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• Singapore firm Shook Lin & Bok hires BLP lawyer as India head

  May 10 2012 Singapore firm Shook Lin & Bok has hired Berwin Leighton Paisner senior associate Azmul Haque as a partner and the co-head the firm’s India practice.   Shook Lin’s... more

• Dutch PE boutique adds new name partner Edwin Liem

  May 08 2012 Van Campen & Partners, the boutique private equity firm that spun off from Baker & McKenzie’s Amsterdam office earlier this year, has hired its eighth partner.... more

• Freshfields promotes 17 to counsel rank

  May 07 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has bolstered its ranks of counsel with the hire of corporate specialist Ethan Jin from the Hong Kong office of Clifford Chance and the... more

• Vinson & Elkins hires top energy & infrastructure talent from Herbert Smith in Tokyo

  Apr 27 2012 Vinson & Elkins has scored a high profile recruit in energy and projects specialist James Watson. Watson joins Vinson & Elkins as a partner at the firm’s Tokyo... more

• BLP hires high profile M&A lawyer from Allens

  Apr 24 2012 Berwin Leighton Paisner has hired high-profile mergers and acquisitions lawyer Alan Paul from Allen & Overy. Paul spent 27 years as a partner at A&O, before announcing... more

• US SEC hires Matthew Solomon as deputy chief litigation counsel

  Apr 23 2012 The US Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed Matthew Solomon as the deputy chief litigation counsel of its enforcement division. The role will see Solomon... more

• Fox Mandal hires former Little & Co Partner in Mumbai

  Apr 19 2012 Fox Mandal has hired former Little & Co. Partner Nahush Shah, boosting the firms capabilities in banking and finance and real estate. Shah will join the firm’s... more

• Litigation funding firm BlackRobe hires Simpson Thacher lawyer as MD

  Apr 18 2012 New York-based private investment firm BlackRobe Capital Partners has hired former Simpson Thacher & Bartlett lawyer Michael Chepiga to become its managing director.... more

• Indian law firm IndusLaw hires new Mumbai head

  Apr 17 2012 Indian law firm IndusLaw has hired the former general counsel at ICICI Bank Ltd. Pramod Rao began working with ICICI in 1996, and is set to end his tenure there in... more

• Canadian law firm Lenczner Slaght hires former Supreme Court Justice

  Apr 15 2012 Leading Canadian litigation firm Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin has made a high profile hire with the recruitment of former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Ian... more

• Alcoa Inc hires senior litigation partner from Fried Frank

  Apr 12 2012 Pittsburgh-based aluminum company Alcoa Inc has hired Audrey Strauss, a senior litigation partner at Fried Frank, as its chief legal officer, chief compliance officer... more

• Siemans UK hires former Vodafone commercial legal director as general counsel

  Mar 16 2012 Siemens UK has hired Claire Carless as its general counsel for Great Britain, calling her away from her former post as Vodafone’s commercial legal director. The new... more

• Mumbai-based Nasikwala Law Office takes on equity partner from Juris Corp

  Mar 08 2012 Mumbai-based firm Nasikwala Law Office has hired former Juris Corp partner Freddy R. Daruwala. Daruwala will join the firm as an equity partner to head the firm's... more

• Juris Corp boosts Delhi dispute resolution practice with FoxMandal hire

  Mar 06 2012 Juris Corp has boosted its dispute resolution practice in Delhi with the hire of former FoxMandal Partner Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra. The new hire brings the total number... more

• Richard Daley boosts US firm Katten Muchin Rosenman's China launch

  Mar 02 2012 US firm Katten Muchin Rosenman has entered the Chinese legal services market with an office in Shanghai. The firm’s entry into China has been given a boost with the... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner hires former global corporate head of Linklaters

  Feb 29 2012 Berwin Leighton Paisner has scored a coup with the hire of Linklaters’ former global corporate head David Barnes for its London corporate team. Barnes left Linklaters... more

