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By Alex Novarese | April 19, 2012
"Even if the individual is a superstar, why would you ever want to base a business on such recruits? And forget fluffy stuff about collegiality, why would high performers want a guarantee? They're selling the chance to profit from their delivery..."
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By Friederike Heine | April 19, 2012
"Maher's departure forced the US to take a closer look at the firm's remaining corporate clients in London, and it looked pretty grim. The City office had to redefine itself and change its client focus, which inevitably resulted in departures..."
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By Suzi Ring | March 15, 2012
US law firms grew their partner count in the City by close to 10% during 2011 as they continued to increase their share of the European legal market. Legal Week's research into the hiring activity and penetration of US firms in London found total partner count at the 45 US and transatlantic firms in London taking part in the survey increased by 91 in the year to January 2012, to 1,199.
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By Friederike Heine | March 15, 2012
Partner hiring by US firms in London increased by over 25% in 2011, with firms adding more partners to their City bases than at any time over the last five years. Legal Week's annual survey of hiring trends at the City operations of some of the largest US and transatlantic firms found there were 116 partner hires during 2011 across the 45 firms taking part in the survey. The overwhelming majority of these (101) were partners at their previous firms.
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By Rose Orlik | March 8, 2012
Robust insurance and infrastructure sectors are drawing legal advisers to Mexico and Brazil. Rose Orlik reports
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By Suzi Ring | March 8, 2012
Wragge & Co has grown its City real estate practice with the hire of SJ Berwin partner Duncan Field. Field, who is also a qualified barrister, is set to join the law firm's planning and regeneration team this spring after 13 years at SJ Berwin, where he has been a partner since 2005.
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By Rose Orlik | February 16, 2012
Charles Russell has bulked up its employment and pensions team with the hire of Pinsent Masons employment partner Robert Mecrate-Butcher. Mecrate-Butcher, who joined Pinsents in 2007, works across both contentious and non-contentious employment law, with a particular focus on advising clients in the insurance and banking sectors. He specialises in TUPE advice, with his practice also covering diversity and equality issues, executive departures and the enforcement of restrictive covenants. The hire takes the combined employment and pensions group to 11 partners.
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By Rose Orlik | February 9, 2012
Eversheds has added three partners to its London pensions practice with the hire of two laterals from Squire Sanders and an of counsel from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The Squire Sanders partner duo, Emma King and Sarah Franklin, both join from the firm's Birmingham arm, where King headed up the local practice.
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By Suzi Ring | January 12, 2012
Suzanna Ring sizes up Davis Polk & Wardwell's prospects as the US leader makes its English law debut in the City...
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By Suzi Ring | December 7, 2011
Withers has launched a tax litigation practice in London with the hire of Irwin Mitchell's business and tax investigations head Maurice Martin. Martin joined the firm on 1 December after five years at Irwin Mitchell, four of which he spent as practice head. He will lead the tax litigation team at Withers, which will sit within the firm's wealth planning group. The firm is planning to add a team of junior lawyers to the group over the coming months.
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By C. Ryan Barber | September 4, 2019
The verdict came on the first day of jury deliberations, and caps off a three-week trial.
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By Simon Taylor | September 4, 2019
The firm has hired Bas Vletter and Herald Jongen, two veteran corporate lawyers.
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By Dan Packel | September 4, 2019
Andrew Boutros joins the firm from Seyfarth Shaw. He will be based in Chicago and Washington, D.C.
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By Christopher Niesche | September 4, 2019
Kim O'Reilly joined the firm from local firm Mills Oakley. She previously held company officer and in-house legal advisor roles in some of Australia's largest investment banks and listed financial institutions.
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By Samantha Stokes | September 4, 2019
Kurt Mayr, who chaired the bankruptcy group at Bracewell, will now lead the practice at Morgan Lewis out of its New York and Hartford, Connecticut, offices.
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By Samantha Stokes | September 4, 2019
Kurt Mayr, who chaired the bankruptcy group at Bracewell, will now lead the practice at Morgan Lewis out of its New York and Hartford, Connecticut, offices.
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By Samantha Stokes | September 4, 2019
Kurt Mayr, who chaired the bankruptcy group at Bracewell, will now lead the practice at Morgan Lewis out of its New York and Hartford, Connecticut, offices.
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By Xiumei Dong | September 4, 2019
After eight years away, Jennifer Kirk has returned to Baker McKenzie from Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company.
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By Xiumei Dong | September 4, 2019
Compensation and benefits partner Alessandra Murata is leaving Goodwin Procter to join Cooley.
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By Hannah Roberts | September 4, 2019
The latest hires come after the global law firm hired another four partners to staff its new office in January.
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