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Feb 08 2019
Private equity partner Samantha McGonigle has exited from Weil Gotshal & Manges to co-found a growth fund. She has spent 13 years working Weil’s London office after...
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Feb 01 2019
Hogan Lovells has hired corporate partner Stephanie Tang in the firm’s Hong Kong office. She joins from Shearman & Sterling, which also recently lost a capital markets...
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Jan 29 2019
Hogan Lovells has confirmed that a partner has left the firm’s London office following an investigation into an allegation that he was viewing pornographic images from...
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Jan 23 2019
Many UK-based firms have begun to prepare for a no-deal Brexit scenario. Preparations include changing legal structures of offices based in the EU and reviewing...
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Jan 08 2019
A number of firms have made recent new hires in Europe, including Watson Farley Williams, Cooley, and Holman Fenwick Willan.
WFW has hired Friedrich Maximilian...
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Dec 10 2018
Several firms have brought on new hires, including King & Spalding, Pinsent Masons, TLT, and Bird & Bird.
King & Spalding has hired Derek Meilman, who joins the...
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Nov 15 2018
Hogan Lovells has hired Antonia Croke as a partner in the firm’s London office. She previously worked as a senior associate at Ashurst, also in London.
Croke is...
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Nov 12 2018
White & Case has boosted its banking capabilities with the hire of Mark Donald. He joins the firm from Weil Gotshal & Manges where he served as head of banking in the...
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Nov 12 2018
White & Case has boosted its banking capabilities with the hire of Mark Donald. He joins the firm from Weil Gotshal & Manges where he served as head of banking in the...
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Nov 08 2018
Baker Botts has brought on Matthew Levitt, who joins the firm from Hogan Lovells.
Levitt spent nearly 17 years at Hogan Lovells, where he most recently served as...
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Sep 19 2018
[Hogan Lovells 1848] has announced that Stefan Schuppert has been appointed as managing partner of the firm’s offices throughout Germany. The role was created in order...
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Aug 15 2018
Dechert has hired M&A and private equity partner Robert Darwin from Hogan Lovells in London.
The hire is seen as a move on the Philadelphia-based firm’s part to...
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Aug 13 2018
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has recruited two new partners to its Tokyo office: arbitration partner Patric McGonigal and corporate partner Ryunosuke Ushijima....
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Jul 24 2018
Latham & Watkins has hired litigator Tim Wybitbul from Hogan Lovells in Frankfurt.
Wybitbul will work in the firm’s litigation and trial department, as well as...
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Jul 18 2018
Ince & Co has announced a 32-strong redundancy round in its City office, cutting 25 business services staff and seven fee earners.
The shipping specialist firm will...
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Jul 10 2018
Hogan Lovells has hired privacy partner Nicola Fulford from Kemp Little in London. She will join the firm’s privacy and cybersecurity practice.
Fulford has...
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Jul 09 2018
Hogan Lovells has appointed co-head of infrastructure, energy, resources, and projects (IERP) Miguel Zaldivar as chief executive for the Asia-Pacific and Middle East...
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Jun 26 2018
Hogan Lovells has announced that it will be cutting 54 business support jobs from its London office, with positions opening instead in international low-cost hubs and...
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Jun 21 2018
Sidley Austin has hired finance partner Allan Wardrop from Hogan Lovells in Hong Kong.
Wardrop has been at Hogan Lovells for 15 years, having made partner in 2012....
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Jun 11 2018
Mayer Brown has made a string of hires in London, New York, and Washington DC.
In London the firm recruited partner Stuart Brinkworth from Fried Frank, where he had...
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Jun 01 2018
Mayer Brown has landed a best friends agreement with Saudi firm Al-Yaqoub Attorneys & Legal Advisers.
The agreement gives Mayer Brown a deeper presence in the...
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May 24 2018
Hogan Lovells has appointed Burkhart Goebel as its new global intellectual property head, beginning 1 July.
Currently holding the position of Continental Europe...
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May 16 2018
The trend of UK growth among US West Coast firms seems to be solidifying, with ever-increasing UK lateral hires and rises in revenue indicating that the firms are...
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May 15 2018
Bird & Bird has hired finance partner James Fong from Mayer Brown. Fong will join the firm’s China practice.
Fong has expertise in finance matters, particularly...
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May 04 2018
London boutique Joseph Hage Aaronson (JHA) has hired disputes partner Richard Kiddell from Hogan Lovells.
