Moves: UK & Ireland Latham Makes Double Partner Hire From Akin in London Fergus Wheeler and Paul Yin will both join Latham’s banking practice in London and are leaving Akin after less than a year with the firm. Kirkland Looks to Macfarlanes for Latest London Partner Hire Kirkland & Ellis […]
Moves: UK & Ireland Pinsent Masons hires Maureen Daly to lead IP team in Dublin Pinsent Masons has enlisted Intellectual property and technology partner Maureen Daly to their Dublin office to lead their intellectual property team and expand its pan-European Technology practice. Kirkland secures tax partner from Linklaters in London. Not long after being raided […]
Moves: UK & Ireland White & Case Adds Ropes Partner In London Emily Brown joins White & Case’s global mergers & acquisitions practice and global private equity industry group after almost three years at Ropes & Gray, where she was part of the asset management group. Paul Hastings Secures Restructuring Co-Chair With KKR Hire William […]
Moves: UK & Ireland Paul Hastings Secures Restructuring Co-Chair With KKR Hire William Needham is set to join the top 25 US firm after nine years at KKR and will co-chair its European restructuring practice with fellow partner Mei Lian. Stewarts Hires From Norton Rose for Head of International Arbitration Stewarts has poached Norton Rose […]
Moves: UK & Ireland Brown Rudnick secures Mishcon de Reya’s banking disputes head in London Derval Walsh joins hot on the heels of commercial litigator Robin Pickworth’s move from Armstrong Teasdale. Brown Rudnick has hired a senior partner from Mishcon de Reya in London to bolster its disputes bench. Derval Walsh has joined the US […]
Moves: UK & Ireland 2 Antitrust Partners Return to Freshfields and Linklaters Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have welcomed back antitrust and competition lawyers, both rejoining their previous firms as partners. At Freshfields, competition specialist Colin Raftery is set to join the firm from the Competition and Markets Authority, where he spent five years as […]
Moves: UK & Ireland Linklaters secures Addleshaws’ competition head in London Bruce Kilpatrick to rejoin Magic Circle firm’s leading antitrust practice after 16 years at AG. Linklaters has hired the head of Addleshaw Goddard’s (AG) competition team in London to bolster its antitrust and foreign investment practice. Bruce Kilpatrick brings more than 25 years’ experience […]
Moves: UK & Ireland Cooley Hires Jenner & Block Global Arbitration Chair Cooley’s London office has been given a significant boost with the addition of Jenner & Block’s international arbitration practice chair and former London head, Charlie Lightfoot. Lightfoot, who joins Cooley after eight years at fellow U.S. outfit Jenner & Block, was originally brought […]
Moves: UK & Ireland Greenwoods snaps up nine-strong private client team from Ince & Co as exits continue The team is led by Ince’s former head of private client and tax Matthew Biles and follows the arrival of former Ince tax lawyer Roger Harding, who joined Greenwoods earlier this month as head of tax and […]