Law Firm Lateral Hires - Page 7
MoFo builds in London with tech transactions trio from Morgan Lewis, Baker McKenzie
Hires mean MoFo has added 10 lawyers to its partnership in London over the past year
RPC elevates 10 to partner in one of its largest promotion rounds on record
Partner promotions include just two women, although three out of four new counsel are female
Arnold & Porter hires former Wilkie EU antitrust partner in London
New recruit Nicola Chesaites was most recently a freelance barrister after leaving Wilkie in May 2025
McDermott boosts Italian presence with five-partner team hire in Milan
Incoming group, led by Vincenzo Giannantonio, joins from Italian independent Gitti & Partners
Pillsbury debuts in Boston with Latham litigation hire
Robert Gilbert joins to launch office targeting tech, health and banking clients alongside four senior Pillsbury attorneys
Greenberg Traurig boosts London corporate bench with Baker McKenzie partner
Robert Gray joins after nearly 18 years at Bakers; adds heft in deals work in the Nordics and CEE
Dentons adds seven-lawyer disputes team from PwC Legal in Germany
Group joins in Berlin just a week after three corporate partners left Dentons’ Munich office for Reed Smith
Paul Hastings hits Covington for PE real estate team in London
Team led by partners Lyndsey Laverack and Jade Williams-Adedeji continues growth push for US firm’s City office
Reed Smith grows in Germany with three-partner corporate team from Dentons
Partner trio join in Munich alongside three further lawyers to boost US firm’s transactions capabilities
Kirkland lures top City dealmaker from Paul Weiss
Will Aitken-Davies joined Paul Weiss as head of European M&A in 2023 as part of US firm's headline-grabbing London buildout
Akin re-hires restructuring partner trio from Weil in London
Team is led by Neil Devaney, who returns as head of London financial restructuring
Taylor Wessing adds product liability specialist from Cooley in London
Jamie Humphreys will join as a partner in the firm’s disputes team
Gibson Dunn strengthens in Paris with investment funds team from Clifford Chance
Seven-strong group includes four partners, led by Xavier Comaills
London boutique Three Points Law hires AI legaltech co-founder and former KPMG Law partner
Usman Wahid, who co-founded AI legal platform VennSpace, will focus on fintech deals
London law firm private equity partner hires almost double in 2025 – report
Legal headhunters Macrae says activity reflects shift in how firms are looking to build sponsor-facing teams