• SNR Denton hires foreign policy expert for Washington office

  Feb 28 2012 SNR Denton has hired a former U.S. ambassador to Indonesia and Bolivia, Robert Gelbard. Gelbard spent more than 35 years as a diplomat, and is a senior adviser in... more

• Winston & Strawn boost Moscow office with Norton Rose hire

  Feb 13 2012 US firm Winston & Strawn has boosted its Moscow practice with the hire of Norton Rose finance partner Andrei Yakovlev. Yakovlev will divide his time between... more

• Fried Frank boosts Hong Kong corporate practice with hire from Herbert Smith

  Jan 28 2012 U.S. firm Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has boosted its Hong Kong corporate practice with the hire of partner Carolyn Sng of Herbert Smith. Sng’s practice... more

• DLA Piper and Dechert settle dispute over lateral hire

  Jan 18 2012 A long running dispute between DLA Piper and Dechert over Dechert’s hire of former DLA litigation co-head Neil Gerrard has been settled after going through arbitration... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf boosts South Africa practice with hire of 12 attorneys

  Jan 06 2012 Dewey & LeBoeuf has announced the addition of eight partners and four associates to its Johannesburg office. The lawyers come from leading South African firm Werksmans... more

• King & Spalding hires international arbitration expert in Frankfurt

  Jan 02 2012 King & Spalding has boosted its international arbitration practice in the Frankfurt office with the hire of Jan K. Schaefer of Allen & Overy. Schaefer’s practice... more

• BLP expands Singapore office with Watson Farley hire

  Dec 31 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner continues the expansion of its Singapore office with the hire of Ken Cheung, the head of Watson Farley Williams’ corporate practice in Asia.... more

• Amarchand promotes associate to lead Hyderabad practice

  Dec 31 2011 Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted principal associate Anshuman Jaiswal to the partnership, and has given him leadership of the Hyderabad practice, replacing Kartik... more

• UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner scoops up projects expert Andrei Baev

  Dec 14 2011 UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has boosted its projects practice with the hire of Allen & Overy partner Andrei Baev. Baev’s practice focuses on power and mining... more

• Herbert Smith boosts Asia finance practice with A&O hire

  Dec 06 2011 Herbert Smith has boosted its Asia finance capacity with the hire of Philip Lee, a former international capital markets consultant in Allen & Overy's Singapore office.... more

• Herbert Smith boosts Paris infrastructure practice with A&O hire

  Dec 04 2011 Herbert Smith has boosted its energy and infrastructure practice in Paris with the hire of partner Christophe Lefort, who was previously the general counsel at French... more

• Indian firm Khaitan & Co boosts corporate and commercial team with ANS hire

  Dec 03 2011 Indian firm Khaitan & Co has boosted its corporate and commercial law practice with the hire of Sharad Abhyankar, a co-founding partner of ANS Law Associates. From... more

• Legendary Entertainment hires partner from Munger, Tolles & Olson as GC

  Nov 30 2011 Burbank-based media company Legendary Entertainment has hired J. Martin Willhite as its general counsel. Legendary has offerings in film, television and comics, and... more

• US Justice Department boosts antitrust litigation team

  Nov 26 2011 The Justice Department has hired star litigator Glenn Pomerantz to bolster its trial team for the antitrust case against AT&T’s $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA.... more

• Hogan Lovells boosts San Francisco IP practice with Squires hire

  Nov 17 2011 Hogan Lovells has boosted its intellectual property and intellectual property litigation practices with the hire of a partner from Squire Sanders & Dempsey in San... more

• HBJ Gateley remains upbeat as seven partners walk out

  Nov 07 2011 HBJ Gateley Wareing's Glasgow office has just lost six partners, with a seventh departing from the Edinburgh office. The departures have gutted the Glasgow office,... more

• DLA Piper boosts Beijing employment practice with Dell hire

  Nov 04 2011 DLA Piper has boosted its Beijing employment practice in China with the hire of leading labour lawyer Chris Lin. Lin is set to join the firm as of counsel, after... more

