International attorney recruitment is strong in Brazil. According to UK legal publication Legal Week, Davis Polk is set to enter the booming Brazilian M&A market with the addition of two partners formerly at Mayer Brown in Sao Paolo. In connection with this development, Charles River Recruiting principal Adam S. Weiss was quoted in the leading [...]
The 2010 year showed that, while short of the banner year of 2009, when close to 3000 partners moved laterally, lateral partner recruiting is still strong in the NLJ-250. From Bingham’s acquisition of McKee Nelson (120-person tax and structured finance specialists in Washington DC), to smaller 1- and 2-person moves, partners throughout the top firms [...]
International legal firms in London are reportedly seeing a striking increase in lateral partner hiring. Legal Week research shows that increasing numbers of firms are recruiting lateral partner hires, an almost 50 percent rebound in the last year alone. Legal Week research surveyed 62 Square Mile international firms that have foreign practices operating in London. [...]
Los Angeles-based Paul, Hastings continues the trend of US firms recruiting UK talent in London, with the announcement that Garrett Hayes, formerly of Macfarlanes, will be joining the firm. Hayes, an M&A and private equity specialist, had been a partner at Macfarlane’s since 2005. This latest lateral addition continues the expansion of the Paul, Hastings [...]
Global legal recruiting continuing strong The year 2010 furnished more evidence that US-based firms are seeking international legal recruitment, with a continuing trend toward expanding their geographic footprints. For example, demonstrating that European legal recruitment is quite active, K&L Gates opened two new offices in 2010 (Tokyo and Moscow), with Brussels slated to open in [...]
White & Case recently recruited eight lawyers and 42 staff from German insolvency boutique Schröder Rechtsanwälte. The Berlin legal recruitment took about half the German law firm’s lawyers. The team will focus on “major and difficult insolvency proceedings.” Action on the continent is looking promising, but it’s too early to say whether 2010 will be [...]
Forget Dubai. A recent survey by Eversheds predicts Shanghai will overtake London as a world financial center within the decade. But do London lawyers stand to lose the most – or Hong Kong’s? And will we see the largest increase in Shanghai legal recruitment or in Hong Kong legal recruiting? Some in Hong Kong are [...]
To Hong Kong or not Hong Kong? It’s still a good question. Some years ago, mainland Chinese companies that made an initial public offering in Hong Kong would also list their offering on a U.S. market. Such dual listings are now more rare – and that presents lost opportunities to U.S. firms that have no [...]
