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Brown Rudnick adds Fieldfisher partner in London to lead UK and European IP team

David Knight’s hire comes just days after Brown Rudnick’s former UK/Europe IP lead departed with team to launch Morrison Foerster’s UK contentious IP practice

1 Dec 2022

Dechert names successors to chair Levander as it rings in new global leadership team

Corporate partners David Forti and Mark Thierfelder to serve as co-chairs; US firm also retires CEO role and announces first global managing partners

1 Dec 2022

DLA Piper associate recognised for spearheading pro bono project to advise Ukrainian refugees

Olivia Clark praises collaborative efforts of more than 300 lawyers from City of London law firms

30 Nov 2022

Raft of top firms called in as Royal Bank of Canada buys HSBC Canada in ‘once in a generation’ $13.5bn cash deal

Allen & Overy, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz among those acting for RBC as Linklaters advises HSBC’s Canada arm

30 Nov 2022

Herbert Smith Freehills names UK ECM lead next joint corporate managing partner

HSF stalwart Mike Flockhart to succeed Stephen Wilkinson on 1 December

29 Nov 2022

Ashurst to launch in Korea after striking first ever joint venture deal

JV with HwaHyun hands Anglo Australian firm unique ability to practise local law

29 Nov 2022

DLA Piper underlines Africa ambition with projects partner hire from Watson Farley & Williams

Former Clifford Chance Africa group director moves on after three-and-a-half years at Watson Farley

28 Nov 2022

MoFo targets London contentious IP work with four-strong team hire from Brown Rudnick

Team's arrival comes hard on heels of acquisition of West Coast IP boutique Durie Tangri

28 Nov 2022

Allen & Overy boosts leveraged finance bench with partner hire from Shearman & Sterling

US-qualified high yield specialist Marwa Elborai joins in London after more than 15 years at US rival

25 Nov 2022

White & Case legacy team joins local boutique in Slovakia

Five-strong team including two partners joins Hillbridges from White & Case’s Slovakian spin off Aldertree

25 Nov 2022

Ropes & Gray’s London chief departs for Bain Capital

Will Rosen joins longtime client as European general counsel for private equity following 12-month secondment with the firm

24 Nov 2022

Clyde & Co adds Kennedys disputes duo for Thailand launch

Partner Ian Johnston and legal director Sorawat Wongkaweepairot join from Kennedys’ shuttered Bangkok office to launch insurance giant’s 14th APAC base

21 Nov 2022

Cleary secures leading public M&A partner from Linklaters in London

Arrival of Nick Rumsby marks rare City partner lateral for top 30 US firm

18 Nov 2022

TLT elects pensions lead as next senior partner

Sasha Butterworth succeeds Andrew Glynn next year following 30% revenue growth at UK firm in 2021

17 Nov 2022

Orrick secures four-partner life sciences IP litigation team from Milbank

Arrival of West Coast-based quartet set to fill 'missing piece' in San Francisco giant's IP litigation portfolio

16 Nov 2022

Indian boutique Chandhiok & Mahajan builds pan-Indian presence with Hyderabad launch

Office adds to firm’s bases in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru

16 Nov 2022

Squire secures Pinsent Masons Dublin founding partner for Ireland launch

Pinsents also confirms departure of second founding partner, reportedly for K&L Gates’ own launch in the city

14 Nov 2022

Reed Smith adds aviation finance partner in Singapore from Milbank

Newly-minted partner Hui Ling Teo arrives as US firm moves to ‘significantly’ grow its partner headcount in Asia

11 Nov 2022

Made.com general counsel bids 'sad farewell' as online retailer collapses

Laura Tyler to leave along with legal team as 400 jobs are axed at defunct UK furniture retailer

10 Nov 2022

K&L Gates adds second capital markets partner in a month in Hong Kong

Jay Lee’s arrival from Simmons & Simmons follows Iris Leung joining from Linklaters in October

9 Nov 2022