• Eversheds boosts Hong Kong office with Minter Ellison hire

  Nov 01 2011 Eversheds has hired Winnie Ng, a former consultant with Minter Ellison, and appointed her as head of employment law in its Hong Kong office. “Winnie’s expertise and... more

• DLA Piper hires former Linklaters managing partner

  Oct 28 2011 DLA Piper has scored a major coup with the hire of former Linklaters managing partner Tony Angel. Angel is rumoured to have been offered a remuneration package worth... more

• Blank Rome boosts maritime practice with Eversheds hire

  Oct 27 2011 Blank Rome has boosted its maritime practice with the hire of former Eversheds and DLA Piper partner Ronald Sum in its Hong Kong office. Sum brings over 15 years... more

• Simmons & Simmons boosts Saudi Arabia practice with Hogan Lovells hire

  Oct 25 2011 Simmons & Simmons has boosted its Saudi Arabia practice with the hire of Islamic finance expert Ahmed Butt from Hogan Lovells. Butt leaves his former role in Hogan... more

• WilmerHale hires star Antitrust lawyer Molly Boast

  Oct 21 2011 WilmerHale has boosted its New York antitrust and competition practice with the hire of Molly Boast, the former deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice... more

• Quinn Emanuel set to launch in Moscow after Dechert hires

  Oct 19 2011 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is set to launch a new office in Moscow with the hire of two senior litigation partners from Dechert. Ivan Marisin and Vasily... more

• Akin Gump boosts Abu Dhabi finance practice with Norton Rose hire

  Oct 11 2011 US firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has boosted its Abu Dhabi finance practice with the hire of Norton Rose partner Oli Charlesworth. Charlesworth specialises in... more

• Quinn Emanuel boosts IP practice with Mayer Brown hire

  Oct 10 2011 Litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has boosted its intellectual property practice with the hire of high-profile partner Andrew Schapiro of Mayer Brown.... more

• Baker & McKenzie boosts Singapore disputes practice with Ang & Partners hire

  Oct 06 2011 Baker & McKenzie’s Singapore member firm Baker & McKenzie Wong & Leow has hired senior counsel Chan Leng Sun from Singapore firm Ang & Partners, and appointed him as... more

• Investment bank Moelis hires Senior Partner from Linklaters

  Oct 05 2011 Global investment bank Moelis & Co has boosted its mergers and acquisitions capacity with the hire of high profile lawyer David Cheyne. Cheyne joins Moelis in the new... more

• Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson hires former head of K&L Gates' Hong Kong office

  Oct 04 2011 Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson, an affiliate of Beijing's Zhong Lun Law Firm, has the former head of K&L Gates' Hong Kong office as a partner. Clifford Ng... more

• Baker Donelson boosts Mississipi Litigation practice with new hire

  Oct 03 2011 Memphis-based Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz has boosted its litigation and pro bono practices with the hire of La'Verne Edney from a role as general... more

• US venture capital firm creates in-house legal department in India with Amarchand hire

  Sep 19 2011 US venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners has created an in-house legal department in India with the hire of Amarchand Mangaldas principal associate Karan... more

• Jones Day boosts Paris M&A practice with Norton Rose hire

  Sep 15 2011 Jones Day has boosted its M&A practice with the hire of partner Hervé Castelnau, the former head of Norton Rose's telecommunications, intellectual property and IT... more

• DLA Piper boosts Sydney corporate practice with AAR hire

  Sep 14 2011 DLA Piper has boosted its Sydney corporate practice with the hire of Warwick Painter of Allens Arthur Robinson. DLA Piper Australia managing partner Tony Holland... more

• Former Howrey head joins Winston & Strawn as an equity partner

  Sep 14 2011 Winston & Strawn has taken on former head of defunct firm Howrey, Robert Ruyak as an equity partner in the Washington DC office. Ruyak brings expertise in intellectual... more

