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• Juris Corp partner and Banking & Finance expert leaves firm

  May 06 2012 Juris Corp Mumbai Partner Nisar Ookabhoy has resigned from the firm for personal reasons, and is now 'looking for opportunities to join an organization which wishes to... more

• Top 100 firms report single digit growth for last year

  May 04 2012 The Am Law Daily has released figures that give a snapshot of the legal services industry over the past year. The top 100 firms saw single digit growth in gross... more

• Indian firm KS Partners expands with new hires and Bangalore launch

  May 03 2012 Indian firm KS Partners has expanded its insurance practice with the hire of two partners from Tuli & Co. Mrinal Ojha and Trinath Tadakamalla joined the Delhi office... more

• Paul Hastings launches Houston office after hiring local talent

  Apr 26 2012 Paul Hastings has launched a new office in Houston after the hire of three energy-focused transactional partners from local firms. Greg Nelson joins Paul Hastings... more

• Miami firm Bilzin Sumberg hires two top lawyers from Hunton & Williams

  Apr 18 2012 Miami firm Bilzin Sumberg has hired leading litigation lawyers Marty Steinberg and Jeffrey Gutchess of Hunton & Williams along with a number of associates.   “We are... more

• US Court dismisses suit by retired partners of defunct firm Coudert

  Apr 17 2012 A US District Court has dismissed a claim brought by 24 retired partners from the now-defunct law firm Coudert. The group alleged that Baker & McKenzie, Orrick... more

• Freshfields boots Asia energy practice with hires from Allens and Milbank

  Apr 17 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its energy practice in Asia with the hire of two new partners: Gavin MacLaren from Allens Arthur Robinson and Mark... more

• Kennedys' accounts show rapid expansion in 2010-11

  Apr 16 2012 UK firm Kennedys has increased its equity partnership by 30 per cent in 2010-11, from 50 to 65 partners. In the same period, 42 fee earners were added to the firm’s... more

• Perkins Coie launches national healthcare group in Seattle after Bennett Bigelow hires

  Mar 29 2012 Perkins Coie has launched a national Healthcare Industry Group in Seattle after the hire of partners Renee Howard, Anne Redman and David Robbins, Of Counsel Brian... more

• Quarles & Brady launches in Washington DC

  Mar 27 2012 Quarles & Brady has announced the launch of a new office in Washington, DC. The firm has given its fledgling office a boost with the hire of litigators John F. Dienelt... more

• Bird & Bird starts toward ambitious goals in Asia with four new partners

  Mar 26 2012 Bird & Bird has boosted capacity across its Asia network with the addition of four partners. Lorraine Tay leaves a role as the head of Baker & McKenzie’s Singapore... more

• Akin Gump hires energy and global transactions expert from Vinson & Elkins

  Mar 21 2012 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has boosted its energy and global transactions team in Houston with the hire of partner Stephen Davis from Vinson & Elkins. Davis is... more

• Indian law firm M.V. Kini & Co takes on 2 new partners

  Mar 21 2012 Indian law firm M.V. Kini & Co has boosted capacity with two new hires - tax partner Shrikant Kamat will be joining the firm’s Mumbai office and corporate partner Ram... more

• Jones Day hires 3 private equity lawyers from Foley & Lardner

  Mar 20 2012 Jones Day has boosted its private equity practice with the hire of three specialists from Foley & Lardner. The firm’s San Diego office will welcome rainmaker Kenneth... more

• UK firms just outside the top 25 see biggest income growth in 3rd quarter

  Mar 14 2012 Fee income is growing in the UK, with the firms ranked 26-50 seeing the biggest income growth, at around 10 per cent. The figures come from a quarterly survey by... more

• King & Spalding hires two litigation partners from Bird & Bird in London

  Mar 14 2012 King & Spalding has boosted its London disputes practice with the hire of two litigation partners from Bird & Bird. Jane Player leaves a role as the joint head of... more

