A number of firms have made recent hires in London, including Gowling WLG, Bates Wells Braithwaite (BWB), and CMS. Gowling has hired Ben Stansfield, who previously served as head of environment and planning at…
Fladgate has hired a 10-strong real estate team from CMS in London. The hire comes just a month after Alan Karsberg and Simon Kanter, both real estate partners, left CMS for Fladgate. Karsberg and Kanter both previously…
White & Case has hired Simon Caridia, an infrastructure partner from Herbert Smith Freehills. He joins the firm’s London office, and is the firm’s 13th lateral partner hire in the City this year. Caridia began his…
Morgan Lewis & Bockius has hired two new partners in its London office, continuing its recent string of new hires. Both of the new joiners. Mike Pierides and Simon Lightman, will join Morgan Lewis as technology…
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang has recruited insurance partners Andrew Horton and Steven Wise from RPC. The duo will join Shirley Lau & Co, CMS’s associated firm in Hong Kong. Horton’s litigation and…
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang has revealed selected figures for the 2017/18 financial year, surpassing £500m UK revenue in its first year after its three-way merger. The UK firm’s revenue rose £29m to…
Mayer Brown has landed a best friends agreement with Saudi firm Al-Yaqoub Attorneys & Legal Advisers. The agreement gives Mayer Brown a deeper presence in the Middle East, where it currently has only one office, which…
CMS in Hong Kong has agreed to enter an association with Shirley Lau & Co., a young firm started by commercial and corporate finance partner Shirley Lau, formerly of Troutman Sanders. Lau started her firm after…
Eversheds Sutherland has hired employment partner Sophie White from London boutique Abbiss Cadres. White specializes in employment cases in a number of sectors, including healthcare, private equity, financial services…
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang has announced its first promotions round since last year’s three-way merger, with 47 new partners being made up. Among the 11 practices that benefited from the promotions,…