• Paul Weiss hires top corporate talent form Schulte Roth & Zabel

  Sep 12 2011 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has hired top talent Udi Grofman from hedge fund law firm Schulte, Roth & Zabel. Grofman’s practice focuses on investment... more

• Macfarlanes hires new head of real estate from Shearman & Sterling

  Sep 12 2011 Macfarlanes bolstered its real estate practice with the hire of Senior Partner Ian Nisse US firm Shearman & Sterling. Nisse leaves his role as co-head of the real... more

• Greenberg Traurig hires top M&A partner from Cadwalader

  Sep 09 2011 Greenberg Traurig has lured leading mergers and acquisitions lawyer Dennis Block from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Block will chair the firm’s global M&A practice... more

• Mayer Brown boosts insurance practice with Debevoise hire

  Sep 06 2011 Mayer Brown has bolstered its London corporate and securities practice with the hire of Debevoise & Plimpton associate Colin Scagell. Scagell joins the firm as a... more

• Former acting Solicitor General joins Hogan Lovells

  Aug 25 2011 Hogan Lovells has hired Neal Katyal, the former acting U.S. solicitor general, to join the firm’s appellate group in Washington DC. Katyal served as the acting... more

• Davis Polk boosts DC antitrust practice with hire from Federal Trade Commission

  Aug 19 2011 Davis Polk & Wardwell has bolstered its Washington DC antitrust practice with the hire of Howard A. Shelanski. Shelanski has a wealth of regulatory experience, joining... more

• Cadwalader hires top securitization lawyer in Hong Kong

  Aug 17 2011 US firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has hired one of Hong Kong’s leading structured finance and securitization lawyers, Jeffrey Chen. Chen joins the firm as a... more

• Salans hires former Ropes & Gray partner to be global chief operating officer

  Aug 12 2011 Salans has hired a partner from Ropes & Gray to be its new global chief operating officer. Peter Griffith will be responsible for the firm's global support services,... more

• Cadwalader bolsters HK office with Mayer Brown hire

  Aug 11 2011 US firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has boosted its Hong Kong office with the hire of partner Jeffrey Chen from Mayer Brown. Chen is widely regarded as one of the... more

• Indian firm Khaitan & Co boosts Bangalore practice with merger

  Aug 04 2011 Khaitan &Co has boosted its Bangalore office with the hire of partner Anindita Phukan. Phukan is followed by her team from Phukan & Associates – the firm she founded a... more

• Australian firm Gadens boosts competition practice with G+T hire

  Aug 01 2011 Sydney firm Gadens has boosted its competition practice with the hire of special counsel, Merridy Woodroffe from Gilbert + Tobin. Woodroffe brings expertise in... more

• DLA Piper starts to rebuild China IP group with Foley & Lardner hire

  Jul 25 2011 DLA Piper has hired former Foley & Lardner senior counsel Yan Zhao to join its Greater China intellectual property team as a partner. Yan brings over 13 years... more

• Bristol firm Burges Salmon boosts litigation practice with Clifford Chance hire

  Jul 20 2011 Bristol-based firm Burges Salmon has boosted its litigation practice with the hire of former Clifford Chance partner Kari McCormick, who specializes in insurance work.... more

• Osborne Clarke boosts German office with hire from Geyr Hintz

  Jul 13 2011 Osborne Clarke has boosted its German office with the hire of insurance partner Bettina Plaßmann-Robertz from Geyr Hintz & Partners. Plaßmann-Robertz will work... more

• Boutique corporate an tech firm hires former Wragges senior partner

  Jul 11 2011 Former Wragge & Co senior partner John Crabtree has left to become the chairman of boutique corporate and technology firm White & Black. White & Black managing... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf boosts private equity practice with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius hire

  Jun 23 2011 Dewey & LeBoeuf is expanding its private equity practice with the hire of partner Ira White from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. White will become the co-chair of the firm’s... more

• Jones Day boosts German tech and media practice with Hogan Lovells hires

  Jun 21 2011 Jones Day has bolstered its German technology and media practice with the hire of a veteran intellectual property partner from Hogan Lovells, Wolfgang Buchner. Buchner... more