• NY firm Kasowitz Benson sees profits and revenue drop

  Mar 07 2012 New York firm Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman has reported a decline in both revenue and profits per partner in 2011. The firm’s revenue dropped 2 per cent from... more

• Covington & Burling posts increase in revenue and average profits per partner

  Feb 24 2012 US firm Covington & Burling has reported a 5.1 per cent increase in total revenue, going from $581.5 million in 2010 to $611 million in 2011. Average profit per equity... more

• Squire Sanders set to launch international shipping practice in London

  Feb 23 2012 Squire Sanders is set to launch a shipping practice in London after the hire of three partners and two associates. The team will be led by partners Graham Harris... more

• Chapman and Cutler to launch in Washington DC

  Feb 22 2012 Chapman and Cutler is set to launch in Washington DC after hiring a six-partner finance team from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Chief executive partner Tim Mohan... more

• Zhong Lun launches in London after hiring team from rival firm

  Feb 16 2012 Major Chinese law firm Zhong Lun has launched a new office in London after hiring the entire London team from breakaway firm Zhonglun W&D. Partners Xue Haibin, Li Lin... more

• Australian firm Holding Redlich boosts corporate and Commercial practice with new hires

  Feb 16 2012 Australian firm Holding Redlich has bolstered its corporate and commercial practice with the hire of Suzy Cairney from Allens Arthur Robinson and Michael Grosser from... more

• DLA Piper launches in Mexico

  Feb 15 2012 DLA Piper has launched a new office in Mexico City. The new base will be staffed with a team of 16 lawyers from the Texas law firm Thompson & Knight, and will focus on... more

• Herbert Smith's Belfast office grows apace

  Jan 21 2012 Herbert Smith has hired 18 lawyers in its Belfast office, bringing the number of employees at the office to 56. The office was launched in April 2011 with the aim... more

• Reports indicate more departures from BLP's banking and capital markets group

  Jan 16 2012 Rumour has it that seven associates have resigned from Berwin Leighton Paisner's Banking and Capital Markets group in the last week. According to Roll On Friday a... more

• Bird & Bird increases turnover and headcount

  Dec 21 2011 Bird & Bird has increased its fee-earner headcount by three per cent this year, from 654 to 673. The growth represents one of only a few cases of firms adding to... more

• Stephenson Harwood bolsters China practice with two hires

  Dec 14 2011 Stephenson Harwood has bolstered its expertise in China with the hire of partners ChunFai Lui and Matthew Wong, bringing its headcount in Greater China to 17 partners... more

• Kasowitz expands IP practice with Silicon Valley launch

  Nov 23 2011 Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman has expanded its intellectual property practice with the launch of an office in Silicon Valley. The office will be led by... more

• Australian firm TressCoxLawyers boosts property practice with two lateral hires

  Nov 21 2011 Australian firm TressCox Lawyers has boosted its property law practice with the hire of two partners from the Melbourne offices of Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Rigby... more

• K&L Gates add partners in Dallas and Spokane

  Nov 21 2011 K&L Gates has boosted its Dallas and Spokane offices with a series of hires. In Dallas, the firm’s outsourcing and commercial transactions practice are joined by... more

• Jenner & Block boosts L.A. practice with 6 lateral hires from Hogan Lovells

  Nov 16 2011 Jenner & Block has given a significant boost to its Los Angeles office and media and entertainment practice with the hire of six partners from Hogan Lovells. The... more

• Sidley Austin boosts Shanghai capital markets practice with Baker & McKenzie hire

  Nov 09 2011 Chicago-based firm Sidley Austin has boosted its Shanghai capital markets practice with the hire of a partner from Baker & McKenzie Anthony Jacobsen is qualified... more

• Singapore firm RHT boosts disputes practice with lateral hires

  Nov 02 2011 Taylor Wessing’s Singapore alliance firm RHT has boosted its litigation and dispute resolution practices with the hire of two partners from rival Singaporean firms.... more

