Dechert has hired PwC’s Joachim Kayser, who joins the firm’s Frankfurt office as a partner on the financial services team. Meanwhile, Watson Farley has hired Bjorn-Axel Diβars from Latham & Watkins. He joins…
Two CMS Cameron McKenna partners have exited the firm prior to the firm’s merger, which took place this week. Peter Crichton left the firm to join McDermott Will & Emery in London as a partner in the firm’s…
Linklaters has announced a new flexible work option for its associates in Germany, in which lawyers could arrange a fixed-hours work week. Under the new program, associates could sign on for a fixed 40-hour work week…
McDermott Will & Emery will be closing its Rome office on 30 September, a decision stemming from a recent strategic review by the firm’s executive committee. Carlo Paolella, the firm’s Italy head, said McDermott will…
Allen & Overy (A&O) has hired two partners from the Houston office of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft. Gregory Mocek and Anthony Mansfield, who will both work in A&O’s investigations and litigation group, will be based in…
Several US firms have hired partners in their international offices this week, expanding their overseas operations. In London, David Adler of McDermott Will & Emery has been hired by Bryan Cave, while Sidley Austin…
Michael Cziesla has left his post as EUME senior partner at King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) to join the Frankfurt office of US firm McDermott Will & Emery. The move comes just a few months after Cziesla was appointed as…
US firms Mayer Brown and McDermott Will & Emery have announced new partner promotions in London, with two partner promotions in the City coming from Mayer Brown and one from McDermott. Mayer Brown has promoted…
Alicia Videon, Olswang’s head of restructuring & insolvency, has left to join US firm McDermott Will & Emery. Her departure marks the first exit since a potential merger was announced between Olswang, CMS Cameron…
McDermott Will & Emery corporate and transactional head Ira Coleman has been elected as the firm’s next global chairman. Coleman has worked at the firm for 24 years and currently serves as head of McDermott’s Miami…