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Norton Rose is set to lose one of its most high-profile litigation partners, with Antony Dutton set to join the City office of Dechert after resigning from the top 10 UK firm today (5 January).
Dutton, who has been at Norton Rose for 22 years, recently stepped down [...]
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RPC opens up new Bristol base with hire of 28-strong CMS team
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Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has officially opened its new Bristol office today (3 January) with the hire of a 28-strong team from CMS Cameron McKenna.
The CMS team comprises seven partners – one of who is joining RPC as a legal director – 11 associates and 10 back [...]
Mayer Brown set to see five partner departures from City base
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Mayer Brown is set to see five partner departures from its London office in the coming weeks, with the outgoing partners joining firms including White & Case and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe. Commercial litigators Simon Willis and Matthew Lawson are departing from the US firm to join [...]
A&O continues global growth with launch of new base in Istanbul
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Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the latest law firm to announce a launch in Istanbul, with London banking partner Charles Lindsay set to relocate to Turkey to head up the new office.
The office will focus on English law project finance, capital markets, general lending and M&A, [...]
CC global aerospace and defence head exits for US firm’s Frankfurt base
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Clifford Chance’s (CC) global head of aerospace and defence Georg Linde is leaving to join US firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher in Frankfurt.
The Frankfurt-based partner has been at CC since 1999, and made partner in 2005. His practice covers corporate, M&A and private equity, with a particular [...]
US firm Edwards Wildman’s City base hires third 2Birds partner this year
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Edwards Wildman Palmer has made its third London partner hire from Bird & Bird this year, as the US firm completes a rebrand in the wake of its merger with Chicago’s Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon.
The firm, formerly known as Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, has recruited [...]
Field Fisher corporate partner exits to join US firm’s London base
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Baker Botts has strengthened its London office with the hire of corporate partner Neil Foster from Field Fisher Waterhouse.
Foster, who focuses on M&A, venture capital and private equity, will join the US firm’s 11-partner City base, which is headed up by corporate partner Tony Higginson.
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Pinsents set to relocate Bristol staff after closing down regional base
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Pinsent Masons is set to close its Bristol base next year with all lawyers to be relocated to the firm’s other offices.
The move, first reported on RollOnFriday today (9 September), will see the firm close its southwest office by the end of February 2012, after taking the [...]
Ireland’s Dillon Eustace opens second Asia base with Hong Kong launch
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Irish firm Dillon Eustace has bolstered its Asian practice with an office launch in Hong Kong.
Corporate and M&A partner Paul Moloney will head the office, which opened today (1 September) and will provide European financial and regulatory advice to the firm’s existing Asian clients.
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Hogan Lovells media team joins Bird & Bird’s new Hamburg base
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Bird & Bird has more than doubled the size of its new Hamburg office with the hire of an 11-lawyer media and telecoms team from Hogan Lovells.
The team is led by media and competition partner Stefan Engels, who co-heads Hogan Lovells’ international technology, media and telecoms (TMT) [...]