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Bushwhacked - advances by US firms in the City reach an ominous stage

Legal Week's in depth strand has been timely of late. While May's focus on libel and privacy coincided with sustained hysteria about injunctions, this month's international firms in London focus comes as Weil Gotshal & Manges pulls off arguably the most significant City raid yet inflicted on a leading UK law firm. If nothing else, the resignation of a four-partner funds team from Clifford Chance (CC) is evidence that a select band of US law firms is becoming a steadily more menacing threat to the City's finest.
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Legal Week

Going organic: finding the balance between organic growth and lateral hiring in London

Foreign firms in London still struggle to find that elusive balance between 
organic growth and lateral hiring. Charlotte Edmond charts the latest trends
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International Edition

Paul Hastings hires Macfarlanes M&A partner for City deal push

Macfarlanes corporate and M&A partner Garrett Hayes has left the firm to join Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker in London. Hayes, who specialises in M&A and private equity advice and acts primarily for private equity sponsors and portfolio companies on leveraged buyouts, restructurings and auctions, joins the US firm after 16 years at Macfarlanes. He had been a partner since 2005.
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International Edition

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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International Edition

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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International Edition

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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International Edition

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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International Edition

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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International Edition

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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International Edition

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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