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…
Pinsent Masons has hired energy partner Brian Scott in the firm’s Singapore office. He joins the firm from Herbert Smith Freehills, where he worked for 14 years. While at HSF, Scott specialized in oil and gas, and…
Eversheds Sutherland has hired John Siu, who joins the firm from Herbert Smith Freehills. He will join the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner, and will work in the Financial Services Disputes and Investigations…
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Charles Russell Speechlys have announced retention rates for the firms’ autumn qualification rounds. HSF revealed that of 38 qualifiers, 33 applied for jobs with the firm, and 31…
Morgan Lewis & Bockius has hired a corporate trio from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), led by HSF London private equity head Mark Geday. Geday is joined by corporate partners Tomasz Wozniak and Nicholas Moore. Geday…
Norton Rose Fulbright has hired M&A partner Paul Lingard from Clifford Chance and corporate partner Miriam D’Souza from Herbert Smith Freehills in Perth. Lingard’s expertise is in operational issues, complex M&A…
Fieldfisher has announced the launch of a legal support center in Belfast, a city that has become a trending site in which to open in the past few years. The firm has 14 people attached to the new office so far, and…
Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed a new director of corporate crime and investigations, hiring partner Cameron Dunstan-Smith from Bowman Gilfillan in South Africa. Dunstan-Smith began his career as a clerk at…
In the wake of a record-breaking year for Watson Farley & Williams (WFW), this year’s financials show more modest growth in revenue and a dip in profit per equity partner (PEP). WFW’s revenue rose by 3% to…
Allen & Overy has rehired partner Bob Penn from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton just two years after he departed from the firm. Penn was a partner at A&O for nearly ten years, serving as the head of its…