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• Lovells reappoints David Harris as managing partner

  Nov 19 2008 Lovells, the UK's sixth largest firm by revenue, has reappointed David Harris as managing partner just two weeks after reporting one of the standout first-half... more

• Shearman NY M&A partner Creighton Condon new Europe chief

  Oct 17 2008 Shearman & Sterling has reintroduced its European managing partner role, with the appointment of New York partner Creighton Condon to the post... more

• Linklaters names Blumberg as European managing partner

  Jul 01 2008 Linklaters has appointed Belgium office head Jean-Pierre Blumberg as the firm's new European managing partner. Blumberg, who has been Belgium managing partner since... more

• Herbert Smith names Austin Sweeney as new Singapore chief

  Jun 24 2008 Herbert Smith has appointed Austin Sweeney as the new head of its Singapore office, with the corporate partner relocating from the firm’s City base to take up the... more

• K&L Gates bags Bear Stearns managing director

  Jun 17 2008 K&L Gates has snared Bear Stearns managing director and in-house lawyer for its New York office. Philip Cedar, who was the head of Bear Stearns mortgage and... more

• Hammonds chief faces legal threat as partner row grows

  Jun 12 2008 Hammonds managing partner Peter Crossley could be dragged into the firm’s high-profile dispute with a group of ex-partners. Seven of the former partners involved in... more

• Bakers elects new Paris chief Fabre

  Jun 11 2008 Baker & McKenzie has elected a new managing partner for its Paris office, with Regis Fabre stepping into the role from 1 July for a two-year term. The competition... more

• Allen & Overy hires David S. Broderick, former Lehman Brothers Managing Director

  Jun 02 2008 Allen & Overy LLP today announced that David S. Broderick joined the firm as a real estate partner in the New York office, effective June 2. David brings 15 years of... more

• Salans granted licence to open new Beijing office

  May 24 2008 Salans, the international law firm with offices across 19 cities worldwide, has announced that it has obtained the licence from the PRC Ministry of Justice to open a... more

• Slaugters best friend Hengeler elects new top management duo

  May 20 2008 Slaughter and May ally Hengeler Mueller has elected a new senior management team, with Andreas Austmann and Klaus-Dieter Stephan taking the roles of co-managing... more

• McGuireWoods Appoints New Managing Partner of New York Office

  May 09 2008 McGuireWoods LLP announced it has appointed Philip Goldstein to be the managing partner of the firm’s New York City office. Goldstein’s practice focuses on mass tort,... more

• O'Melveny & Myers' London co-head Ashworth to quit for Lovells

  Apr 28 2008 O'Melveny & Myers' London office co-head Chris Ashworth is set to leave the firm to join Lovells. The Lovells partnership has been voting on his appointment throughout... more

• Davis Polk raids O’Melveny & Myers for Beijing head

  Apr 03 2008 Davis Polk & Wardwell has ramped up its China M&A capability with the hire of Howard Zhang, the former Beijing managing partner O’Melveny & Myers. Zhang is well known... more

• Zaid to expand Asian Alliance to Vietnam

  Mar 29 2008 Malaysian giant Zaid Ibrahim & Co is continuing its drive to be one of the few international practices in Asia with the firm closing in on an agreement in Vietnam that... more

• Rawlinson succeeds Jones as Freshfields corporate chief

  Mar 28 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partner Mark Rawlinson is to succeed Tim Jones as the firm's London corporate head, taking up the new post on 1 April. Jones... more

• Morley and Dejonghe to lead A&O

  Mar 03 2008 Allen & Overy managing partner David Morley has won the backing of the firm’s partnership to pip corporate head Richard Cranfield to the senior partner post. Belgian... more

• New Survey Shows US Law Firm Leaders Gloomy About 2008

  Jan 20 2008 Conducted in the last months of 2007, Citi Private Bank's Managing Partner Confidence Index found confidence had fallen for the fourth straight quarter of the year-old... more

• Should Law Firm Leaders Get CEO Pay?

  Nov 19 2007 Arguing that attorneys at the nation's top law firms need higher salaries may be a tough sell. But at a time when many big firms are operating more like corporations,... more