Law Firm Partners

Olswang brings in DLA partner for Singapore office launch

By Suzi Ring | November 30, 2011

Olswang has hired a partner from DLA Piper for its Singapore arm as the firm gears up for its official office launch in the New Year. Jonathan Choo joined the top 40 firm as a partner and local head of dispute from DLA Piper, where he was of counsel in the firm's Singapore office.

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Freshfields to cut back partners in London real estate practice

By Legal Week | November 30, 2011

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is set to cut a number of partners in its City real estate practice as a result of the continued difficulties in the property market. The magic circle law firm is planning to ask around two partners to leave the firm over the coming months, in a move set to shrink the practice from its current size of nine partners.

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Simmons strengthens corporate arm with BLP partner hire

By Legal Week | November 30, 2011

Simmons & Simmons has hired its sixth partner from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) in London this year, with the addition of corporate insurance partner Pollyanna Deane.

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Morgan Lewis adds finance partner to business arm

By Legal Week | November 30, 2011

Morgan Lewis has hired its second Simmons & Simmons partner in recent months, with private funds partner Noel Ainsworth set to join the US firm in the New Year (3 January).

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SNR London real estate duo set to depart for Stephenson Harwood

By Sofia Lind | November 16, 2011

SNR Denton is to lose a London partner duo to Stephenson Harwood, including its joint head of real estate finance. The double hire of Andrew Hill and Paul Hayward-Surry comes after real estate finance partner James Linforth joined Stephenson Harwood from SNR Denton in early October.

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BLP boosts finance group with Ashurst partner hire

By Friederike Heine | November 16, 2011

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has strengthened its finance practice with the hire of Simon Small from Ashurst, 
who will join the firm towards the end of this year. Small, who joined Ashurst from Linklaters in 2006, will be part of BLP's banking & capital markets group. He has experience in capital markets transactions across a range of asset classes including residential mortgages, trade receivables, auto loans, credit cards, commercial real estate and project bonds. He also advises on corporate trusts. His departure takes the number of partners to leave Ashurst since May 2010 to 26. At Linklaters, Small was a partner for 11 years and was one of the partners to found the magic circle firm's securitisation business.

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Wilmer hires Kingsley Napley heavyweight to launch UK white collar crime practice

By Suzi Ring | November 16, 2011

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is set to launch a City investigations and criminal litigation practice with the hire of Kingsley Napley heavyweight Stephen Pollard. Pollard is to join the top 20 US law firm's London arm in the New Year to found and head the practice along with a team of two associates. The move is the latest in a string of similar appointments by corporate law firms moving to build white collar crime practices in Europe.

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Collyer Bristow bolsters construction team with DAC partner

By Simon Petersen | November 16, 2011

Collyer Bristow has strengthened its London construction practice with a partner hire from legacy Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC). Jonathan Pawlowski joined the London law firm this month after leaving DAC in the days leading up to its merger with Beachcroft.

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LG grows City real estate with SJ Berwin hire

By Simon Petersen | November 15, 2011

LG is set to boost its City real estate practice with a hire from SJ Berwin. SJ Berwin senior associate Mark Mallon is set to join LG on 12 December as a partner in the real estate group. Mallon specialises in real estate investment and development work, with a client base including a number of overseas investment funds and companies, as well as UK-based retailers, hoteliers and land owners.

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BLP bolsters competition with hires from Freshfields and BG Group

By Suzi Ring | November 2, 2011

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has bulked up its competition arm with a new partner from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and a senior in-house counsel from BG Group. Elaine Whiteford joined BLP's City competition, European Union and trade group this week from her role at Freshfields, where she was of counsel. Whiteford specialises in competition litigation and is also a qualified barrister.

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The Legal Intelligencer

Greenberg Traurig Grabs Longtime Pepper Partner in Philadelphia

By Lizzy McLellan | September 4, 2019

Litigator A. Michael Pratt was chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association in 2008.

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National Law Journal

Ted Boutrous Notches Second Win Over White House Media Access

By Jacqueline Thomsen | September 3, 2019

U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras granted a preliminary injunction reinstating White House access for Playboy reporter and CNN analyst Brian Karem.

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Litigation Daily

Gibson Dunn's Boutrous Notches Second Win Over White House Media Access

By Jacqueline Thomsen | September 3, 2019

U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras granted a preliminary injunction reinstating White House access for Playboy reporter and CNN analyst Brian Karem.

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Litigation Daily

Greg Craig's Defense Closes With Jab at Star Prosecution Witnesses

By C. Ryan Barber | September 3, 2019

William Murphy of Zuckerman Spaeder called one of the witnesses an "occupational liar," and the other a "con artist" and "congenital liar."

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National Law Journal

Greg Craig's Defense Closes With Swipe at Star Prosecution Witnesses

By C. Ryan Barber | September 3, 2019

William Murphy of Zuckerman Spaeder called one of the witnesses an "occupational liar," and the other a "con artist" and "congenital liar."

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The Recorder

New Ethical Rules Governing Attorney Advertising

By Shari Klevens and Alanna Clair | September 3, 2019

Attorney advertising is not a matter of "anything goes." Instead, the ethical rules contain limitations on attorney advertising practices, which can at times be confusing in light of the many new advertising methods available to attorneys.

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Litigation Daily

After SDNY, Ex-Kirkland Partner Robert Khuzami Lands at Investment Firm

By Christine Simmons | September 3, 2019

Robert Khuzami, a former director of the SEC's enforcement division, Kirkland & Ellis partner and senior in-house lawyer at Deutsche Bank, was most recently the right-hand man to U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman in Manhattan.

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New York Law Journal

Ex-Kirkland Partner Robert Khuzami Lands at Investment Firm After US Attorney's Office in Manhattan

By Christine Simmons | September 3, 2019

Robert Khuzami, a former director of the SEC's enforcement division, Kirkland & Ellis partner and senior in-house lawyer at Deutsche Bank, was most recently the right-hand man to U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman in Manhattan.

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The Legal Intelligencer

Lamb McErlane Opens Phila. Office, Taking Pair From Sprague & Sprague

By Lizzy McLellan | September 3, 2019

Podraza said a chance at partnership and building a Philadelphia office drew him to the West Chester-based firm.

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National Law Journal

Senior DOJ Alum Rejoins Yates at King & Spalding

By Samantha Stokes | September 3, 2019

Alicia O'Brien will be a partner in the Atlanta-based firm's government investigations group in Washington.

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