• Chinese firm Jun He Law Offices continues expansion with Weil Gotshal hire

  Oct 19 2011 Chinese firm Jun He Law Offices has boosted its Beijing corporate practice with the hire of partner Jasson Han from Weil Gotshal & Manges. Han represents... more

• Clifford Chance boosts white collar, regulatory enforcement and government investigations practice with 3 hires

  Oct 14 2011 Clifford Chance has boosted its New York white collar, regulatory enforcement, and government investigations practice group with the hire of partners David Raskin,... more

• More departures from Barlow Lyde & Gilbert ahead of merger

  Oct 13 2011 Barlow Lyde & Gilbert insurance partners Simon Cooper and Kiran Soar have left the firm to join with Ince & Co ahead of the firm’s merger with Clyde & Co. Chris... more

• Thorp Alberga boosts offshore practice with three partner hires

  Oct 05 2011 Offshore law firm Thorp Alberga has boosted its boutique practice with the hire of three partners in its Cayman and Hong Kong offices. Linda Martin joins the firm... more

• DLA Piper boosts London financial litigation practice with 3 hires from LG

  Sep 30 2011 DLA Piper boosted its London financial litigation practice with the hire of three from Lawrence Graham - Jeremy Andrews, Jean-Pierre Douglas-Henry and James Curle.... more

• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati set to launch in Brussels

  Sep 28 2011 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has announced the launch of a new office in Brussels, which is set to open in October. The office will be led by Michael Rosenthal,... more

• Manchester firm Gately offers a job to the lawyer that sued them for over a year

  Sep 27 2011 Manchester firm Gately has hired a former Halliwells lawyer as part of a settlement deal to end that lawyer’ legal suit against them. Emma Nutbeen was a legal... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner to launch two German offices

  Sep 19 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner is set to make a strong entry into the German legal services market with the opening of two new offices – one in Berlin and one in Frankfurt.... more

• Salans makes lateral hires in Paris and Frankfurt

  Sep 15 2011 Salans has hired three partners across its France and Germany practices. The firm raided Bird & Bird for talent, scooping up the co-head of the firm’s French IP... more

• Quinn Emanuel hires three partners to launch Washington DC office ... before signing a lease

  Sep 08 2011 Litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has plans to open an office in Washington, DC, and has taken the step of hiring three partners from Alston & Bird in... more

• Proskauer & Rose continues raid of SJ Berwin's funds group

  Sep 07 2011 Proskauer Rose has recruited six associates from SJ Berwin’s funds group. The group follows hot on the heels of funds partners Nigel van Zyl and Oliver Rochman, who... more

• Linklaters boosts Paris capital markets team with Gide hires

  Aug 31 2011 Linklaters has boosted its Paris capital markets team with the hire of a partner and three associates from Gide Loyrette Nouel. Patrice Doat was a partner at Gide... more

• Sedgwick set to launch DC office after raiding local firm for legal talent

  Aug 25 2011 Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold is set to open an office in Washington DC after the hire of 14 lawyers from local firm Wallace Partners. The incoming group includes... more

• US firm Dykema boosts litigation department with lateral hires

  Aug 17 2011 US law firm Dykema has boosted its litigation department with the hire of John M. Thomas and Terri S. Reiskin to firm's Ann Arbor and Washington, D.C. offices... more

• Clifford Chance bolsters London high yield team with relocation

  Aug 15 2011 Clifford Chance has announced the relocation of high yield specialist partner Tony Lopez from New York to London. Lopez will be the fifth partner with expertise in... more

• ALMT Legal adds a partner in London and one in Delhi

  Aug 12 2011 ALMT Legal has boosted its partnership team with the hire of two new partners. M&A and private equity specialist Garima Basu joins the firm from her independent... more

• Seattle firm Foster Pepper raids rival for 6 lawyers

  Aug 10 2011 Seattle law firm Foster Pepper has given its intellectual property practice a significant boost with the hire of six lawyers from boutique firm Black Lowe & Graham:... more