Kiddell has been with Hogan Lovells since 2005, when it...
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Apr 19 2018
UK firms saw a busy week of lateral hires in the past several days. There have been recruitments made across multiple continents involving many firms.
In London,...
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Apr 05 2018
DLA Piper has released its latest promotions round, making up 62 employees to partner globally, including 10 in the UK.
Of the 10 UK promotions, six are London...
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Mar 20 2018
Allen & Overy has recruited Ben Regnard-Weinrabe as a partner from Paul Hastings where he worked as a lawyer. He will join the firm’s financial services regulatory...
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Mar 09 2018
Baker McKenzie has launched a new Los Angeles office following the hire of a team of five partners from Hogan Lovells.
Three of the new hires will work together to...
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Feb 21 2018
Hogan Lovells has agreed to a partnership with NewLaw pioneer Elevate, experimenting for the first time with flexible lawyering.
In the deal, announced on 15...
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Jan 26 2018
Deanna Wong, an intellectual property specialist who spent 14 years at Hogan Lovells in the firm’s Hong Kong and Beijing offices.
The new IP consultancy will be...
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Jan 17 2018
Latham & Watkins has picked up a duo of Hogan Lovells partners, who will join the firm’s City office.
The partners include Andrea Monks and Jon Holland, who are...
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Jan 13 2018
Michelmores has announced that Tim Richards has been named as the firm’s next managing partner. He currently serves as head of commercial dispute resolution, and will...
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Jan 11 2018
Hogan Lovells has announced that Leopold von Gerlach has been named as the firm’s next global chair, replacing Nicholas Cheffings. He is slated to take on the position...
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Jan 10 2018
Hogan Lovells has announced the hire of Christine Rodrigues, who joins the firm as a partner in Johannesburg. She will work in the firm’s finance practice, and is...
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Nov 06 2017
Squire Patton Boggs (SPB) has acquired a new corporate partner with the hire of Stephen Pak, formerly a senior foreign counsel at Korean firm Yulchon.
Pak deals...
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Oct 06 2017
Rika Beppu of Hogan Lovells has been hired by Squire Patton Boggs in Japan. She was head of the corporate and M&A division at Hogan Lovells, and has been registered...
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Sep 21 2017
Following an announcement that Hogan Lovells will cut 90 business support roles in London, the firm announced further staff reduction plans in the US.
Hogan Lovells...
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Sep 20 2017
As Hogan Lovells begins a consultation for its business services arm, the firm has announced a decision to eliminate 90 London-based roles. The roles include business...
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Sep 11 2017
Hogan Lovells has announced that the terms of its leadership positions have been extended until June of 2020.
Steve Immelt currently serves as chief executive,...
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Aug 23 2017
Eversheds Sutherland and Hogan Lovells have announced their trainee retention rates for autumn, with both firms keeping on 80 per cent of trainees.
Eversheds had a...
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Aug 09 2017
A number of firms have seen recent hiring activity, including Linklaters, DWF, Watson Farley & Williams, Fieldfisher and O’Melveny & Myers.
Fieldfisher has hired...
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Aug 07 2017
Hogan Lovells has hired Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partner Jonathan Baird, who specialized in investment funds while at the firm. Baird will also join...
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Aug 04 2017
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer investment funds partner Jonathan Baird has left the firm’s corporate team to join Hogan Lovells. He will join the firm’s investment...
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Aug 01 2017
Several firms have recently announced hiring activity, with DWF and McGuireWoods hiring in their London offices. Mark Shepherd has joined DWF from Paul Hastings, and...
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Jul 26 2017
Larry Sussman has left his position as Beijing managing partner and head of Asia transactions at O’Melveny & Myers. He will join Hogan Lovells as a corporate partner...
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Jun 19 2017
A number of firms have announced hires globally, with several partners joining new firms throughout Europe.
Hogan Lovells has hired banking partner Alfredo Barona...
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Jun 15 2017
Hogan Lovells has announced plans to merge with Collora, a 13-partner litigation and investigations firm based in Boston. The combination will establish a Hogan...
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May 27 2017
Hogan Lovells has implemented its latest round of pay increases in the UK. Newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers saw their salaries increase by 5% to £71,500, while first- and...
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May 17 2017
Travers Smith LLP has completed its first all-female partnership round, with a total of four lawyers promoted to the firm’s partnership.
