Law Firm Lateral Hires
Simpson Thacher takes five-partner Kirkland team for Chicago debut
Firm cites aim to build transactional, regulatory and disputes practices in Chicago as it opens office with team of private investment and family office partners
Sidley Austin adds 11-lawyer fund finance team in New York from Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
US firm continues hiring spree with two-partner group that includes a former co-head of legacy Cadwalader's fund finance practice
Brown Rudnick hires 34-lawyer IP litigation team from HSF Kramer, opens in Silicon Valley
US firm’s biggest-ever team hire sees group led by seven partners join across Silicon Valley and New York
King & Spalding adds WilmerHale duo in London to continue arbitration build-out
Steven Finizio and Jonathan Lim become latest WilmerHale partners to join King & Spalding’s disputes team
Reed Smith hires London antitrust partner from Morgan Lewis
Former Baker McKenzie partner Paul Johnson leaves Morgan Lewis after 18 months
Reed Smith boosts Middle East corporate practice with lateral hire
Mohammed Basama has joined from US rival King & Spalding as a partner
K&L Gates absorbs nine-strong IP team in Munich from local boutique
Group significantly boosts US firm’s IP bench in one of Europe’s most important patent markets
Latham deepens tech push with Hg general counsel hire in London
Samantha McGonigle brings extensive tech and software-related deals experience, follows recent tech hires by Latham in London from MoFo, Travers Smith
Pinsent Masons hires first financial regulatory consulting head from Eversheds
Ian Stott joins with team in London having built the financial regulatory consulting practice at Konexo, Eversheds’ legal services delivery arm
Clyde & Co rehires aviation partner from Norton White in Dubai
Nick Humphrey rejoins firm a decade after leaving, boosting aviation practice following several recent departures
Gibson Dunn recruits Wachtell co-chair Savitt along with five other disputes partners
Renowned litigator William Savitt takes team to Gibson Dunn in move firm hails as ‘rare and powerful’
Jones Day adds Milbank’s APAC restructuring head in Sydney
Nicholas Dunstone marks Jones Day’s fifth lateral partner hire in Australia this year
Freshfields adds ex-Cravath dealmaker in New York
Keith Hallam joins from White & Case with experience in activism defence and shareholder-engagement matters alongside dealmaking
HSF Kramer hires Haynes Boone Supreme Court practice head in Washington DC
Daniel Geyser joins as co-head of the firm’s US Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice
Alius Law adds Clyde & Co aviation disputes partner in London
Veteran litigator Richard Mumford becomes latest senior lawyer to exit Clyde & Co