• Kirkland boosts Hong Kong office with triple hire from Skadden

  Aug 09 2011 Kirkland & Ellis has hired three partners from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom's Hong Kong office. The firm has scored with the hire of Asia corporate co-heads... more

• White & Case to reopen Milan office after Latham & Watkins hire

  Jul 29 2011 White & Case is set to re-open its Milan office after the hire of two London partners from rival firm Latham & Watkins - Michael Immordino and Jonathan Clark.... more

• Allen & Overy to launch Moroccan base

  Jul 27 2011 Allen & Overy is set to open an office in Casablanca in September, marking the first time a magic circle firm has ever opened its doors in Africa. The Moroccan... more

• Hogan Lovells hires 5-strong team from Broich Bezzenberger in Berlin

  Jul 21 2011 Hogan Lovells has boosted its German practice with the hire of five corporate lawyers from Broich Bezzenberger. The team includes partners Karin Arnold and Thomas... more

• Husch Blackwell takes core team from Jacobs Chase

  Jul 19 2011 Missouri-based firm Husch Blackwell has announced the hire of a group of 24 lawyers from mid-level Denver firm Jacobs Chase, including founding partners Paul Jacobs... more

• Davis Polk set to launch in São Paulo

  Jul 12 2011 Davis Polk & Wardwell has hired two of three São Paulo-based Mayer Brown partners ahead of the launch of a new office in the Brazilian city next month. Corporate... more

• Allen & Overy increases revenue by 7%

  Jul 06 2011 UK firm Allen & Overy has reported stable profit levels and profits per equity partner, despite increasing the number of partners at the firm from 451 to 487. The... more

• UK firm Allen & Overy is set to launch in Washington DC

  Jun 30 2011 UK firm Allen & Overy is set to launch of an office in Washington DC, which will be headed up by US banking head David Slade. The firm has also hired a trio of lawyers... more

• Linklaters goes on Australia / New Zealand recruitment drive

  Jun 17 2011 UK firm Linklaters has hired 21 lawyers in Australia and New Zealand from top firms including Allens Arthur Robinson, Freehills, Mallesons and Russell McVeagh. The... more

• BLP to launch in Hong Kong

  Jun 17 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner is set to launch a new office in Hong Kong, pending regulatory approval from the Chinese authorities. The firm plans to hire a team of... more

• Weil Gotshall hires four-partner team from Clifford Chance in London

  Jun 16 2011 The London office of Weil Gotshal & Manges has scooped up a four-partner team Clifford Chance. The departure of funds partners Ed Gander, Nigel Clark and Nick Benson... more

• US diversity scorecard stabilizes in 2010

  Jun 10 2011 The Am Law Daily has completed its Diversity Scorecard for 2010, showing a 0.2 per cent increase in the proportion of minority lawyers at big firms, to 13.9 percent.... more

• A&O's Moscow office sees 30% of lawyers depart

  Jun 06 2011 RollOnFriday has reported that almost a third of the lawyers in Allen & Overy's Moscow office have departed the firm in the last year, including four partners, five... more

• British firm Speechly Bircham opens in Luxembourg and Zurich

  Jun 06 2011 British firm Speechly Bircham is set to launch its first international offices, opening its doors in both Luxembourg and Zurich. The Luxembourg office will be led... more

• Simmons & Simmons hires group of partners from Berwin Leighton Paisner

  May 26 2011 Simmons & Simmons has bolstered its finance department with the hire of a group of partners and former partners from Berwin Leighton Paisner. The newest additions... more

• Holland & Hart expands in Salt Lake, adding 29 Lawyers

  May 20 2011 Holland & Hart has announced the hire of 29 lawyers in its Salt Lake City office. The new hires continue a period of expansion in the Salt Lake City office, following... more

• 12 lawyer team from Chadbourne joins Akin Gump

  May 18 2011 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has raided Chadbourne & Parke for a 12 lawyer team, including partners Kerin Cantwell and Daniel Sinaiko, along with five counsel and... more

