Clifford Chance has hired its first City lateral of the year, bringing in a financial regulatory partner from Macfarlanes. The magic circle firm has hired London partner Paul Ellison, who will join the firm in May to focus on funds-related work. Ellison has been a financial regulatory partner at Macfarlanes for more than 16 years. […]
Ashurst has recruited a new funds partner in London from DLA Piper. Partner Doug Murning is leaving DLA Piper after more than three years. He joins the global loans practice of Ashurst, bringing expertise around credit fund and private equity financing. Murning previously worked in the London office of DLA Piper for three years, where […]
Kirkland & Ellis has lost its second partner in a matter of weeks, this time to US rival Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. The US firm has hired finance partner Ben Myers from the London outpost of the rival. He spent a number of years at Kirkland, where he had moved from the magic circle. As […]
Five funds and corporate lawyers have joined K&L Gates’ Hong Kong office as Orrick’s Hong Kong base shuts its doors. The team moving to K&L Gates is led by Orrick Hong Kong funds partners Sook Young Yeu and Scott Peterman. Of counsel William Ho has also joined K&L Gates as a partner, along with two […]
Kirkland & Ellis has brought a Paul Hastings lawyer into its London ranks, after the private equity team he was a part of returned to Hogan Lovells after a year. The US firm has taken on senior associate Tarsis Goncalves, who will become a partner in its investment funds team. Goncalves had joined Paul Hastings […]
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Days after Debevoise & Plimpton revealed its new office in Luxembourg, KPMG Legal is to make the same move with a team hire from Charles Russell Speechlys. The accountancy firm’s legal arm has opened a local office under the banner of “KPMG Law Luxembourg” and has hired David Louis, the head of Charles Russell Speechlys’ […]
Wealth solutions provider Lombard International has finalised its panel process, with two magic circle firms making it onto the roster. Baker McKenzie, DLA Piper, Linklaters and Allen & Overy have all landed places on the panel, which will be overseen by Lombard’s general counsel Monica Risam. She joined Lombard from Aviva at the start of 2018, […]
Morgan Lewis & Bockius has ramped up its funds offering in London, with two new partners from Morrison & Foerster. The two partners – Oliver Rochman and Rob Mailer – are bringing two associates with them to Morgan Lewis; Eliska van Wickern and Xun Choong. The four advise sponsors and investors of private investment funds, […]
European venture capital firm Atomico has brought in its first ever general counsel. The firm has hired Kasit Rochanakorn, who was previously executive director and senior counsel at Goldman Sachs. Rochanakorn worked at the investment banking giant for little more than a year, advising on the investments of its merchant banking division in private equity […]
Ropes & Gray has hired an investment funds partner from Linklaters to build its London practice. Tom Alabaster will move after spending three years at the magic circle firm, and will become the head of the EMEA funds practice at Ropes on his arrival. Prior to joining Linklaters Alabaster had spent time at Latham & […]
As recession hits the domestic market, Italian firms have been looking abroad for growth opportunities.