Law Firm Lateral Hires - Page 15 - The Global Legal Post

Group led by partners Nicholas Kramer and Angela Croker joins as US firm highlights growing global infrastructure practice as a priority

Launch of 18th office follows hire of real estate funds and infrastructure M&A team in May

New recruits join in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester from Mayer Brown, Deloitte, Eversheds and DLA Piper

Insurance powerhouse merges with local boutique to open in Rotterdam

Firm also officially opens new offices in Berlin and Cologne as part of German expansion

Restructuring specialist Kon Asimacopoulos will co-head London office; corporate heavyweight Francies is lured out of retirement

Group led by Withers Tech creator James Shaw to open YPOG’s first international office

Matthew Cox joins US firm’s London office as a partner

Hampton Dellinger joins in Washington DC after being dismissed from the US Office of Special Counsel by president Donald Trump in February

Duo join Atlanta firm a month after arrival of Neel Chatterjee from Goodwin to co-head IP disputes team

Firm hires of counsel Olivia Girouad from Globalization Partners to support launch

Hires follow BCLP’s decision to pull out of Asia earlier this year

Ira Schacter marks one of McDermott’s first big laterals since merger with Schulte

Peter Mason marks seventh finance partner hire by Proskauer’s London office in the past year

Hires follow funds lawyers exiting for Simpson Thacher, legacy Herbert Smith Freehills’ Luxembourg launches