Hogan Lovells has hired Antonia Croke as a partner in the firm’s London office. She previously worked as a senior associate at Ashurst, also in London. Croke is known as a dispute resolution expert, and will be a…
Several firms have announced recent new hires, including Eversheds Sutherland, DLA Piper, and Ashurst. Eversheds hired Stewart Womersley, who joins the firm’s corporate practice from Addleshaw Goddard. DLA Piper…
Ashurst has hired Matthew Wood, a finance partner who joins the firm from White & Case. Wood spent 17 years at White & Case, where he trained in 2002. At Ashurst, Wood will oversee operations for the firm’s…
Bruna Pellicci is slated to leave her position as global IT director at Ashurst for a new role with Linklaters. Upon joining Linklaters, Pellicci will become the firm’s new chief technology officer. She has spent a…
Debevoise & Plimpton has hired Gareth Hughes in the firm’s Hong Kong office. He joins Debevoise as a litigation partner and brings 15 years of Hong Kong experience to the firm. Hughes comes to Debevoise from…
Christopher Georgiou has returned to Ashurst, where he previously spent 14 years before taking on a role at Condor, an alternative legal service from Fieldfisher. Prior to joining Condor, Georgiou was a member of…
Pinsent Masons and its former Spanish best friend law firm Ramón & Cajal have reached a conclusion in their lawsuit from 2016. After failed merger talks, Pinsents hired four of Ramón’s lawyers: Antonio Sánchez…
Jones Day has hired finance partners Lee Federman and Ewen Scott to its banking, finance and securities practice in London. Federman joins the firm from Dentons, which he joined as a partner in 2015. His expertise is…
Jones Day has recruited finance partners Ewen Scott and Lee Federman from Ashurst and Dentons respectively in London. Scott’s expertise is in refinancing and restructuring, bilateral and syndicated financing, and…
Ashurst has halved its London secretarial staff by axing 54 of 100 jobs after a review putting 80 positions at risk of redundancy. As 98% of the firm’s secretarial staff are female, women are suffering the brunt of…