• UK firm Holman Fenwick launches new office in Perth

  Jun 10 2011 UK law firm Holman Fenwick Willan has launched its third Australian office in Perth. The office will be led by Julian Sher, who was hired for the role from Corrs... more

• Simpson Thacher hires top corporate corruption specialist from SEC

  Jun 07 2011 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has announced the hire of Cheryl Scarboro from the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Scarboro leaves her role fighting against... more

• Reynolds Porter boosts corporate insurance practice with CMS Cameron McKenna hire

  May 31 2011 Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has bolstered its corporate insurance practice with the hire of former CMS Cameron McKenna partner Peter Hill in the capacity as a... more

• Weil Gotshal hires banking partner from Linklaters in London

  May 31 2011 Weil Gotshal & Manges has boosted its banking practice with the hire of banking partner Stephen Lucas from Linklaters’ London office. Lucas is qualified in both... more

• Ashurst boosts Middle East practice with Linkaters hire

  May 20 2011 Ashurst has bolstered its Middle East energy and infrastructure practice – hiring a partner from Linklaters and relocating another partner from London. David... more

• Washington firm Sidley Austin hires former congressman

  May 19 2011 Top Washington DC firm Sidley Austin has announced the hire of former Democratic congressman from Virginia, Frederick “Rick” Boucher, who will lead the firm’s new... more

• Freshfields hires partner from Linklaters in Hong King

  May 17 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its Hong Kong finance practice with the hire of banking partner Howard Lam from Linklaters. Rob Ashworth, the firm’s... more

• Greenberg Traurig boosts US energy practice with Hunton & Williams hire

  May 13 2011 International law firm Greenberg Traurig has boosted its energy and natural resources practice with the hire of partner Enid L. Veron of Hunton & Williams. Veron... more

• King & Spalding to launch London competition practice after Hogan Lovells hire

  May 11 2011 King & Spalding is set to launch a competition practice in London with the hire of Hogan Lovells of counsel Suzanne Rab. Rab will join the firm as a partner,... more

• Cleary Gottlieb hires Clifford Chance's US litigation chief

  May 09 2011 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has scored a major coup with the hire of Clifford Chance US litigation chief Juan Morillo. Morillo leaves his position at Clifford... more

• Bird & Bird to launch in Hamburg

  Apr 19 2011 Bird & Bird is set to launch an office in Hamburg after hiring a six-member team from Hamburg boutique firm Recore Business Lawyers. The office will be led by... more

• Ashurst to launch disputes practice in HK after Simmons hire

  Apr 18 2011 Ashurst is set to launch a Hong Kong dispute resolution practice after the hire of Simmons & Simmons China disputes head Gareth Hughes. Ashurst Asia head Geoffrey... more

• Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett set to launch in Houston after Vinson & Elkins Hire

  Apr 12 2011 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is set to launch a new office in Houston after the hire of Vinson & Elkins capital markets partner Robert Rabalais. "Opening in Houston... more

• Citigroup appoints former Clifford Chance senior partner as VC of banking for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa

  Apr 01 2011 Financial services giant Citigroup Inc. has appointed former Clifford Chance senior partner Stuart Popham as vice-chair of banking for Europe, the Middle East, and... more

• DLA Piper hires Wolf Theiss team to boost Czech presence

  Mar 23 2011 US law firm DLA Piper has bolstered its practice in the Czech Republic with the hire of a team of lawyers from Austrian firm Wolf Theiss. The team is led by partners... more

• Pinsent Masons lures funds practitioner from SJ Berwin

  Mar 10 2011 TheLawyer reports that Pinsent Masons has bolstered its funds practice with the hire of a senior associate from SJ Berwin’s fund formation team. Daniel Greenaway... more

• What do you get for $5 mill? DLA Piper's newest recruit

  Mar 02 2011 Last month DLA Piper announced the hire of James Wareham, the former head of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker's global litigation practice, who joined the firm with... more

