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Hogan Lovells has strengthened its London corporate practice with the hire of Eversheds’ Russia chief David Levin.
Levin, who joins the firm today (9 January), has been at Eversheds since 2008, before which he led US firm Chadbourne & Parke’s London corporate practice.
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Hogan Lovells boosts City corporate with Eversheds Russia practice chief
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 [...]
BLP grows projects practice with hire of Allen & Overy partner
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Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has turned to Allen & Overy (A&O) for its latest hire, taking projects partner Andrei Baev. Baev joins the top 15 UK firm’s finance practice today (14 December) from A&O’s London office. He has worked at the firm for 11 years, including in [...]
SJ Berwin’s Yam quits to launch Reed Smith private equity practice
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SJ Berwin is set to lose City corporate partner Perry Yam, who is joining Reed Smith to launch a private equity practice in the US firm’s London office. The venture capital-specialist private equity partner, who resigned yesterday had been at SJ Berwin for sixteen years, becoming a [...]
BLP grows projects practice with A&O hire
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Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has turned to Allen & Overy (A&O) for its latest hire, taking projects partner Andrei Baev. Baev joins the top 15 UK firm’s finance practice today (14 December) from A&O’s London office. He has worked at the firm for 11 years, including in [...]
Bird & Bird boosts City energy with hire of former Dundas practice chief
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Bird & Bird has bulked up its City energy team with the hire of former Dundas & Wilson infrastructure co-head Andrew Renton.
Renton joined Bird & Bird’s international energy and utilities group this month after his departure from Dundas’ London office was announced in September this year. [...]
Reed Smith grows Middle East practice with Holland & Knight hires
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Reed Smith has strengthened its Middle Eastern corporate practice with a two-lawyer hire from Holland & Knight.
Holland & Knight corporate partner and Abu Dhabi head Donald Moore is set to join the US firm’s local office as a partner, bringing the total number of partners in the [...]
DAC Beachcroft names practice heads as merged firm goes live
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DAC Beachcroft has announced its line-up of sector and practice group heads as the newly-merged law firm goes live today (31 October).
Legacy Beachcroft partners have received the bulk of the management roles, with just two of the 13 positions taken up by legacy Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC) [...]
DLA bolsters City insurance practice with long-serving CMS partner
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DLA Piper is strengthening its City insurance and reinsurance team with a partner hire from CMS Cameron McKenna. Andrew Symons is set to join DLA’s litigation and regulation group after 16 years at CMS.
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