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By Friederike Heine | June 1, 2011
Jones Day has added three partners to its City arm with the hire of a US securities team from Ashurst. The trio comprises US-qualified partners Daniel Bushner, Eric Stuart and Marie Elena Angulo. Bushner and Angulo started at the US law firm at the beginning of last week (23 May), with Stuart set to remain at Ashurst until the end of June to conclude several client matters.
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By Suzi Ring | June 1, 2011
Herbert Smith's Paris litigation team has been hit by a three-partner walkout, with the trio's forthcoming departure to Allen & Overy (A&O) marking the latest in a string of exits from the City firm's French arm over the last 18 months. Herbert Smith's recently appointed head of disputes for Continental Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA), Denis Chemla, is set to join A&O alongside arbitration partner Michael Young and litigation partner Erwan Poisson.
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By Suzi Ring | May 31, 2011
Macfarlanes has boosted its structured finance practice with the hire of Clifford Chance (CC) partner Rachel Kelly.Kelly is set to join the firm next week from the City banking and finance practice at CC and will be the first partner in Macfarlanes' London structured finance team.
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By Suzi Ring | May 25, 2011
Clyde & Co has boosted its City energy practice with the hire of Watson Farley & Williams partner Sandra Sinclair-Hughes. Sinclair-Hughes joined the firm last week from the international project and structured finance group at Watson Farley. She specialises in advising offshore engineering and procurement contractors, service companies and oil companies in relation to project agreements including installation, leasing, operating and supply contracts.
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By Sofia Lind | May 25, 2011
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge is launching a London banking practice with the hire of City finance veteran Charles Proctor from Bird & Bird. The US law firm said the move had come in a bid to sustain its growing transactional practice, including in private equity and venture capital as well as its insurance practice, as Proctor also has substantial regulatory experience.
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By Georgina Stanley | May 25, 2011
Last month Clifford Chance (CC) private equity veteran James Baird retired from the firm after more than 25 years as a partner. Clearly the departure is unlikely to spell anything like disaster for a buyout practice as dominant as CC's, but it has certainly got the private equity sewing circle talking. And, no doubt, hoping for opportunities to tighten links with some of Baird's clients, such as CVC.
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By Georgina Stanley | May 25, 2011
Last month Clifford Chance (CC) private equity veteran James Baird retired from the firm after more than 25 years as a partner. Clearly the departure is unlikely to spell anything like disaster for a buyout practice as dominant as CC's, but it has certainly got the private equity sewing circle talking. And, no doubt, hoping for opportunities to tighten links with some of Baird's clients, such as CVC.
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By Sofia Lind | May 18, 2011
Clifford Chance (CC) has lost its Americas head of litigation and dispute resolution, with Juan Morillo joining Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Washington DC. The departure will be seen as a blow to the magic circle law firm, which heavily restructured its US litigation practice two years ago.
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By Friederike Heine | May 18, 2011
Field Fisher Waterhouse has boosted its real estate practice with the hire of Squire Sanders Hammonds partner Carlos Pierce. Pierce, who joined the law firm this week (16 May), advises on the property aspects of the energy sector with a particular focus on energy, infrastructure and sustainability. He has advised a range of clients including National Grid, E.ON and Gaz de France (now GDF Suez) on matters including bio-mass, waste-to-energy and wind farm developments.
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By Suzi Ring | May 18, 2011
Charles Russell has bulked up its City corporate arm with the hire of Mayer Brown partner Lauri-Lynn Pursall. Pursall joined Charles Russell earlier this month from Mayer Brown's London corporate practice. She had been at the transatlantic firm since 2001 and was made up to partner in 2007. She specialises in equity capital markets and M&A work in the mining, media, construction and retail sectors.
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By Karen Sloan | October 21, 2020
New figures on entry-level lawyers hiring from the National Association for Law Placement reveal that slightly more than 62% of 2019's Black law graduates secured jobs that require a J.D., compared with 80% of white law graduates.
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By Zach Warren | October 21, 2020
Formerly Shell Oil Co.'s central legal operations officer, Cordo has returned to law firms as Holland & Knight's chief client development and relationship officer. He spoke with LTN about his three-pronged plan and why in-house and firms are "equally as similar as they are different."
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By Aleeza Furman | October 20, 2020
Additions Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin announced that James R. Craig joined the firm as an associate. Craig is a member of the firm's…
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By Patrick Smith | October 19, 2020
Kirkland & Ellis, Boies Schiller Flexner, Holland & Knight and Akerman saw an uptick in partner departures this year.
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By Jonathan Erway | October 19, 2020
Carstens & Cahoon, a full-service intellectual property law firm based in Dallas, added Stephen Liu as its newest partner.
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By Max Mitchell | October 19, 2020
Larry Cohan's practice focuses in part on vaccine-related claims, which are likely to be an area of increased activity amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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By Meredith Hobbs | October 16, 2020
At least seven big firms added partners in Washington, D.C, this week, while White & Case continued to raid Sidley for bankruptcy talent.
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By Aleeza Furman | October 16, 2020
Wayne C. Buckwalter joined Lamb McErlane in its estate planning and trusts department, and Barley Snyder partner Paul W. Minnich was part of the faculty of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's "Land Use Institute 2020."
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By Suzette Parmley | October 16, 2020
"We are giving New Jersey a full diverse law firm—not only from the subject-matter expertise that we bring to the table, but also from a gender perspective, cultural perspective and from a religious perspective," partner Christine Ann Soto said. "We really cover the gamut, and I think that makes us better lawyers."
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By Aleeza Furman | October 16, 2020
Bayard expanded its litigation group with the addition of Ronald P. Golden III to its Wilmington office, according to an announcement from the firm.
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