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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has become the latest firm to gain from the collapse of Heller Ehrman – picking up a haul of 27 partners and one senior counsel, including one partner in London.

The group includes three former chairmen of the defunct firm and eight practice group leaders. All of the partners are expected to join either this week or next, with Orrick’s San Francisco office gaining 14 new partners, Washington DC gaining five, and Seattle, New York and London gaining five, three and one partners apiece.

In London, competition partner Douglas Lahnborg has become the first partner from Heller’s City base to join another firm, despite firms including Arnold & Porter and Cooley Godward Kronish picking up teams of lawyers in the US.

Lahnborg joined Heller as a partner in early 2007, after nine years as a lawyer with Slaughter and May, to launch the firm’s UK competition practice. He is one of 14 antitrust partners joining Orrick from Heller, including Edward Henneberry, who co-chaired Heller’s European practice group.

Ralph Baxter (pictured), chairman and chief executive of Orrick, said: "We are delighted to welcome these talented lawyers to the firm. All of these lawyers are leaders in their respective fields, and the collective strength of this group is remarkable. They will be integral to continued success for the firm and for our clients."

News of Orrick’s hires comes after Arnold & Porter this week announced that it had hired a team of five litigators to join its business litigation and antitrust groups in Washington DC and Los Angeles. Cooley, meanwhile, picked up a 35-lawyer team from Heller’s Venture Law Group.

Partners joining Orrick are:

Antitrust (14)
Stephen Bomse (San Francisco), David Brownstein (San Francisco), Russell Cohen (San Francisco), David Goldstein (San Francisco), Richard Goldstein (New York), Edward Henneberry (Washington DC), Jay Jurata (Washington DC), Douglas Lahnborg (London), Jessica Pers (San Francisco), Larry Popofsky (Senior counsel, San Francisco), Robert Rosenfeld (San Francisco), David Smutny (Washington DC), Jonathan Palmer (Seattle) and Scott Westrich (San Francisco).

Appellate (1)
Joshua Rosenkranz (New York)

Corporate (1)
Karen Dempsey (San Francisco)

Insurance recovery (5)
Richard DeNatale (San Francisco), Edward Joyce (New York); David Klein (Washington DC), Barry Levin (San Francisco) and Mark Plumer (Washington DC).

Intellectual property (4)
Elizabeth Goldman (San Francisco), Annette Hurst (San Francisco), Mark Parris (Seattle) and Patricia Thayer (San Francisco).

Securities litigation and regulatory enforcement (3)
Daniel Dunne (Seattle), George Greer (Seattle) and Lori Lynn Phillips (Seattle).

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