Law Firm Lateral Hires
DWF rebuilds in Australia with nine-partner raid on Hall & Wilcox
Hire of nine-partner team follows DWF purchasing Australian claims management business in September
Brown Rudnick expands Houston footprint with IP team hire from Bochner
Eight-strong group is led by partners Erick Robinson, Jayme Partridge and Jayne Piana
Pillsbury secures senior Taylor Wessing disputes partner in London
Laurence Lieberman led his former firm’s life sciences commercial disputes group
Davis Polk recruits Sidley partner duo to launch London restructuring practice
Arrival of Mark Knight and Jifree Cader follows partner raids on A&O Shearman and Paul Hastings earlier in 2024
K&L Gates hires former Gibson Dunn oil and gas co-head in Singapore
Partner Brad Roach joins with a senior associate
A&O Shearman recruits Travers Smith incentives head
Mahesh Varia exits after nearly 27 years at top UK independent
Simpson Thacher hits Kirkland, Jones Day for M&A lawyers
Firm chair Alden Millard points to bolstering global M&A bench as a ‘priority’
Kennedys hires leading Paris arbitration partner from Hogan Lovells
Thomas Kendra brings emerging markets expertise to his new firm notably through his Africa work
Freshfields hires private credit trio from Weil in London
Paul Stewart joins as global co-head of private credit and capital solutions alongside two new partners
Skadden raids Latham for London tech transactions head
Deborah Kirk latest in string of partner departures from Latham’s City office
BCLP hires former Seattle Mayor to head firm’s US white collar practice
Ex-DoJ lawyer and Quinn Emanuel partner Jenny Durkan will be based in Seattle and Washington DC
McDermott expands private equity bench with partner hire from CMS
Healthcare deals specialist Jason Zemmel will be based in London
Linklaters secures top-flight A&O Shearman finance team in New York
A&O Shearman’s financial markets co-head David Lucking moves across with three more partners
Freshfields debt finance partner defects to Kirkland in US
HT Flanagan to work out of Dallas and New York at Kirkland, which boasts world’s largest debt finance practice
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Cooley recruits Gowling’s London life sciences head
Jenny Davies joins as a partner in Cooley’s London life sciences partnering and licensing practice
Kirkland marks first structured finance hire in London
Chicago giant replenishes London ranks following raids by Paul Weiss; also hires structured credit partner from Milbank in New York
Paul Hastings adds four partner employment group in New York from Baker McKenzie
Team boosts Paul Hastings’ complex workplace litigation offering
HFW adds construction lawyer from Clifford Chance in Perth
Arrival of disputes specialist Sean Marriott continues expansion of UK firm’s global construction group
Paul Weiss raids Kirkland’s London funds team again for latest partner hire
Revathi Raghavan is fifth partner to join Paul Weiss this year in London from Kirkland’s investment funds team
O’Melveny expands in Singapore with M&A partner duo from Hogan Lovells
Stephanie Keen and Sylvia Taslim bring significant pan-Asia transactions experience
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