• Apple hires top antitrust litigator Kyle Andeer

  Mar 01 2011 Apple’s has hired Kyle Andeer, a top former litigator at the Federal Trade Commission, to be its first in-house antitrust counsel. The hire took place a few months... more

• Debevoise hires Council from Orrick for Shanghai base

  Feb 23 2011 Debevoise & Plimpton has announced the hire of Niping Wu to the role of International Counsel in the firm’s Shanghai office. Wu comes to the firm from Orrick,... more

• Cravath loses star M&A partner to JP Morgan

  Jan 25 2011 M&A partner James Woolery is set to leave Cravath Swaine & Moore to join the financial institution JP Morgan. Woolery will work alongside Christopher Ventresca at the... more

• Indian firm Majmudar boosts corporate M&A practice with Bharucha hire

  Jan 18 2011 Rukshad Davar from Bharucha joins Majmudar & Co. International Lawyers as a partner to handle corporate / M & A, tax and real estate. Rukshad said, “I have recently... more

• UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner hires financial services partner from Pinsent Masons

  Jan 17 2011 UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has boosted its non-contentious financial services practice with the hire of Pinsent Masons partner Jacob Ghanty. Berwin Leighton... more

• SNR Denton hires outgoing Democratic Congressman

  Jan 13 2011 SNR Denton has hired Artur Davis, the outgoing Democratic congressman from Alabama and a former federal prosecutor. Davis will join the firm in as a partner in its... more

• Morgan & Morgan hires former Governor of Florida

  Jan 12 2011 Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist has been hired by one of the largest law firms in the state: personal injury firm Morgan & Morgan. Crist is set to join the... more

• Norton Rose hires Freshfields' dispute resolution chief in Moscow

  Jan 07 2011 Norton Rose has hired Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Russian dispute resolution chief, Yaroslav Klimov, and appointed him as head of dispute resolution in Moscow.... more

• Leading US litigator leaves Akin Gump to return to former firm

  Jan 02 2011 Star Supreme Court litigator Thomas Goldstein is set to leave Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and his role as head of the firm’s Supreme Court and appellate practice... more

• Howrey loses another partner in Washington

  Dec 15 2010 Howrey has suffered another in a series of defections the departure of antitrust specialist Mike Cowie to the Washington office of rival firm Dechert. The news... more

• Sidley Austin Boosts NY litigation team with triple hire from Howrey

  Dec 14 2010 Sidley Austin has bolstered its New York litigation practice with the hire of the cochair of Howrey's litigation practice Gary Bendinger. Bendinger is followed by towo... more

• US firm Seyfarth Shaw set to open in London after Norton Rose hire

  Dec 10 2010 US firm Seyfarth Shaw is set to open its doors in London after hiring Norton Rose global employment head Peter Talibart. Talibart will be tasked with developing the... more

• Debevoise hires former NY state insurance superintendent

  Dec 07 2010 Debevoise & Plimpton has hired former New York State insurance superintendent Eric R. Dinallo, who joins the firm’s partnership fresh from a run for New York attorney... more

• UK firm Russell Jones & Walker boosts employment practice with Mayer Brown hire

  Dec 07 2010 UK firm Russell Jones & Walker has bolstered its employment practice with the hire of Mayer Brown's former London group head, Julian Roskill. Roskill became a... more

• Quinn Emanuel hires Olswang litigation head

  Dec 03 2010 US litigation boutique Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has scored a coup with the hire of Martin Davies, the head of litigation at Olswang. This is the second... more

• Skadden boosts Palo Alto litigation practice with hire of solo practitioner

  Dec 01 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has secured the hire of Silicon Valley solo practitioner Allen Ruby. Ruby will bring his successful litigation practice to Skadden... more

• Linklaters hires Freshfields partner in London

  Nov 30 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Chris Howard has been hired by British firm Linklaters, and will join the firm’s London partnership. Howard has worked for... more