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Addleshaw Goddard Browne Jacobson The firm continues to grow its real estate Projects partner Stephen Matthew joins from practice with the hire of Helen Worth. She joins Nabarro, specialising in public sector projects, from Cordells, a specialist real-estate firm in particularly in local governments. Hong Kong, which she co-founded. The firm has also hired banking litigation specialist Richard Bristows Clayton, from TLT. The firm has added to its TMT practice with the hire of Chris Holder from Bird & Bird. Holder Akin Gump Strauss Hauer specialises in advising clients in relation to large The US firm has poached a large group of scale national and international IT infrastructure lawyers and partners from Bingham McCutchen, outsourcing transactions. Theo Savvides is a prior to Bingham’s merger with Morgan Lewis. further addition, joining the firm as head of its The London partners moving to Akin Gump are: Copyright & Digital Media Litigation Group. He James Roome (Bingham’s managing partner, joins from Osborne Clarke where he was co- restructuring), John Holton (funds), Thiha Tun head of the IP Litigation practice. (corporate), Vance Chapman (corporate), James Terry (restructuring), Sarah Smith (structured Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft finance), Stuart Sinclair (corporate tax), Mark David Quirolo re-joins the New York firm’s global Mansell (finance), Emma Simmonds capital markets group from Ashurst. He (restructuring), Barry G. Russell (restructuring), previously worked at Cadwalader in New York Stephen Peppiatt (restructuring), Liz Osborne and London and specialises in securitisation and (restructuring), Helen Marshall (financial services structured finance. regulation), Christopher Leonard (financial services regulation), Richard Hornshaw (financial Carpmaels & Ransford litigation), Dr Christian Halasz (restructuring), The niche IP firm has hired two partners from Davina Garrod (competition), Neil Devaney Arnold & Porter; Ian Kirby, who joins as head of (restructuring), Mark Dawkins (financial the dispute resolution team, focusing on multi- litigation), John Clark (funds), Tom Bannister jurisdictional patent litigations and IP disputes; (restructuring), Angeli Arora (corporate). and Jonathan Day who specialises in intellectual property, with a broad practice covering most Andrews Kurth aspects of IP law. The Texan firm has recruited John Conlin, an energy partner specialising in upstream oil and Clyde & Co gas transactions, from Norton Rose Fulbright. The international firm has hired Stuart McAlpine, a shipping finance specialist, from Mayer Brown. Bird & Bird Joining the international firm from CMS Collyer Bristow Cameron McKenna is Joanne Wheeler, a TMT The firm has recruited family lawyer Philippa commercial partner, specialising in telecoms Dolan into its private client group. She joins from with major satellite industry experience. Ashfords.

Boies Schiller & Flexner Dechert Leading international arbitration partner Wendy The firm has hired David Hughes, who was most Miles joins the New York firm from Wilmer Hale, recently the Head of Banking and Finance becoming head of the firm’s global arbitration Litigation at BLP. team.

Dentons Fladgate Andrew Henderson joins the firm’s real estate Commercial litigation and international team from Herbert Smith Freehills, where he arbitration specialist Steven Mash joins from was a senior associate. Crowell & Moring. He will kick-start the firm’s London arbitration practice. Another hire for the DLA Piper firm is tax partner Hamilton Forrest from The firm has hired finance lawyer David Nelligan Rosenblatt. from Simmons & Simmons. He joins the projects and finance group. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson The firm has appointed the de facto head of the Druces London office of Kirkland & Ellis, Graham White, Litigation and arbitration partner Charles as its London managing partner and head of the Spragge joins the firm from CMS Cameron firm’s private equity practice in Europe. The firm McKenna. He specialises in banking and finance has also hired tax partner Nick Thornton from disputes. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe.

Duane Morris Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Corporate partner Saionton Basu joins the firm Private equity specialist Charlie Geffen joins the from Pennington Manches, where he was co- US firm from Ashurst, where he was a senior head of the firm’s India practice. partner. He will chair the London corporate practice. Also joining from Ashurst’s corporate DWF team is Mark Sperotto. The national firm has added Alan Owens to its commercial litigation practice. Owens joins from Greenberg Traurig Maher Morrison & Foerster and has over 19 years’ The firm has hired Graham Iverson as Head of experience on a wide range of UK and cross- UK Tax, from Slaughter and May. In addition to border commercial litigation cases. Commercial this, the firm has recruited structured finance real estate partner, Chris Seel, also joins from partner Pierre Brochet from McDermott Will & Stephenson Harwood, bringing with him two Emery. senior associates. Gunnercooke Edwin Coe The Manchester based firm continues to add to The firm has bolstered its litigation team with its London office with the hire of ex-Nationwide the hire of Shams Rahman from Bishop & Sewell. General Counsel Liz Kelly. She joins the He specialises in commercial and property corporate team. related litigation. Hughes Fowler Carruthers Farrer & Co Family partner Mark Harper has joined the firm The firm has recruited two new partners; from Withers, where he was a senior partner. Siobhan Jones joins from Penningtons Manches and specialises in property disputes. Marianne Hunton & Williams Kafena joins the firm’s private client practice The firm expands its global energy and from Kleinwort Benson, where she was Head of infrastructure practice with the hire of Andrew Wealth Management. Thomas. He joins from Fasken Martineau, where he helped develop an energy and natural resources-focused international finance practice.