The promotions include tax...
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May 06 2017
Norton Rose Fulbright will open its 11th base in Europe upon the launch of a new Luxembourg office. The new office will be staffed with a team hired from BS Avocats,...
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Apr 18 2017
DLA Piper has hired Hogan Lovells partner William “Skip” Fisher, who will take on a position at DLA’s Shanghai office. He will serve as a partner and head of patent...
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Apr 11 2017
Hogan Lovells has announced the launch of a new mentoring programme geared toward fintech startups. Mentors involved in the scheme will be based in a handful of global...
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Apr 03 2017
Hogan Lovells has hired Michaël Lévy as a partner in the firm’s Paris office, boosting its real estate offerings in continental Europe.
Lévy comes from Bersay &...
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Mar 29 2017
Hogan Lovells is preparing for a partnership vote in which the firm is expected to hire a team of corporate partners from Weil, Gotshal & Manges. The team previously...
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Mar 01 2017
Trainee retention rates have been posted by several firms, including Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), Hogan Lovells, and Macfarlanes.
HSF has retained 77 per cent of...
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Feb 27 2017
Hogan Lovells increased turnover by 6 per cent in 2016, with revenue coming in at $1.93bn for the year. Revenue per lawyer was up 2 per cent to $738,000, while profit...
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Feb 13 2017
Hogan Lovells International, which encompasses the firm’s ex-US operations, has increased its turnover by 8 per cent for the financial year ending April 2016....
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Feb 03 2017
Morgan Lewis & Bockius, US President Donald Trump's personal law firm, has joined the growing fight against the so-called ‘Muslim ban.’ Lawyers from the firm have...
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Jan 31 2017
Brad Karp, global chairman of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison sent an email to the firm’s lawyers and staff on 30 January thanking the lawyers who appeared at US...
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Jan 17 2017
Reed Smith has announced that the firm has made up five new partners in London, out of a promotion round that included 25 globally. The remaining promotions came from...
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Nov 11 2016
Fieldfisher has established a base in Birmingham upon completion of a merger with 18-partner boutique firm Hill Hofstetter, which specializes in corporate, employment,...
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Oct 16 2016
Hogan Lovells has undertaken a two-year project to transform its Washington DC workspace into an open plan setup. The firm hopes the transition will facilitate...
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Oct 15 2016
Hogan Lovells has joined a formal association with Fujian Fidelity, a 170-lawyer firm based in Shanghai. The association will be located in the Shanghai Free Trade...
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Sep 20 2016
Hogan Lovells is in the midst of a search for new office space in London, to the tune of 300,000 sq ft. The new office will house the firm’s headquarters, as well as a...
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Sep 13 2016
White & Case has hired Michael Wistow, former tax head at Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP). After having spent nearly a decade as tax head at BLP, Wistow joins White &...
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Aug 31 2016
Hogan Lovells has hired Stephen Allen, who left his position as director of delivery and quality at DLA Piper earlier this year. While at DLA, Allen’s department...
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Aug 30 2016
Hogan Lovells is in the midst of considering a permitted association in the Shanghai FTZ trade area. Launched in 2013, the Shanghai FTZ is the first trade area of its...
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Aug 04 2016
Hogan Lovells announced that the firm has retained 80 per cent of this year’s newly qualified trainees, with 24 trainees accepting offers. Of 30 trainees, 29 submitted...
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Jul 27 2016
Jones Day has hired away an energy finance team from Hogan Lovells in Singapore. The team at Hogan Lovells comprised three partners and two associates, all of whom...
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Jul 08 2016
CMS Cameron McKenna is testing a new work allocation system for its corporate associates in the UK. The new system aims to improve efficiencies in assigning work....
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Jul 05 2016
Hogan Lovells has announced that Elliot Weston has joined the firm's London corporate practice as a tax partner.
Weston's practice generally focuses on real estate...
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Jun 09 2016
White & Case has lured banking partner Jeffrey Rubinoff from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The hire is the latest in a string of hires in London for the US firm that...
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Jun 01 2016
Hogan Lovells entered a new association with Indonesian firm Dewi Negara Fachi & Partners (DNFP) after its previous alliance ended eight months ago.
DNFP focuses on...
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May 31 2016
Hogan Lovells has hired a new partner for its corporate practice in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Carl Stein will join the firm to advise on large public and private...
