Law Firm Lateral Hires
Fieldfisher raids SKW Schwarz to boost media and entertainment practice in Germany
UK firm recruits 11 lawyers, seven from SKW Schwarz, as part of plans to build out a pan-European media and entertainment practice
Gibson Dunn unveils hire of Linklaters’ former leveraged finance co-head in London
David Irvine joins US firm to co-lead global finance practice
Orrick hires Kramer Levin’s life sciences head in New York
Irena Royzman is fourth IP partner to join tech-focused firm this year
‘A new apex predator in town’ - Paul Weiss continues to target London's top tier firms for talent
Linklaters among practices in firing line as impact of New York firm’s ongoing hiring spree ripples through market
Trowers targets private equity mandates with double partner hire from Gateley
Top 40 UK firm looks to grow lower-to-mid-market private equity work with London hires
Frost Brown Todd opens in Denver with nine partner hires from local firms
New arrivals join from Moye White, Brownstein and Lewis Roca
ArentFox Schiff hires automotive partner quartet from Burns & Levinson
New team including veteran lawyers Paul Marshall Harris and Sara Judge will be based in Boston
WFW completes double energy partner hire from McDermott in Singapore
Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi and Merrick White’s move leaves McDermott with just one Singapore partner
Kirkland raids Allen & Overy for second London debt finance partner in past month
Vanessa Xu’s exit follows the departure of Marwa Elborai, who left for Kirkland in March
Kingsley Napley launches arbitration practice with partner raid on boutique
James Glaysher joins UK independent firm from Candey to lead new practice
Bowmans adds M&A team in Johannesburg from Baker McKenzie
Bakers’ South Africa M&A co-head Angela Simpson moves over alongside three more lawyers
McDermott strengthens London private equity practice with partner hire from Sidley Austin
Mid-market specialist Fatema Orjela adds further bench depth to firm’s transactions group
Jones Day adds government regulation team in Paris from White & Case
Hire follows Jones Day adding government regulation team in Paris last October from NRF
Simpson Thacher partner exits ahead of reported Paul Weiss Brussels office launch
Simpson Thacher confirms antitrust partner Ross Ferguson’s departure as Paul Weiss reportedly gears up to open first base in continental Europe
Arbitra adds experienced international arbitrator from Swiss firm LALIVE
Veijo Heiskanen opts to become independent after 22 years with LALIVE
Lewis Silkin swoops for Hausfeld partner to boost London disputes team
Duran Ross returns to Lewis Silkin, the firm where he trained, after six years at Hausfeld
BCLP absorbs 12-lawyer Seattle litigation boutique Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen
New arrivals include Timothy Leyh, Randall Thomsen and Tyler Farmer, with Farmer co-leading BCLP’s Seattle office
Sidley adds PE M&A lawyer in New York from Paul Weiss
John Godfrey is the 12th Paul Weiss lawyer to decamp to Sidley in past 10 months
Skadden and Foley & Lardner tap DOJ for antitrust partner hires in Washington DC
James Fredericks is heading to Skadden, while Mark Grundvig is joining Foley
Stephenson Harwood expands Middle East practice with third partner hire in a month
Disputes lawyer John Lewis joins from Charles Russell Speechlys in the firm’s Dubai office
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