UK firm makes seventh regional hire in past 12 months as it ramps up Middle East presence | 3mos
Banking and finance
Haris Meyer Hanif returns to Dubai office in vote of confidence for A&O’s $3.5bn merger with Shearman & Sterling | 3mos
Akin’s round sees women again dominate as K&L Gates’ shrinks from last year’s 40-strong cohort | 3mos
DE&I champion Sandie Okoro awarded OBE while UK listings reformer Mark Austin becomes a CBE | 3mos
Sidley advises South Korea’s Coupang on its acquisition of troubled luxury e-commerce platform, advised by Latham | 4mos
Katie McMenamin’s exit follows funds duo Ed Ford and Sacha Gofton-Salmond defecting to Simpson Thacher earlier this year | 4mos
CC’s London private equity head joins alongside finance specialist just a few months after Paul Weiss’s eight-partner raid on Kirkland | 4mos
Canada and US arms account for lion’s share of promotions with seven made up in London | 4mos
Six partners and their teams join from firms including Portugal’s RRP Advogados as Spanish heavyweight continues international expansion | 4mos
Sebastian FitzGerald joins Wall Street heavyweight after seven years at Willkie | 4mos
Recruits join as partners from firms including Norton Rose Fulbright and DLA Piper to bolster recently-launched Frankfurt office | 4mos
Fergus Wheeler and Paul Yin join banking practice after only 10 months at Akin | 4mos
The UK government’s plan to curb the late payment culture is a boon to small and medium-sized luxury brands, writes Bird & Bird’s Victoria Hobbs | 5mos
Bank regulatory lawyer Jarryd Anderson joins in Washington DC and New York having also worked at Wells Fargo and TD Bank | 5mos
Derval Walsh joins hot on the heels of commercial litigator Robin Pickworth’s move from Armstrong Teasdale | 6mos
Latest losses include exits to Birketts, HF and Wikborg Rein | 6mos
Agreement adds to CMS’s Latin America presence in Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru | 6mos
Second Scottish merger this week hands national UK firm £12m practice with network of five offices | 7mos
Arrival of Peter Chapman as a partner follows appointment of Stephen Ross as funds head in January | 7mos
Jennifer Klass and Amy Greer join the investment funds and white collar practices respectively in New York | 8mos
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