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Linklaters adds Norton Rose Fulbright partner to launch global risk advisory practice

Jane Caskey joins in London just days after cybersecurity partner duo left NRF for Allen & Overy

21 Nov 2023

Winston & Strawn appoints four partners to new senior leadership roles

London and US partners to work with chair elect Steve D’Amore in areas including talent retention and international expansion

20 Nov 2023

HFW adds 20-strong team in Australia and China from MinterEllison

Five partners join with core team to bolster HFW’s corporate, projects and regulatory offering in the region

20 Nov 2023

Slaughter and May ups NQ pay to £125k

Nine percent pay bump sees Slaughters match Magic Circle rivals

17 Nov 2023

Mayer Brown makes up 42 to partnership in banking and finance-focused round

Proportion of women falls from more than half in 2022 to 47% this time

17 Nov 2023

Freshfields, Herbert Smith Freehills steer Mars’ £534m Hotel Chocolat acquisition

Freshfields acts for longtime client Mars as HSF counsels AIM-listed Hotel Chocolat

16 Nov 2023

Allen & Overy hires cybersecurity partner duo in London from Norton Rose Fulbright

NRF lifer Ffion Flockhart joins as global head of cybersecurity alongside partner Charlie Weston-Simons

16 Nov 2023

CMS expands in Scandinavia through tie-up with top 10 Swedish firm

International firm adds 150-lawyer Wistrand to network two years after joining forces with Norway’s Kluge

15 Nov 2023

Gibson Dunn opens in Riyadh with team from White & Case

US firm follows up Abu Dhabi launch earlier this year with Saudi Arabia move as it continues to grow rapidly in the Gulf

14 Nov 2023

Paul Weiss adds O’Melveny partner to co-chair financial services group

Bank regulatory lawyer Jarryd Anderson joins in Washington DC and New York having also worked at Wells Fargo and TD Bank

14 Nov 2023

Addleshaw Goddard adds energy team in Germany from EY law

UK firm continues European expansion push with hire of seven-strong team led by EY Law’s German energy practice head

13 Nov 2023

Kirkland secures tax partner from Linklaters in London

James Morgan’s hire follows 12-partner raid on Kirkland by Paul Weiss that included two London tax partners

13 Nov 2023

Harneys hires Walkers partner to lead expanded London litigation and insolvency offering

John O’Driscoll joins having led Walkers’ London insolvency and dispute resolution team

10 Nov 2023

D’Agostino wins second term as Herbert Smith Freehills CEO

Hong Kong-based D’Agostino to begin second four-year term next May

9 Nov 2023

Wachtell rings in new top leadership

Corporate lawyer Andrew Nussbaum and litigator William Savitt to succeed veteran chairs Edward Herlihy and Daniel Neff

8 Nov 2023

Kirkland, Milbank and Covington shepherd Bain’s $5.3bn Guidehouse acquisition

Kirkland advises marquee client Bain as Milbank and Covington counsel Guidehouse and tech investor owner Veritas

7 Nov 2023

Stewarts boosts tax disputes team with Eversheds partner hire

Giles Salmond joins specialist disputes firm having been Eversheds’ head of indirect taxes and tax disputes resolution

7 Nov 2023

Travers Smith names new senior partner

Corporate M&A and ECM head Andrew Gillan to succeed acting senior partner Siân Keall in January

6 Nov 2023

CMS names new senior partner for UK LLP

UK corporate co-head Charles Currier to succeed veteran leader Penelope Warne next May

3 Nov 2023

Paul Hastings hires European restructuring co-chair in London from KKR

William Needham’s hire continues string of partner laterals in London by US firm

3 Nov 2023