Law Firm Lateral Hires - Page 2

Paul Hastings hires European restructuring co-chair in London from KKR

William Needham’s hire continues string of partner laterals in London by US firm

Kirkland & Ellis secures Latham, White & Case partners for Riyadh launch

Chicago giant chooses Saudi Arabia for Middle East headquarters citing Kingdom’s growing significance for clients

Hill Dickinson bolsters international finance bench with Ince Hong Kong team

Asset finance partner trio joins in Hong Kong alongside five fee earners to strengthen UK firm’s marine and shipping practice

Hogan Lovells snaps up more than 30 partners from Stroock in the US

Stroock exits come as Pillsbury merger talks end, ramping up uncertainty about the firm’s future

Pinsent Masons bolsters South Africa bench with local boutique team

Team brings experience in areas including employment, commercial and regulatory as firm builds full service offering across Africa

Bracewell expands IP practice with USPTO patent judge

Christopher Crumbley moves into private practice after long stints at the US Patent and Trademark Office and Department of Justice

Brown Rudnick secures Mishcon de Reya’s banking disputes head in London

Derval Walsh joins hot on the heels of commercial litigator Robin Pickworth’s move from Armstrong Teasdale

Stephenson Harwood adds shipping team from Ince Hong Kong

Paul Ho takes seven lawyers to UK firm, becomes third partner to exit Ince HK this month

Norton Rose adds Stephenson Harwood partner to lead Middle East disputes team

Nick Sharratt succeeds Paul Stothard following latter’s relocation to London

HSF hires Sidley partner in London as head of international private equity

Private capital push also sees Anglo-Australian firm appoint new partner from DLA Piper to co-head UK venture capital practice

Paul Hastings adds partners from Cooley, Goodwin in Northern California growth push

Senior PE/M&A partner Scott Joachim and capital markets specialist David Ambler among those moving over in Palo Alto

Linklaters secures Addleshaws’ competition head in London

Bruce Kilpatrick to rejoin Magic Circle firm’s leading antitrust practice after 16 years at AG

Foley Hoag completes hire of all-female patent team from Cooley

Quartet of patent experts joins recent Cooley hire Amy Baker Mandragouras to boost Foley’s life sciences IP practice

Pinsent Masons adds partner trio in Germany from Dentons in Europe growth push

Public sector and EU law duo join in Dusseldorf alongside corporate partner and team of associates

Proskauer makes double litigation hire from MoFo in New York

Duo include first-chair trial veterans Grant Esposito and David Fioccola


Stephenson Harwood hires Walker Morris’s head of competition

London firm cites rise of UK competition disputes as it adds additional firepower to team

Freshfields secures Travers Smith’s head of environment in ESG drive

Arrival of Doug Bryden in London follows 2022 hire of academic as head of client sustainability and environment

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Spencer West adds 19-strong team from shuttered Axiom Ince in private wealth push

Fee-sharing firm also acquires London boutique Hieron and adds team from Selig + Partners

TikTok’s Oliver Walsh joins Rouse’s IP enforcement team

Rouse beefs up its intellectual property enforcement team with two new appointments in response to client need amid the changing anti-counterfeiting landscape

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