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Gateley has added two partners to its Scottish practice, taking on real estate specialist Caroline James from Tods Murray and Squire Sanders corporate recovery expert Tim Cooper.
The firm, known as HBJ Gateley north of the border, has recruited James for its Glasgow office while Cooper will be [...]
Gateley adds two partners in Scotland as recent recruitment continues
Norton Rose adds two to international natural resources practice
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Norton Rose has added to its international natural resources expertise with one partner hire each in Australia and South Africa. Baker & McKenzie construction and engineering lawyer Simon Bellas has moved to Norton Rose in Perth, while Bowman Gilfillan commodities-specialist finance partner Lodewyk Meyer has joined the [...]
Shearman adds four to City partnership in annual promotion round
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Shearman & Sterling has become the latest US firm to announce its global partner promotions, with nearly half of new partners joining in the firm’s City office. Thomas Donegan is joining the global financial regulatory practice area in London, while Peter Hayes will be joining the finance [...]
NCTM adds seven to the equity in annual promotions round
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NCTM has announced its annual equity partner promotions with seven of the Italian firm’s salary partners set to join the top rank in the New Year. Piero Corigliano, Carlo Grignani, Lorena Possagno, Matteo Trapani and Pietro Zanoni will all join the firm’s equity rank in the corporate [...]
Reed Smith adds to structured finance taking BLP’s Box
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Reed Smith has made another high-profile hire in its London office, bringing in Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) structured finance chief Tamara Box.
Box, who focuses on structured finance and securitisation transactions, derivatives, debt capital markets and debt restructurings, will be joining the US firm’s City base in the [...]
Stephenson Harwood adds two partners in Asia with Bird & Bird and Bakers hires
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Stephenson Harwood has made a double corporate partner hire in Greater China, including a partner from UK rival Bird & Bird. Bird & Bird corporate partner Matthew Wong has joined the top 30 City firm in Hong Kong, while Baker & McKenzie special counsel ChunFai (CF) Lui [...]
Sidley adds capital markets partner in Shanghai with Bakers hire
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Sidley Austin has recruited a capital markets partner for its Shanghai office with a hire from Baker & McKenzie, reports The Asian Lawyer.
Anthony Jacobsen, a Hong Kong-qualified partner in Bakers’ commercial and securities group in Shanghai, principally advises Chinese companies on Hong Kong law aspects of overseas [...]
CC adds partner to London high yield practice with Latham hire
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Clifford Chance (CC) has added a high yield finance partner in London office with the hire of Latham & Watkins senior associate Fabio Diminich.
Diminich, who began his career as an associate with Weil Gothsal & Manges in Washington DC, joined CC earlier this week (10 October). [...]
Taylor Wessing adds partner to City hotels team with Edwin Coe hire
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Taylor Wessing has grown its City hotels practice with the hire of a partner from Edwin Coe.
Ronald Graham, Edwin Coe’s head of hotels and hospitality, will join Taylor Wessing later this month (24 October). His practice focuses on advising owners and investors on their hotel and leisure [...]
Mishcons adds duo of partners with Travers and Field Fisher hires
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Mishcon de Reya has bulked up its City office with the hire of two partners from Travers Smith and Field Fisher Waterhouse.
Travers banking partner Michael Bardell and Field Fisher intellectual property (IP) partner Lewis Cohen have both joined Mishcons’ corporate and IP practices respectively in recent weeks. [...]