FRS has produced a report on gender diversity within
lateral partner moves in the London legal market.
His placements have repeatedly been listed on The American Lawyer's annual short list of the top
lateral partner moves worldwide.
Welcome to the latest round - up of
lateral partner moves in the legal market from Edwards Gibson; where we look back at announced partner - level recruitment activity in London over the past two months and give you a «who's moved where» update.
FRS has tracked
lateral partner moves in the Paris legal market and produced a summary of trends.
In terms of workload, firms are reporting that their practices are busy, and there have been some key
lateral partner moves in the US supporting the practices» business development efforts.
There was some discussion about the fact that lifelong partnership at one firm is a relic of the past; there is a constant merry - go - round of
lateral partners moving from firm to firm to firm.
Not exact matches
The magic circle firm, which overhauled its three - tier lockstep system in 2015, has long had the ability to reward top - performing
partners by
moving them above its core 100 - point plateau, but has previously opted against such a
move — even for
lateral hires in the highly competitive US market.
From Kirkland and Latham
laterals to Gibson Dunn and Hogan Lovells hires, a look back at some of 2017's biggest
partner moves
3) Question: I'm a law
partner with a big book of business looking to make a
lateral move.
That risk includes the potential of losing the
partner (and his / her clients) to a
lateral move.
Moving on to DC, we've thus far added one
lateral partner to our real estate practice.
Research into
lateral hiring trends at some of the largest international firms operating in the UK found that
partner - to -
partner recruitment jumped by 56 % in 2014 compared with 2013, with 117
moves compared with 75 the previous year.
That being said,
lateral moves have accounted for some of the most rewarding career maneuvers for associates and
partners alike.
Lateral partners with attractive portfolios and even entire practice groups
move firm to firm — something unheard of 20 years ago, according to the article.
After 15 years with that firm, he made a
lateral move into a smaller Milwaukee law firm, where he was a
partner and served as general counsel for the firm.
Lateral Moves Monitor tracks partner moves across the UK's top 50 law firms, capturing the practice specialism of the partner and geographical loca
Moves Monitor tracks
partner moves across the UK's top 50 law firms, capturing the practice specialism of the partner and geographical loca
moves across the UK's top 50 law firms, capturing the practice specialism of the
partner and geographical location.
Law360, New York (May 11, 2016, 4:08 PM ET)-- Ten percent fewer intellectual property
partners made
lateral job
moves in the first quarter of 2016 when compared with the year before, as the practice area grapples with major changes to how patent suits are litigated, according to experts and Law360 data.
During the fourth quarter of 2014 and first quarter of 2015, at least 118
partners at the 200 largest U.S. - based law firms by domestic headcount had made
lateral job
moves, while that number dropped 16 percent, to 99, during the fourth quarter of 2015 and first quarter of this year, according to data on law firm hiring collected by Law360.
In 2016's first quarter, at least 69 IP
partners made
lateral moves, which is a substantial number compared with other practice areas, but is a 10.3 percent decline from the 77
partners who made
moves in the first quarter last year.
Partner Departures &
Lateral Moves by Geri S. Krauss acts a guide to a process that once was rare but is becoming more common: partners making lateral moves to new firms (and sometimes taking large clients with
Lateral Moves by Geri S. Krauss acts a guide to a process that once was rare but is becoming more common: partners making lateral moves to new firms (and sometimes taking large clients with t
Moves by Geri S. Krauss acts a guide to a process that once was rare but is becoming more common:
partners making
lateral moves to new firms (and sometimes taking large clients with
lateral moves to new firms (and sometimes taking large clients with t
moves to new firms (and sometimes taking large clients with them).
My latest findings are that Q2 2012 may have been the worst quarter for
partner lateral hiring (in terms of numbers of hires announced) for almost five years if one takes into account the «Dewey 20»,
partners from the stricken firm forced to
move rapidly to new homes as the US titan sank beneath the waves of its own hubristic expansion (see graph).
Senior - level
lateral moves happen with great regularity as
partners seek new opportunities and are then replaced with by other
lateral recruits.
Other notable
lateral moves include Baker McKenzie Johannesburg losing prominent litigator Gerhard Rudolph to Allen & Overy (South Africa) LLP, though Rudolph's former firm did hire a prominent team of tax
partners in Stephan Spamer, Arnaaz Camay and Nishana Gosai from ENSafrica.
A former
partner with an AmLaw 100 firm, he focuses on helping
partners make successful
lateral moves.
Bird & Bird
partner Steven Baker is leading the team acting for the shareholders, having taken the work with him in a
lateral move from Olswang last year.