Two partners from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s Moscow office have departed from the firm to launch their own independent firm. The new firm, which will operate as Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners (RGP), is led by…
DLA Piper has hired litigator Levi Heath from Barnes & Thornburg in Los Angeles. Heath joined Barnes as a partner in 2011. Prior to that he held positions at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Pfeiffer Thigpen…
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has raised its salaries globally, following the recent trend set by Cravath Swaine & Moore’s pay scale hike. Akin Gump’s starting pay for associates will now be $190,000, with a…
Osborne Clarke has hired partner Simon Thomas from Macfarlanes. Though Thomas worked in Macfarlanes investment management group, he will join Osborne Clarke in the firm’s financial services team. Thomas first joined…
Macfarlanes has announced its 2018 promotions round, with four lawyers being promoted to partner. Taking on their new roles in May, the four made-up partners are investment management lawyer Samuel Brooks, commercial…
Norton Rose Fulbright and Akin Gump have announced salary raises for trainees. Norton Rose first years will receive a 5 per cent raise from £42,000 to £44,000, with second years receiving a 2 per cent increase from…
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld M&A partner Li Chen has been hired by Shearman & Sterling. Chen previously spent eight years as a Shearman associate before joining Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in 2011. She was hired by…
A number of firms have announced new hires in Asia recently, including a duo of partners hired in the Shanghai office of Linklaters. The firm brought on corporate partner Simon Meng of King & Wood Mallesons and Andrew…
Several firms have revealed 2016 financial results, with Sidley Austin reporting a 17% increase in turnover at its London office, where revenue rose to £75.2m for the year. The firm made several lateral hires in 2016,…
Gregory Puff has left his post as Asia managing partner at Akin Gump to launch a new tech start-up. Puff exited the firm in December 2016 to become founder and CEO at uFo Ordering Services, a start-up focusing on food…