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 [...]
June 22, 2011–New York-based Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP announced today that leading real estate attorneys Wallace L. Schwartz and Adam M. Endick have joined the firm as partners to launch the firm’s real estate practice. Both were formerly with Skadden, where Mr. Schwartz served as global head of Skadden’s Real Estate Group. According [...]
Implications for lateral legal recruiting, e.g., bankruptcy legal recruiting. Despite the lingering effects of the 2008-2009 recession, some law firms are benefitting from strong countercyclical practices. Such may be the case at Cadwalader, where government investigations and antitrust- and financial services litigation have reportedly been strong. And Curtis Mallet reports a 24% rise in profits [...]
It seems four Latham & Watkins newly recruited partners have made a New Year’s resolution to move on: M&A partner David Schwartzbaum (New York), commercial and IP litigator Kenneth Fitzgerald (San Diego), and IP litigators Emmanuel Baud and Jean-Christophe Tristant (Paris). The partner recruiting took place in New York, San Diego, and Paris. San Diego [...]
