Signature Litigation, a dispute-focused firm, has launched a new office in Paris. The office will be led by a team of three partners, including Thomas Rouhette, Syvie Gallage-Alwis, and Emmanuèle Lutfalla. Meanwhile,…
Adrian Maguire, a private equity star at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, has departed from the firm to join Kirkland &…
Kirkland & Ellis has announced that Jon Ballis will take over as chair in 2020, when current chair Jeffrey Hammes is slated to step down from the position. Ballis is based in…
The Hong Kong Law Society has announced new proposed rules that would restrict the employment prospects for foreign lawyers working in Hong Kong. The announcement has drawn a backlash from firms, 15 of which have…
Kirkland & Ellis has announced the launch of a new Paris office, a move that follows years of consideration by the firm.
To launch the new office, the firm has brought on
White & Case has hired Gilles Teerlinck, a capital markets partner who joins the firm’s London office. He focuses on international securities transactions, and specializes in high…
Kirkland & Ellis has promoted a total of 122 lawyers to partner, a new record for the firm. The promotions include 10 new partners in the firm’s London office. The…
Private equity specialist Daniel Lindsey has been hired by Goodwin Procter in Hong Kong. He joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis,…
US firm Kirkland & Ellis has hired Kate Stephenson as a partner in the firm’s London office. She joins Kirkland’s restructuring practice, where she will focus on…
Kirkland & Ellis has landed the hire of corporate veteran Sean Wheeler from Latham & Watkins in Houston. Wheeler’s expertise is in…
Baker McKenzie’s 2017/18 financial report shows a banner year for the firm, confirming its spot as the third highest billing firm in the world, losing out only to
Cooley has hired corporate partner Henry Yin from Kirkland & Ellis in Beijing.
Yin began at
Shearman & Sterling has rehired corporate rainmaker Ward McKimm from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, just three years…
Kirkland & Ellis has announced the launch of an office in Dallas, its second in Texas. The branch will open with eight partners, six of whom are being recruited from US…
Following the wave of firms that have made similar moves in the last few weeks, Allen & Overy and Linklaters have raised their starting salaries…