Two more partners departed the firm last month, with Covington & Burling
hiring competition partner Elaine Whiteford and Norton Rose Fulbright picking up disputes partner Paul Stothard.
Two more partners have left King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), with Covington & Burling
hiring competition partner Elaine Whiteford and Norton Rose Fulbright picking up disputes partner Paul Stothard.
Not exact matches
Hire your competition... Another strategy is to hire employees from competing firms — especially sales people — and team up with competitors» partners, suggests Sheetz - Run
Hire your
competition... Another strategy is to
hire employees from competing firms — especially sales people — and team up with competitors» partners, suggests Sheetz - Run
hire employees from competing firms — especially sales people — and team up with competitors»
partners, suggests Sheetz - Runkle.
Other recent moves in South Africa's disputes market included Herbert Smith Freehills» February
hire of Johannesburg
competition partner Jean Meijer from South African firm Bowmans, which recently executed a demerger with Francophone law firm John W Ffooks and promoted nine lawyers to
partner.
Baker & McKenzie has
hired Barclays head of
competition Nicola Northway as a
partner in its City office.
Ruttley joins Ince two years after Fieldfisher
hired him as a
competition and EU regulatory
partner from Clyde & Co, which he joined as a
partner in 2001 from Mayer Brown legacy firm Rowe & Maw.
However, elsewhere the firm has made a number of high profile
hires including, in March, CC's London
competition partner Alastair Mordaunt, who relocated to Freshfields» Hong Kong office to head up the
competition practice there.
In addition, Latham & Watkins
hired Freshfields
competition partner Michael Esser in May as a
partner in its Duesseldorf office.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has
hired former Shearman & Sterling
competition partner Trevor Soames in Brussels.
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has
hired Stephen Smith from Mayer Brown as a
partner in its
competition practice.
Cross is the first
hire for Cadwalader's London office since
competition partner Vincent Brophy joined from Jones Day in March 2015.
The US firm has
hired Linklaters
competition partner Wolfgang Deselaers, who has been a
partner at the magic circle firm since its 2001 merger with Oppenhoff & Raedler.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Derigner has
hired Clifford Chance (CC) London
partner Alastair Mordaunt to head its Asia
competition practice.
Nabarro has
hired Brian Sher as a
partner in the EU and
competition practice in London, and Chris Horsfield as a
partner in the dispute resolution team in Sheffield.
To the contrary, those about to embark upon that journey confront: (1) the daunting cost of law school; (2) an average of $ 120K debt for attending; (3) a job market where, nationally, close to half of all graduates do not have Bar - required employment nine months after graduation; (4) a widespread market perception that law school graduates — even those from elite schools — lack «practice ready» skills; (5) cut - backs in
hiring newly minted lawyers — even among many stalwart law firms; (6) an erosion of mentorship due in part to pressure on senior lawyers to «produce» more (7) the unlikelihood of making (equity)
partner; (8) instability of law firms; (9) global
competition; (10) technology companies creating products that replace services; and (11) a blizzard of negative press trumpeting the glum prospects for the profession; and (12) alternative career choices — finance, accounting, technology, etc. — that portend greener pastures and do not require the same time and financial commitment to prepare for entry.