News About Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
MoFo builds in London with tech transactions trio from Morgan Lewis, Baker McKenzie
Hires mean MoFo has added 10 lawyers to its partnership in London over the past year
Morgan Lewis hires five-lawyer trade team in Paris from Hughes Hubbard
Move follows Morgan Lewis hiring senior trade partner in Washington DC from Hughes Hubbard last September
Life sciences partner hiring accelerates in key markets
Kirkland & Ellis, Morgan Lewis, Sidley Austin and Polsinelli among firms targeting senior expertise, reports Ben Rigby
Morgan Lewis names employment chief McManus as next chair
David McManus to succeed veteran leader Jami McKeon in October
Morgan Lewis debuts in Saudi Arabia with hires from A&O Shearman, Al Tamimi
Former A&O Shearman Riyadh co-lead to spearhead launch of six-lawyer office, the latest in a procession of Saudi openings by international law firms
Morgan Lewis continues London hiring spree with Jenner & Block partner
Litigation specialist Christian Tuddenham is the sixth partner to join the US firm in London in the past year
Morgan Lewis secures trio of West Coast patent partners from Knobbe Martens
Arrival of second team to defect from Knobbe Martens in 2025 boosts tally of IP lateral partner hires to 11
Morgan Lewis secures quintet of West Coast IP partners from Knobbe Martens
US firm snaps up team with expertise in life sciences and technology space
Kirkland expands in Saudi Arabia with funds hire from Morgan Lewis
Nabil Abou-Charaf joins as a partner in Riyadh after almost six years with Morgan Lewis in the UAE
Morgan Lewis builds in London with partner hires from Baker McKenzie, Akin
Competition lawyer Paul Johnson joins from Baker McKenzie as structured finance lawyer Dasha Sobornova moves over from Akin
Morgan Lewis shutters Shenzhen office after less than two years
Closure follows office head Shaobin Zhu defecting to DLA Piper last year
Morgan Lewis boosts German bench with Baker McKenzie partner hire
Patent litigator Alexander Ritter marks latest in string of European hires by the US firm
Morgan Lewis to absorb 54-lawyer Kramer Levin Paris team
Split comes ahead of Kramer Levin’s planned merger with Herbert Smith Freehills
Co-founder of Powell Gilbert joins Morgan Lewis
Arrival of Tim Powell continues US firm’s European IP push
Morgan Lewis taps Baker McKenzie, Covington & Burling for life sciences duo
Veteran IP litigator Hiroshi Sheraton and M&A lawyer Luciana Griebel join in London
Morgan Lewis deepens German presence with trio of partners from US rivals
Alexander Klett, Christoph Mikyska and Sebastian Dexheimer move over from Reed Smith and Milbank
Hausfeld doubles down on antitrust with hires in London, Germany
Joanna Christoforou joins from Morgan Lewis & Bockius’s London office as René Galle moves over in Hamburg from A&O Shearman
US creates design patent practitioner bar as applications rise
USPTO seeks to encourage “broader participation” in bar
Morgan Lewis and Addleshaw Goddard bolster Dubai disputes offerings with partner hires from Al Tamimi, Clifford Chance
Sara Aranjo joins Morgan Lewis to lead arbitration practice in Africa and Middle East as Arun Visweswaran moves over to Addleshaw Goddard from Clifford Chance
Wachtell, Morgan Lewis latest to benefit from Big Food consolidation as JM Smucker snaps up Hostess Brands
Deal valued at $5.6bn to buy Twinkie owner follows acquisitions by Campbell Soup and Mars