News About Reed Smith

Reed Smith makes partner raids on quintet of firms to launch in Denver

Firm adds 10 new partners from Akerman, Brownstein, Dentons, Foley Hoag and Greenberg Traurig

24 Feb 2025

Cadwalader hits Reed Smith, Ashurst for London fund finance trio

US firm restocks London finance bench following team exit for King & Spalding last year

14 Feb 2025

Reed Smith hires ex-Clifford Chance restructuring lawyer in Paris

Marie Crumière joins as a partner, having run her own boutique firm since leaving CC last August

10 Feb 2025

Reed Smith appoints chief marketing and business development officer

Top 40 US firm says Gillian Ward’s role has been redefined to reflect focus on BD

6 Feb 2025

Reed Smith unveils Atlanta office launch after 13-partner raid on Morris Manning & Martin

Two former Greenberg Traurig shareholders are also joining the new office which will target corporate and finance work

30 Jan 2025

Reed Smith re-hires trade specialist from Amazon as a partner in Brussels

Philip Heeren will lead the firm’s EU trade and customs practice

21 Jan 2025

Reed Smith appoints successor to London managing partner Jenkinson

Brigid North takes helm following Andrew Jenkinson’s decade in post

10 Jan 2025

Reed Smith’s Paris managing partner wins 2024 IBA Outstanding Woman Lawyer Award

Natasha Tardif lauded for her work championing women’s rights in the legal profession

8 Nov 2024

A&O Shearman, Baker McKenzie score roles on Methanex’s $2.05bn OCI deal

Reed Smith also called in for sale of OCI’s methanol business alongside McCarthy Tétrault and Loyens & Loeff

9 Sep 2024

Reed Smith latest US firm to reduce China footprint with Beijing closure

Move leaves firm with China bases in Shanghai, Hong Kong

5 Sep 2024

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

30 Jul 2024

Reed Smith, Shoosmiths lead on Concord’s £1.1bn Hipgnosis takeover

DLA Piper and Latham also called in for deal to save embattled song fund

19 Apr 2024

Reed Smith secures capital markets partner in London from Linklaters

Linklaters lifer Mark Drury one of three partners to leave Magic Circle firm in recent days

18 Dec 2023

Reed Smith and Arthur Cox called in for Bonnier News’ strategic investment in Ireland’s Business Post Group

Deal sees Europe’s largest business newspaper publisher enter Irish market

10 Jul 2023

Reed Smith targets Middle East entertainment work with senior DLA Piper hire

Leading media and IP specialist Jamie Ryder joins Reed Smith in Dubai as it extends practice to the region

20 Jun 2023

'We are always alive to opportunities' - Reed Smith's first woman leader takes helm after predecessor's abrupt career change

Casey Ryan has taken over from Sandy Thomas mid-way through his term following his decision to join a not-for-profit

1 Mar 2023

Norton Rose Fulbright and Reed Smith latest to unveil partner promotions

NRF achieves gender parity in reduced round as Reed Smith hands out seven more promotions than in 2022

11 Jan 2023

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

McDermott hires corporate partner duo from Reed Smith in Frankfurt

Rolf Hünermann and Phillip Schmidt join the firm’s German transactions practice group

1 Nov 2022

Reed Smith names M&A lawyer as new Frankfurt managing partner in latest German shake-up

Appointment follows departure of previous Frankfurt MP for US rival McDermott Will & Emery and naming of new managing partner in Munich back in April

21 Oct 2022