Law Firm Lateral Hires

Kennedys builds US bench with 12-lawyer trial team from Tyson & Mendes

Four partners join in New York alongside eight further lawyers; together the team has tried more than 200 cases together.

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Kennedys hits Clyde & Co in London for aviation partner

Rob Ireland returns after a decade at Clydes, bringing more than 25 years’ experience handling complex aviation liability and contentious matters

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Ropes & Gray recruits Paul Weiss financial services co-chief in Washington DC

Jarryd Anderson joins as head of financial services with federal reserve and deal experience, as bank M&A activity rebounds

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Latham continues London tech transactions push with Travers partner hire

Hire of Richard Offord follows trio of tech-focused M&A partners joining from Morrison Foerster in May

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Skadden hits Akin for investment management partners across Abu Dhabi, Washington DC

Incoming trio bring partner count in Abu Dhabi office Skadden opened last year to seven

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Freshfields adds private equity partner in Madrid from Pérez-Llorca

Pablo González Mosqueira will lead Madrid private equity team following predecessor’s departure for Gibson Dunn

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Steptoe & Johnson adds LIDW26 co-chair to London disputes team from Clyde & Co

Professor Loukas Mistelis joins as an arbitration partner, marking another high-profile exit from Clyde & Co

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Mishcon de Reya adds litigation trio from Watson Farley & Williams in the UAE

Incoming team includes partner Charlotte Bijlani, who joins as co-head of its UAE disputes practice

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Orrick adds four partners across US, UK as it continues structured finance buildout

Hires from Morrison Foerster, Mayer Brown and McDermott follow last year’s raid on Cadwalader for 37 CLO and asset backed lending lawyers

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King & Spalding hires heavyweight five-partner arbitration team from WilmerHale

Renowned practitioner Gary Born, WilmerHale’s global arbitration chair, joins with four more partners across London, Washington DC and New York

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Newly-formed Winston Taylor names first Paris head, hires Gibson Dunn PE partner

Grine Lahreche to lead new transatlantic firm’s 19-partner Paris arm as Patrick Ledoux joins from Gibson Dunn

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McDermott continues London litigation growth with Brown Rudnick partner hire

Jessica Lee brings crypto and blockchain expertise to firm’s London disputes bench

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Ex-Briefed recruiter launches specialist legal recruitment agency focused on Bar, law firms

Legal sector recruitment consultant Elliott Rogers to launch EJR Recruitment this week

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Cooley expands infrastructure, energy and real estate group with twin partner hire from Kirkland

Kevin Donahue and Jacob Clark join group that was launched in May amid data centre investment boom

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Kleinberg Kaplan hires longtime Luxor Capital GC as partner in New York

Norris Nissim leaves asset management firm Luxor Capital after almost two decades

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