Irwin Mitchell Kirkland & Ellis Irwin Mitchell has added to its real estate The Chicago headquartered firm has hired offering with the hire of real estate partner Matthew Gerber into its corporate team. He Ayesha Hasan from Locke Lord. joins from DMC Partners and is a private equity specialist. Ince & Co Joining the firm as Head of EU and Competition Lewis Silkin Law is Philippe Ruttley, from Field Fisher The firm adds dual qualified French and English Waterhouse. partner Marie-Caroline Frochot to its corporate practice, from Field Fisher Waterhouse. Jones Day The US firm has added to its finance, corporate Linklaters and US high yield offering in a recent hiring Simon Price joins the Magic Circle firm from spree. Justin Conway joins the banking and Herbert Smith Freehills. He specialises in finance practice, from DLA Piper and specialises structured real estate investments. in insolvency and restructuring. Also joining the practice is Neil Hamilton from Paul Hastings, Locke Lord who focuses on securitisation and structured Corporate insurance partner Jennifer Donohue finance. Benedict O’Halloran joins the corporate joins the firm from Cadwalader Wickersham & team from the General Electric Company where Taft. he was GC of European transactions. US high yield debt specialist Jonathan Bloom also joins McDermott Will & Emery from Ropes & Gray. A double hire for McDermott Will & Emery; corporate finance partner Lisa O’Neill joins from Kaye Scholer BLP into the firm’s energy advisory group. Aviation finance star Philip Perrotta joins from Litigator Nicholas Holland joins from Bircham Clyde & Co, to lead the expansion of the firm’s Dyson Bell and specialises in trusts and estates. Aviation Finance & Leasing Practice. MJ Hudson King & Spalding Ben Watford joins the corporate boutique’s Another departure for Bingham McCutchen, funds practice from Bryan Cave, where he was Elisabeth Baltay has joined the insolvency and Head of Investments. restructuring practice. She will work closely with partner Werner Meier, who joined from Cleary Morgan Lewis & Bockius Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton earlier in the year. Corporate finance partner Tim Corbett joins the firm from Wilmer Hale. He specialises in cross- King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin border corporate transactions, M&A and Ian Hargreaves joins from Addleshaw Goddard, venture capital financings. where he was head of the Fraud, Regulatory and Corporate Crime team. An additional hire is Norton Rose Fulbright Andrei Yakovlev who joins the dispute resolution The global legal practice has recruited real estate team from Winston & Strawn. His practice partner Duncan Field as Head of Planning. He focuses primarily on disputes arising in joins from Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co. Russia/CIS.

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Edward Denny joins the firm as head of its Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan London tax department from Norton Rose The US firm is launching its first antitrust offering Fulbright. In addition to this, the firm has added in London with the hire of Boris Bronfentrinker to its energy practice with the hire of Colin from Hausfeld & Co. Graham from Hogan Lovells, where he was Of Counsel. Shearman & Sterling Ben Rodham joins the firm from Addleshaw Osborne Clarke Goddard’s corporate team. He specialises in In another departure from Edwards Wildman, private equity and M&A. Ben Goodger joins Osborne Clarke’s intellectual property team. Shepherd & Wedderburn Telecoms specialist Gordon Moir joins the firm’s Paul Hastings Media and Technology practice from the London High yield star Peter Schwartz joins the firm office of Australian firm Webb Henderson. He from Milbank Tweed & Hadley. The firm has also brings with him a team of three lawyers. hired technology and privacy partner Ashley Winston into its corporate group, from White & Signature Litigation Case. Abdulali Jiwaji joins the firm from Simmons & Simmons in Hong Kong, specialising in high-value Pinsent Masons financial litigation and regulatory disputes. Georgie Messent joins the firm’s planning and environment practice from Bond Dickinson. She Squire Patton Boggs becomes the National Head of Environment. The US firm has had a busy few months with the hire of four new partners; Robin Baillie joins the Proskauer Rose firm’s projects team from Nabarro, bringing with Steven Davis joins Proskauer’s corporate team him two associates. Massimo Galli joins the from King & Wood Malleson SJ Berwin. Davis corporate team from Brown Rudnick. Energy was head of legacy SJ Berwin’s corporate group litigation partner Ben Holland joins from for seven years, before stepping down from the Covington & Burling. Victoria Camfield joins the role in December 2013. real estate team from Browne Jacobson, where she led the property team in Birmingham since PWC Legal 2008. The firm has bolstered its corporate team with the hire of Mark Crofskey from McDermott Will Taylor Wessing & Emery. He is set to lead the firm’s M&A Elaine Dobson joins the firm’s real estate group practice alongside corporate partner Alistair as Head of Residential Property, filling the gap of Hogarth. Joanna Ward who is retiring. She moves from Bircham Dyson Bell, where she also headed the Reed Smith Residential Real Estate group. Additionally, In a double hire for the US firm, real estate Antoaneta Proctor joins the firm from Wragge finance specialist Francisca Sepúlveda joins from Lawrence Graham & Co. She specialises in Allen & Overy where she was a senior associate private client work including tax and wealth and Andrew Meads joins the firm’s Energy & management. Natural Resources Group from Hill Dickinson, specialising in international trade and shipping.

White & Case Matthew Griffin joins the firm from Debevoise & Plimpton where he was International Counsel. He will head up the London office’s investment fund practice.

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