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King & Spalding bolsters government investigations offering with hire of Freshfields’ New York managing partner

Olivia Radin latest in a string of senior hires in New York for Atlanta-based firm

19 Jan 2023

Weil secures high yield partner duo in London from Freshfields and White & Case

Hire of Andy Hagan and Gilles Teerlinck follows US firm adding M&A specialist Sarah Flaherty earlier this week from Linklaters

19 Jan 2023

Weil adds Linklaters partner to boost London M&A offering

Departure of Sarah Flaherty underlines Wall Street firm's UK M&A ambitions and continues run of London partner losses for UK Magic Circle firm

18 Jan 2023

Morrison Foerster secures senior Bank of England adviser to bolster London fintech offering

Sam Riley’s arrival follows US firm adding four-strong team from Brown Rudnick in London last November to build contentious IP practice

17 Jan 2023

Baker McKenzie bolsters South Africa transactional practice with three partner hires from local rivals

Senior practitioners from Webber Wentzel, ENSAfrica and Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr join following Bakers' leadership revamp in Johannesburg

16 Jan 2023

Linklaters adds senior financial regulation partner in Singapore from Ashurst

Evan Lam’s arrival follows magic circle firm hiring partner from Morgan Lewis & Bockius last year to launch Singapore funds practice

16 Jan 2023

Paul Hastings secures Linklaters’ global infrastructure co-heads in London

Jessamy Gallagher and Stuart Rowson are the latest of a series of senior hires for the US firm in the City

13 Jan 2023

Withers adds life sciences partner duo in Boston from Brown Rudnick

Arrival of Brown Rudnick's former IP team lead, Tom Meyers, and Zachary Hyde follows UK firm's take over last week of a Texas private client boutique

12 Jan 2023

Exclusion and lack of recognition powerful drivers of gender inequality in Hong Kong legal profession, report finds

Research by Mayer Brown and Women in Law in Hong Kong finds 'boys' club' culture and bias of colleagues and clients affects women at every stage of their careers

12 Jan 2023

Cuatrecasas bolsters LatAm presence with Mexico City boutique bolt-on

Integration of four-partner Rico Robles y Libenson sees Spanish heavyweight’s Mexico team exceed 50

11 Jan 2023

Clyde & Co adds litigation and insurance partner from Simmons & Simmons for Italy debut

Leonardo Giani joins UK firm in Milan to launch office in one of Europe’s biggest insurance markets

11 Jan 2023

Cleary Gottlieb raids Travers Smith and Dechert in London for partner trio

Wall Street firm continues eye-catching UK investment, targeting private equity and insolvency

10 Jan 2023

Pérez-Llorca bolsters finance and corporate teams with senior hires from Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and KPMG España

Laterals coincide with two internal partner promotions, including lawyer tasked with launching firm’s first Asia office in Singapore

10 Jan 2023

Deloitte Legal secures Shoosmiths team to build new UK real estate business

Quartet of partners arrive in Manchester amid concerted effort by Big Four to grow legal offering

9 Jan 2023

Gibson Dunn adds seven-strong team from Shearman & Sterling for Abu Dhabi launch

Hire of team including corporate and projects partner trio sees US firm double Middle East lawyer headcount

9 Jan 2023

Transactions department dominates in 18-strong promotions round at Morrison Foerster

Women make up nearly 40% of round that sees lawyers make partner across the US, London, Singapore and Tokyo

6 Jan 2023

Withers builds in Texas with Houston private client boutique bolt-on

Hire of Dossey & Jones’ four-strong team sees Withers effectively relaunch in Houston after loss of partner last year

5 Jan 2023

Clyde & Co adds 19-strong UK product liability team from DWF

Partners Peter Barnes and Charlotte Kelly join alongside 17 team members and bring expertise in Japanese industries

5 Jan 2023

K&L Gates secures senior funds trio from rival firms for Dublin debut

Partners join from Pinsent Masons, Dillon Eustace and Maples & Calder to launch US firm’s ninth European office

4 Jan 2023

Linklaters bolsters global dispute resolution offering with partner hires in Spain and China

Magic circle firm adds partners in Madrid and Beijing from local rivals at a time of “great activity” for dispute resolution

3 Jan 2023