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Swedish law firm Vinge has appointed Stockholm banking partner Maria-Pia Hope as its new managing partner. Hope, who joined the firm in 1996 and made partner in 2003, will take over from current managing partner Michael Wigge no later than June 2012. Wigge is set to return [...]
Sweden’s Vinge names new managing partner as Wigge steps down
SNR Denton grows Hong Kong with SJ Berwin Asia managing partner
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SNR Denton has bulked up its Hong Kong office with the hire of former SJ Berwin Asia managing partner Daniel Liew. Liew joined the firm – which operates in Hong Kong as SNR Denton in association with Brandt Chan & Partners – this month as a partner [...]
Freshfields names new Paris managing partner
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Elie Kleiman as the new head of its Paris office.
Kleiman, who formerly headed up the firm’s dispute resolution practice, is set to take up the role of Paris managing partner on 1 November. He will hold the new position in conjunction with [...]
Roschier and Hannes Snellman managing partners break away to launch new firm
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The managing partners of Nordic law firms Roschier and Hannes Snellman have left their respective firms to launch a new venture in Helsinki.
Roschier’s Ulf-Henrik Kull and Hannes Snellman chief Carl-Henrik Wallin have joined forces to launch a new law firm, Avance Attorneys, which opened for business earlier [...]
Freshfields appoints new Middle East & North Africa managing partner
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Dubai corporate partner Pervez Akhtar as regional managing partner for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Akhtar took up a three-year term in the role with effect from 1 October, replacing M&A partner Bertrand Pellet.
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Herbert Smith Asia managing partner leaving to join Hong Kong regulator
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Herbert Smith’s Asia managing partner is resigning to become chief executive officer of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), reports The Asian Lawyer.
Ashley Alder is set to leave Herbert Smith – where he has been Asia head since 2005 – on 30 September, when he [...]
Sullivan names new London managing partner in City shake-up
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Sullivan & Cromwell has overhauled its City management with former Europe M&A head Richard Morrissey appointed as London managing partner, replacing current incumbents Rob Schlein and Vanessa Blackmore.
Morrissey’s appointment comes as corporate partner Craig Jones has been handed the first-time role of London office administrative partner, with [...]
Walkers appoints new global managing partner and chairman in top-level overhaul
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Offshore firm Walkers has overhauled its senior management team and elected both a new global managing partner and a new chairman.
Managing partner Grant Stein is to become the Cayman Islands’ firm’s chairman from 1 July, replacing current postholder Wayne Panton, who is retiring after more than 20 [...]
Davis Polk votes in Scot as firm’s first-ever non-US managing partner
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Davis Polk & Wardwell has announced that corporate head Thomas Reid has been elected managing partner of the US firm, reports The Am Law Daily.
Reid, who was born in Kircaldy in Scotland, is the first managing partner in Davis Polk’s history born outside the US. He attended [...]
Charles Russell managing partner to step down in top-level overhaul
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Charles Russell managing partner James Holder is set to step down from his post as part of a management overhaul that will see the firm have no managing partner from 1 May this year.
The firm confirmed in a statement today (25 March) that Holder had agreed to [...]