• K&L Gates raids Clifford Chance for ten lawyers in Tokyo

  May 17 2011 US firm K&L Gates has given big boost to its Tokyo office, raiding Clifford Chance for ten lawyers. The team of three partners, four counsels and three associates... more

• Paul Weiss raids O'Melveny for seven partners in NY

  May 11 2011 Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has announced the hire of six to seven transactional partners from the New York office of O’Melveny & Myers. The team of partners... more

• Pan-Baltic firm Lawin hires 10-strong team from VARUL

  May 06 2011 Pan-Baltic firm Lawin has bolstered its litigation practice with the hire of ten-strong team from VARUL, led by partner Andrias Smaliukas. Lawin chairman and... more

• Becker & Poliakoff to launch in Washington DC

  May 05 2011 Florida based firm Becker & Poliakoff continues to grow, opening an office in Washington DC hot on the heels the launch of a second New Jersey office. The firm has... more

• Simpson Thacher to practice Hong Kong law

  May 05 2011 Since New York-based Simpson Thacher & Bartlett launched an office in Hong Kong in 1993, the firm has practiced only US law. That is all about to change: the firm has... more

• Sacramento firm Stevens, O'Connell & Jacobs joins up with DLA Piper

  May 05 2011 DLA Piper is set to absorb Stevens, O'Connell & Jacobs, a boutique law firm based in Sacramento. The ten lawyer firm, which two former US attorneys and a former first... more

• US firm McDermott Will & Emery to launch in Paris

  May 02 2011 US firm McDermott Will & Emery is set to launch in Paris after five key hires. Leading the new office is partner Jacques Buhart, who was previously head of Herbert... more

• Jenner & Block bolsters corporate practice with Winston & Strawn and Goodwin Procter hires

  Apr 26 2011 Jenner & Block has bolstered its corporate practice in New York and Chicago with the hire of partners from Winston & Strawn and Goodwin Procter. Brian Hart,... more

• Paul Weiss to launch in Toronto after double hire from Shearman & Simmons

  Apr 14 2011 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison have announced the launch of a new Toronto office after the hire of partners Christopher J. Cummings and Adam M. Givertz from... more

• Morrison & Foerster boosts Tokyo tax practice with White & Case hires

  Apr 05 2011 Morrison & Foerster has boosted its tax practice with the hire of top international tax lawyer Eric Roose of White & Case. Roose joins Morrison & Foerster’s Tokyo... more

• DLA Piper lures 5 leading lawyers from Hunton & Williams in Miami

  Apr 05 2011 Global law firm DLA Piper has bolstered its Miami office with the hire of five high profile lawyers with global practices. Corporate partners Carlos Loumiet and... more

• Baker & Hostetler takes on 17 Howrey litigators

  Mar 30 2011 Baker & Hostetler has taken on 17 litigators from defunct firm Howrey. The team of lawyers is lead by Robert Abrams, the former cochair of Howrey's global litigation... more

• Kirkland & Ellis boosts Washington M&A practice with four hires

  Mar 29 2011 Kirkland & Ellis has boosted its M&A practice with the hire of former Federal Trade Commission Chairman Tim Muris, along with three other prominent antitrust lawyers.... more

• A&O boosts Paris M&A team with triple hire from Debevoise

  Mar 24 2011 Magic circle firm Allen & Overy has bolstered its Paris M&A practice with the hire of three lawyers from US firm Debevoise & Plimpton. The group, which is led by... more

• Winston & Strawn launches in Houston with 40 Howrey recruits

  Mar 18 2011 Winston & Strawn has launched its Houston office after the hire of 40 intellectual property and commercial litigation lawyers from the failed firm Howrey. The... more

• Ropes & Grey builds private equity practice with Jones Day hire

  Mar 11 2011 Global law firm Ropes & Gray has developed its private equity practice with the hire of Peter Baldwin, a corporate partner from Jones Day. Baldwin is the second... more

