Hello and welcome to the Fides Weekly Update. Take a look at this week’s key trends, moves and developments in the UK legal sector.
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This week:
1). Movers & Shakers
Panel Watch
Santander Refreshes UK Legal Roster
Pinsent Masons and DWF Among Line Up On £60m Legal Services Panel
Appointments
CMS Consultant Joins Pensions Company as GC
TLT Replaces Longstanding Managing Partner
Moves
Addleshaws beefs up City restructuring with Dechert hire
Addleshaw Goddard has hired a restructuring partner Paul Fleming from Dechert, its first London lateral recruit in months
Paul Hastings Takes Second Paris Partner from Dechert
Corporate lawyer Charles Cardon’s jump follows that of tax specialist Bruno Leroy in May
Taylor Wessing replenishes Cambridge office after Goodwin raid
Taylor Wessing has reacted to the loss of a life sciences and technology partner duo taken away by Goodwin Procter from its Cambridge office with a new partner hire Adrian Toutoungi from Eversheds Sutherland.
Hogan Lovells Global Private Equity Head Quits for US Firm
Hogan Lovells global head of private equity Tom Whelan has resigned from the firm and is set to join McDermott Will & Emery
Heavyweight London Ashurst Corporate Partner Quits
Longstanding corporate partner Nick Bryans is set to join Baker McKenzie. Bryans has been at Ashurst since 1994, and was managing partner of the firm’s Middle East operations from 2007-9
TLT Expands Financial Services Offering With Two New Partner Hires
TLT has hired two lawyers to its London office, including King & Spalding partner Angela Hayes and legal director at Addleshaw Goddard Robin Penfold
Heavyweight K&L Gates Paris Quartet Decamps For Winston & Strawn
Four heavyweight partners have left K&L Gates’ Paris office to join U.S. rival Winston & Strawn. The quartet consists of M&A and private equity partner Nicola Di Giovanni, head of French tax Bertrand Dussert, M&A partner Jean-Patrice Labautiere and head of Paris finance Mounir Letayf
Orrick Recruits Paris Jones Day Veteran as Arbitration Leader
Partner Michael Buhler has joined Orrick as its international arbitration practice co-leader, while counsel Nicole Dolenz has joined the U.S. firm as a partner
Dentons Hires Partner in Bucharest from Allen & Overy
Dentons has continued its hiring spree in Europe, recruiting Loredana Chitu from Allen & Overy as a partner in its office in Bucharest, Romania
Reed Smith Partner Advising on Thomas Cook Repatriation Quits for US Rival
Reed Smith London restructuring partner Charlotte Moller, who is currently acting on the standout mandate of the collapse of Thomas Cook, has quit the firm to join U.S. rival Brown Rudnick
King & Spalding Bulks Out in Brussels With Latest Hire
King & Spalding has hired Mayer Brown life sciences partner Geneviève Michaux to join the firm’s Brussels office
Gibson Dunn Expands In London with Latest Macfarlanes Exit
Macfarlanes financial regulation partner Michelle Kirschner has left the firm to join U.S. firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s London office
EY swipes Squires partner for growing legal arm
Corporate M&A partner Claire Scott-Priestley joins EY in November as its fifth equity partner in London
Office Openings & Closings
Clyde & Co’s US Breakaway Group Launches 35-Strong Firm across Three Offices
Goodwin Procter Launches in Luxembourg
Partner Promotions
Kirkland Makes Up 16 in London in Bumper Promotions Round
Goodwin Promotes London Trio to Partner in Expanded Round
Financials
Hogan Lovells International LLP sees Profits and Revenues Rise
Dechert Smashes £100M UK Revenue Mark but Profits Drop
Inclusion and Diversity
Senior Silicon Valley DLA Piper Partner Accused of Sexual Assault in Open Letter
Technology and Innovation
BCLP Becomes 18th Top 50 Firm to be used in Email Scam This Year