By now, firms have significant experience with
lateral partner hiring and their own ability to assess how they have done over the years.
Jones Day hires HSF's former head of Middle East finance, as Winston & Strawn makes double
partner hire from Akin Gump
Hot on the heels
of partner hires in London, Paris and Germany Gibson Dunn's Gefffen sets out European expansion plans
One of the youngest Lawdragon 500 members ever, he was the first lateral
partner hired by Williams & Connolly in 22 years.
RPC has made a
double partner hire from Sedgwick's London office, after the US firm announced that it is set to close early next year.
Her resume includes stints at Pinterest, Bessemer Venture Partners and Greylock Partners, but last year she became the first woman
partner hired at Benchmark, where one of her focuses is cryptocurrencies.
While some commentators have attempted to question the effectiveness of lateral
partner hiring as a growth strategy, it is unlikely that today's law firms could have achieved their current size, breadth of practice, office dispersion, revenue, brand power and profitability without it.
Reed Smith, Mishcon de Reya and Simmons & Simmons are all set to boost their London offices
with partner hires from King & Wood Mallesons» (KWM) stricken European business.
Cadwalader makes first
UK partner hire since 2015 as Jeremy Cross becomes latest to leave KWM in London
Notable moves in 2016, according to the data collected by Law360, include six
IP partner hires by Barnes & Thornburg LLP, which included a team from Brinks Gilson & Lione.
But that pales in comparison to reported compensation for some former
Cravath partners hired away by competing law firms, the New York Times reports.
But that pales in comparison to reported compensation for some former Cravath
partners hired away...
He is the
11th partner hire the firm has made since opening its Manchester base last summer, as it looks to continue boosting its corporate team following the hire of Irwin Mitchell's Jon Close into the practice last year.
Nabarro has launched its first Manchester office with a trio of real
estate partner hires from Addleshaw Goddard, including practice head Mark Haywood.
Hogan Lovells is to make its first
City partner hire since its merger at the beginning of the month.
Macfarlanes is launching a base in Brussels to accommodate one of its
recent partner hires from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), after closing its Johannesburg office at the end of 2016.
Macfarlanes has turned to Speechly Bircham for a
rare partner hire, with the re-appointment of Charles Gothard to its private client practice.
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and Keystone Law have become the latest firms to
announce partner hires from King & Wood Mallesons» (KWM) European arm.
The firm expects to beef up its incoming associate class this fall to meet the growing demand, in addition to making
strategic partner hires in the intellectual property and regulatory areas, according to Short.
JS Partners, which will will adopt the Fieldfisher brand, has made
several partner hires ahead of the tie - up, notably antitrust partner Zhaofeng Zhou, who joined as managing partner this July from Bird & Bird's Beijing office.
Sarah Morton - Ramwell (pictured) will be the first
partner hired into the firm to exclusively focus on pro bono work.
Kapal claimed that several venture capital funds like
SAIF Partners hire designers from this school to work on the design UI / UX aspect of their portfolio startups.
Beyond giving our service members a taste of home, Starbucks has been a supporter of USO
alliance partner Hire Heroes USA through both funding and Career Opportunity Day hosting.
Furthermore, since many science departments are dominated by men, and since many female scientists are married to other scientists,
partner hiring offers an opportunity to diversify some science faculties.
Junior faculty, for whom a given policy was «very» or «somewhat» important, rated the following policies as least effective on their campuses: childcare, financial assistance with housing, spousal /
partner hiring programs, professional assistance in obtaining outside funding, and formal mentoring.
At CICS, the School Management Organization (SMO)
partners hire staff and faculty, provide professional development services, and manage the schools for performance results at the campus level.
The collapse of Dewey & LeBoeuf helped
drive partner hiring by US law firms in London to record levels in 2012, with senior lateral recruitment in the City climbing by almost 40 % during the last calendar year.
Slaughter and May has made its second - ever
external partner hire in Hong Kong, and its third - ever globally, as investigations and litigation lawyer Wynne Mok joins as a partner.
This experience recounted by a recently - hired team is a snapshot of the lateral
partner hiring process in the City in 2015.
Specialist pensions law boutique ARC Pensions Law continues its rapid expansion with another
key partner hire, this time from the established pensions law practice at international law firm Gowling WLG's London office...
International law firms favoured continental Europe and Asia - Pacific ahead of the Middle East for lateral
partner hiring last year, Legal Week research has revealed.
Latham & Watkins has made its
sixth partner hire in London in two months, with the recruitment of Slaughter and May structured finance partner Sanjev Warna - kula - suriya.
A survey of 46 international firms with a presence in the UK, the majority of which are US outfits, showed that they made a total of 224
partner hires across Asia, continental Europe and the Middle East in 2014.
KPMG has made two senior
corporate partner hires from Eversheds Sutherland and Shoosmiths to ramp up its legal services offering across the UK.
DWF has turned to Addleshaws for its
latest partner hires, recruiting Manchester - based banking partner Helen Corner for its corporate banking team and Leeds employment partner Rob Riley.
SNR Denton has made its second London
energy partner hire in recent weeks, with the addition of Humphrey Douglas from legacy Barlow Lyde & Gilbert.
Dechert is to further bulk up its City arm with the hire of LG banking and finance partner Charles Malpass, with the recruitment marking Dechert's
fifth partner hire in London since April.
A&O picks up third and
fourth partner hires from Simmons in City in as many months as it targets US and Germany for further IP growth
John Balsdon becomes latest partner to leave HSF in recent months as Latham's City
partner hires hit 13 since January
Holman Fenwick Willan has made its first
aerospace partner hire in Europe since launching the practice with an eight - partner team hire from legacy Barlow Lyde & Gilbert last year.