• A&O hires banking and investments team from Norton Rose in Germany

  Mar 09 2011 Allen & Overy has boosted its German presence with the hire of a banking regulation and investment funds team from Norton Rose. The team is led by partner Frank... more

• US firm Paul Hastings hires five partners in Paris

  Feb 22 2011 US firm Paul Hastings has bolstered its Paris office with the hire of five partners from Hogan Lovells and Proskauer Rose. Hogan Lovells’ Paris corporate head... more

• DLA Piper launches in Miami with double hire

  Feb 22 2011 DLA Piper has launched an office in Miami after the hire of two international arbitration partners from Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. Pedro Martinez-Fraga and C. Ryan... more

• Indian firm AZB in hiring spree

  Feb 09 2011 Indian firm AZB & Partners has hired 26 new lawyers, including fresh graduates, in an effort to bolster its ranks. In the past six months the firm lost key alliances... more

• Davis hires seven in Tokyo

  Feb 02 2011 Canadian law firm Davis LLP has bolstered its Tokyo practice with the hire of seven Japanese lawyers, including leading corporate and structured-finance lawyer Hiroaki... more

• Hogan Lovells appoints Stephen Kay as LA managing partner

  Jan 28 2011 Hogan Lovells has announced the appointment of corporate partner Stephen Kay as the managing partner of its Los Angeles office. Kay takes over the role from litigation... more

• White & Case and Covington & Burling hire UK Bribery Act experts ahead of legislative change

  Jan 25 2011 White & Case and Covington & Burling have hired senior prosecutors from the UK’s Serious Fraud Office, boosting their white collar practices ahead of the introduction... more

• Gibson Dunn adds five partners in Dallas

  Jan 20 2011 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has boosted its Dallas office with the hire of five new partners. M&A partner Jeffrey Chapman, litigation partners William Dawson,... more

• Khaitan continues the hiring spree – 2 senior lawyers join from Thakker & Thakker

  Jan 12 2011 Khaitan & Co has hired Ketan Kothari as a Director and Anand Mehta as a Partner for their Mumbai offices. Both, Ketan Kothari and Anand Mehta were Partners at Thakker... more

• SNR Denton set to establish presence in China after Hammonds split

  Jan 05 2011 The Hong Kong office of Hammonds is set to join SNR Denton, giving the latter firm their first base in China. The six partner office announced in November their... more

• EpsteinBeckerGreen closes in Miami after mass defection

  Jan 02 2011 EpsteinBeckerGreen has taken the decision to close its Miami office after managing partner Michael Casey led a mass defection to Duane Morris, taking most of the... more

• Lateral market undermines 'partnership'

  Dec 13 2010 This article traces the development of the lateral hiring market. In the 1970’s a lawyer leaving a position at a law firm would not be hired by a firm in the same... more

• Aussie firm Gilbert + Tobin is the frontrunner in merger talks with Clifford Chance

  Dec 13 2010 Clifford Chance has held talks with a number of Australian firms in both Sydney and perth as it intensifies its search for a suitable merger partner. Reports have... more

• Japanese firm Atsumi & Partners takes on 8 new lawyers and a new name

  Nov 01 2010 Japanese firm Atsumi & Partners has recruited an eight-lawyer team from local rival TMI Associates, and is set for a name change with the addition of partner Yutaka... more

• Greenberg Traurig boosts San Fransisco IP practice with double hire

  Oct 28 2010 Greenberg Traurig has boosted its San Fransisco IP practice with the hire of Patent litigation attorneys Vernon M. Winters and Nicholas A. Brown of Weil, Gotshal &... more

• Bird & Bird loses 5-lawyer Paris IT team to DLA Piper

  Oct 27 2010 DLA Piper has boosted its Paris IT practice with the hire of a five-strong team of lawyers Bird & Bird. The team is led by Bird & Bird's international IT co-head... more

• GCs keep work in-house to save on costs

  Oct 25 2010 Legal consultants Altman Weil released their Chief Legal Officer Survey last week, reporting that 63 per cent of respondents increased their internal budgets from 2009... more