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May 17 2016
White & Case has hired a new corporate partner from Hogan Lovells.
Guy Potel joined Lovells in 2008 and made partner in 2010. Before that, he trained at Clifford...
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May 13 2016
London-based firm Nabarro has hired the managing partner of Gadens in Singapore, a move intended to strengthen the firm's Asia presence.
Marc Rathbone joined Gadens...
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May 09 2016
Hogan Lovells has hired Berwin Leighton Paisner's head of international arbitration, Kent Phillips, to join the firm's litigation and arbitration team in its Singapore...
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Apr 05 2016
Hogan Lovells has brought on Morgan, Lewis & Bockius M&A expert Lisa Yano to be a partner in its office in Tokyo.
Yano is registered as a foreign legal consultant...
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Apr 01 2016
Hogan Lovells is expanding its its team in Sydney, after launching there last July with two partners. The firm has picked up four partners, whose practices range...
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Mar 04 2016
Two international firms, Baker & McKenzie and Hogan Lovells, have made moves recently to add local talent to their ranks in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Bakers has...
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Feb 26 2016
Hogan Lovells is planning to open a business service center in the U.S. The firm opened its first business service center in Johannesburg two years ago.
The low...
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Feb 25 2016
Latham & Watkins is making moves similar to its previous private equity boost in Europe, but this time in its Asia practice. It has hired three new partners and is...
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Feb 08 2016
A consultant from Keystone Law and a barrister for Devereux Chambers have teamed up to launch a new firm in London that will handle claims for insurance policyholders....
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Dec 10 2015
The head of the arbitration practice at Baker & McKenzie in Hong Kong, James Kwan, has agreed to join Hogan Lovells as an international arbitration partner. Kwan was...
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Nov 24 2015
Latham & Watkins is bulking up its finance practice in London, turning to the firm that raided its Dubai office, Hogan Lovells, for its latest hire. Latham is bringing...
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Nov 13 2015
Hogan Lovells has managed to lure a trio of partners from Latham & Watkins in Dubai. The move will see the number of partners Hogan Lovells has in Dubai rise from...
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Oct 26 2015
Kirkland & Ellis is adding a third partner to the restructuring practice it launched a year ago with two partners from Hogan Lovells. Kelly Napthali joins the firm...
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Oct 22 2015
Four years ago, Ashurst added a project management team to its banking and finance groups. Now the firm is recruiting six project managers for its London and Sydney...
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Oct 14 2015
Hogan Lovells is introducing a pilot program similar to the one that Ashurst will soon complete, that will see the allocation of work assigned to associates handled by...
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Oct 13 2015
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, a US firm, has hired away Hogan Lovells's head of antitrust, competition and economic regulation practice, Jacques Derenne....
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Oct 09 2015
Hogan Lovells has hired two finance partners to boost its Africa practice, both of whom hail from Norton Rose Fulbright's structured trade and commodity finance team....
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Sep 24 2015
Hogan Lovells and its alliance firm in Indonesia, Hermawan Juniarto, are ending their association with an amicable understanding, after the Indonesian firm's...
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Sep 24 2015
A team of 20 lawyers is joining DLA Piper in its Hamburg office. The entire team moved together previously in 2011, when it joined Bird & Bird from Hogan Lovells. The...
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Sep 07 2015
Shearman & Sterling has hired the former co-head of telecommunications, media and technology at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Frank Miller. Miller has been at...
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Aug 19 2015
Hill Dickinson is growing its commercial disputes practice in Hong Kong, bringing on Bryan O'Hare in its Hong Kong office. O'Hare comes to the firm from Hogan Lovells,...
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Aug 17 2015
Norton Rose Fulbright hired Terence Lau as a corporate and equity capital markets partner onto its corporate team in Hong Kong. Lau joins from Hogan Lovells, where he...
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Aug 10 2015
Hogan Lovells is bringing Philip van Rensburg as partner in its construction department and litigation team in Johannesburg.
Van Rensburg practices mainly...
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Aug 06 2015
Eversheds has brought on a new partner to its corporate practice in Hong Kong.
The firm has hired Charles Butcher, who comes to Eversheds from Hogan Lovells, where...
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Jul 28 2015
Keystone Law, a dispersed law firm, has made a strong push in the last several months, hiring 20 former partners and senior lawyers, including teams and former...
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