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Squire Patton Boggs, McDermott add corporate and M&A partners in London
Former Goodwin counsel Ben Morgan joins SPB, while Sebastien Bonneau joins McDermott from Eversheds
Weil private funds buildout continues with Goodwin partner hire
Karen Chao is the fourth private funds partner to join Weil since late 2023
Cooley boosts London ECVC bench with triple partner hire from US rivals
Taylor Wessing’s ECVC head joins alongside partners from White & Case and Goodwin Procter
Legal operations pioneer Mary O’Carroll joins Goodwin as COO
Google’s former director of legal operations helped found CLOC
Sidley opens in San Diego with five-partner team
Firm hires from Goodwin for fifth California office
Gibson Dunn secures privacy partner in London from Goodwin
Lore Leitner brings experience in GDPR-driven privacy compliance programmes as US firms cite growing demand from clients for data security and AI advice
Goodwin Procter raises NQ salary to £175k as London pay war continues
Increase from £160k sees it join elite group of US firms paying £170k or more
Goodwin, Covington shepherd Biogen’s $1.8bn acquisition of rare disease drugmaker
Covington counsels Biogen as Goodwin reps acquisition target Human Immunobiology Biosciences
Greenberg, Goodwin shepherd Ono Pharma’s $2.4bn Deciphera acquisition
Greenberg counsels Ono in deal to expand Japanese group’s oncology portfolio and US presence
Kirkland hits Goodwin again for US funds lawyers
Four more lawyers join across US as partners after quintet defected from Goodwin in February
Goodwin swoops on Travers for London private equity partner duo
Ian Keefe and George Weevil latest partners to switch firms as lateral hiring spree across City continues
Freshfields, Goodwin lead on AstraZeneca’s $2bn acquisition of Fusion Pharma
Deal second this month to see Freshfields advise acquisitive AstraZeneca
Cleary, Skadden and Goodwin chip in for Synopsys’ $35bn Ansys deal
Cleary acts for Synopsys as Skadden and Goodwin counsel Ansys in cash-and-stock deal that could attract regulatory scrutiny
Freshfields adds Goodwin partner in New York to lead global funds team
Tim Clark latest in string of lateral private capital partner hires by UK Magic Circle firm
Sullivan & Cromwell tops M&A rankings in H1 as deal making tumbles to three-year low
First half deal value is lowest since 2020 but activity picked up 33% in Q2 compared to Q1, according to Refinitiv
Goodwin Procter elects technology co-head to succeed Robert Insolia as chair
Anthony McCusker to 'carry torch forward' after receiving partners' 'overwhelming' support, according to Insolia
Sullivan & Cromwell tops M&A rankings in Q1 as deal making tumbles to decade low
First quarter deal value is lowest since 2013 and slowest quarter since the start of the pandemic, according to Refinitiv
Goodwin Procter adds 14-partner team from Troutman Pepper to cement Philadelphia presence
New arrivals land mostly in US giant’s newly-official Philadelphia base to bolster life sciences, healthcare private equity and white collar practices
Goodwin Procter embarks on round of US job cuts
Associates, paralegals and business professionals affected; cuts follow similar move at Cooley
Goodwin launches in Singapore, promotes 58 to partner
Boston firm’s second Asian base will be chaired by private investment funds partner relocating from Hong Kong