adds three partners to London base with Ashurst team hire

Jones Day has added three partners to its City arm with the hire of a US securities team from Ashurst. The trio comprises US-qualified partners Daniel Bushner, Eric Stuart and Marie Elena Angulo. Bushner and Angulo started at the US law firm at the beginning of last week (23 May), with Stuart set to remain at Ashurst until the end of June to conclude several client matters.
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Herbert Smith sees three-partner Paris litigation team depart for A&O

Herbert Smith's Paris litigation team has been hit by a three-partner walkout, with the trio's forthcoming departure to Allen & Overy (A&O) marking the latest in a string of exits from the City firm's French arm over the last 18 months. Herbert Smith's recently appointed head of disputes for Continental Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA), Denis Chemla, is set to join A&O alongside arbitration partner Michael Young and litigation partner Erwan Poisson.
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Macfarlanes turns to Clifford Chance for structured finance hire

Macfarlanes has boosted its structured finance practice with the hire of Clifford Chance (CC) partner Rachel Kelly.Kelly is set to join the firm next week from the City banking and finance practice at CC and will be the first partner in Macfarlanes' London structured finance team.
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