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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

• 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

• 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

• MoFo boosts Tokyo M&A practice with O’Melveny & Myers hire

  Nov 10 2011 Morrison & Foerster has boosted its mergers and acquisitions capacity in Tokyo with the hire of partner Dale Araki, who was formerly the managing partner of O’Melveny... 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

• Addleshaw Goddard loses Singapore head ahead of launch

  Oct 03 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has scooped up partner Kent Phillips from Addleshaw Goddard, just before that he was due to launch and lead a new Singapore office for his... 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

• 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

• 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

• Reed Smith launches in Shanghai after Dorsey & Whitney hire

  Jul 12 2011 Pittsburgh based law firm Reed Smith has launched an office in Shanghai, marking its third office in Asia. The office will be led by new hire Jay Yan, who joins the... more

• Cadwalader hires Linklaters partner to launch Brussels office

  Apr 29 2011 Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has hired Linklaters’ European competition partner Alec Burnside to launch and lead the firm's new Brussels office. Burnside’s practice... more

• DLA Piper hires star litigator in Washington DC

  Feb 08 2011 DLA Piper has hired star Washington D.C. litigator Jamie Wareham from Paul Hastings. Wareham was formerly the global chair of litigation at Paul Hastings, and with his... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner hires private client partner from Herbies in London

  Feb 07 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has hired private client partner Rupert Ticehurst from Herbert Smith. Ticehurst was Herbert Smith’s only dedicated private client partner, and... 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

• Howrey closes London IP practice after string of departures

  Jan 11 2011 Howrey has closed its intellectual property practice in London following the departure of London managing partner Mark Hodgson to Field Fisher Waterhouse. Howrey’s... 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

• White & Case boosts London M&A practice with Freshfields hire

  Dec 20 2010 White & Case has boosted its London M&A practice with the hire of partner David Crook from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Europe M&A head Francois Leloup added:... more

• Head of German banking practice at Hogan Lovells jumps ship

  Sep 28 2010 Hogan Lovells has lost its head of German banking practice to German independent firm Noerr. Olaf Grabowski will join Noerr’s corporate finance practice as a... more

• Baker & McKenzie appoints new managing partner for Australia

  Jul 07 2010 Baker & McKenzie has appointed a new managing partner for Australian operations. Christopher Freeland was formerly a partner and chief operating officer at Gilbert +... more

• Latham & Watkins boosts Asia litigation practice with hire from Jones Day

  Jul 07 2010 Latham & Watkins has hired top insolvency and litigation partner Simon Powell from Jones Day's Hong Kong office. Powell, who is set to join the firm's Asia... more

• Jones Day adds Mayer Brown's London antitrust head Murphy

  Aug 26 2009 Jones Day has made its second lateral hire in the City this year with the recruitment of antitrust lawyer Frances Murphy who headed Mayer Brown's London antitrust team... more