Reed Smith has hired Omar Al-Ali, who joins the firm’s London office as a partner. He specializes in commodities finance and structured trade, and will work in the firm’s energy and natural resources practice. He…
Morgan Lewis & Bockius has made several recent hires in its offices throughout Asia, most recently in Tokyo. Motonori “Moto” Araki and Mitsuyoshi “Mitsu” Saito have joined Morgan Lewis from Morrison &…
TLT has announced the hire of Nick Shenken, who has been appointed as a real estate and clean energy partner in the firm’s Glasgow office. He joins from Pinsent Masons. Simmons & Simmons has hired an IP team from…
Simmons & simmons has appointed its new Tokyo head from New Zealand firm Kensington Swan. Kensington Japan head Aaron Patience returns to Simmons after departing in 2016, having held positions as a solicitor from 2017…
Jones Day has hired infrastructure and energy partner Richard Kramer from Simmons & Simmons in Tokyo. Kramer’s career began at Shearman & Sterling, working in the firm’s offices in New York, Tokyo, and Abu Dhabi.…
Simmons & Simmons has posted surging growth figures for both its revenue and profit per equity partner (PEP). The London firm’s revenue rose 12% to £354m in the 2017/8 financial year, a significant improvement on…
DWF has hired construction partner Iftikhar Ali from Simmons & Simmons in London. Ali will join DWF’s insurance practice, focusing his efforts on construction, power, and engineering cases. At Simmons he worked as…
DLA Piper has made the official announcement of its Dublin launch, confirming expectations that have been circulating as other firms also set up offices in the city in preparation for Brexit. The first partner hired…
UK lateral hires by US law firms saw a significant rise from 2016 to 2017, with the number of lateral hires in the UK performed by the 50 largest US law firms nearly doubling from 80 to 140, as reported by The…
Simmons & Simmons has promoted nine lawyers to partner in its promotions round, focusing on the UK, but with promotions in Paris, Munich, and Singapore as well. Four women received promotions, nearing the 50% mark for…