Partner Moves January - February
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Lateral Partner Moves in London January - February 2018 REPRESENTATION – SEARCH – TEAM MOVES www.edwardsgibson.com 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. In all there was a total of 91 lateral partner moves announced in this round up – 22% down on the same period last year when the figures were artificially buoyed by the collapse of King & Wood Mallesons’ European verein. Although fewer than the preceding two years, the number of moves in this edition corresponds almost exactly to the statistical average over the same period for the past 5 years (see graph below). Lateral Partner Moves January - February 2014 2014.5 2015 2015.5 2016 2016.5 2017 2017.5 2018 140 140 120 120 100 100 80 80 60 60 40 40 20 20 No. of Partner Moves 0 0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Year Mean No. of Moves 2014 - 2018 in the January - February Period A total of 7 firms hired three or more partners in the first two months of this year. Surprisingly, the most prolific recruiter was the traditionally ultra conservative all equity White Shoe firm Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy. Milbank snared a full half-dozen new partners – comprising a four-partner restructuring and corporate team, and a two-partner high yield US capital markets team - from fellow New Yorkers Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft and Shearman & Sterling. Top partner recruiters in London January-February 2018 • Milbank Tweed 6 • K&L Gates 4 • Charles Russell Speechlys 4 • Brown Rudnick 3 • Fieldfisher 3 • Osborne Clarke 3 • Simmons & Simmons 3 REPRESENTATION – SEARCH – TEAM MOVES www.edwardsgibson.com So, an interesting, but not dramatic, start to the New Year. If law firms are feeling any uncertainty from the on-going Brexit negotiations, or the prospect of another snap general election arising from the inherent instability of the UK’s hung parliament, these figures do not appear to show it. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to discuss this article or any other aspect of the market in more depth. Edwards Gibson will be attending MIPIM 2018 - the leading European real estate conference. Discover more here. Many thanks, The Edwards Gibson Team + 44 (0) 207153 4903 © Edwards Gibson Ltd www.edwardsgibson.com 73 Watling Street, London, EC4M 9BJ 020 7153 4903 Page 2 of 10 Addleshaw Goddard Brown Rudnick Addleshaw Goddard has hired consumer finance Brown Rudnick has welcomed corporate lawyer Clare Hughes from Eversheds Sutherland. technology lawyer Mark Lubbock from Ashurst, Hughes advises clients on compliance with all restructuring lawyer Louisa Watt from aspects of the Consumer Credit Act and the CONC Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, and financial sourcebook of the FCA’s handbook, as well as services regulatory lawyer Jamie Symington who associated consumer protection legislation. joins as a partner from the Financial Conduct Authority where he was a director of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld investigations. Lubbock was previously the head Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has welcomed of his former firm’s technology and IP practice energy lawyer Julian Nichol from Bracewell. and specialises in commercial technology and Nichol’s practice focuses on project finance and privacy law. Watt was head of loan portfolios and transactional energy and natural resources debt and claims trading at her former firm. matters. Symington joins the contentious financial Ashurst regulation team and has experience of running David Wilkinson has joined Ashurst from Clyde & major regulatory enforcement cases. Co where he was UK head of IP. Wilkinson has Browne Jacobson experience of contentious and non-contentious Browne Jacobson has bolstered its insurance matters involving patents, trademarks, copyright, practice with the hire of Ed Anderson from Beale designs and confidential information. & Company. Anderson led the Legal and Financial Baker McKenzie Lines group at his former firm and specialises in Baker McKenzie has hired finance lawyers professional indemnity. Matthew Cox and Megan Schellinger from Ropes Capsticks & Gray and Linklaters respectively. Cox Capsticks has hired Hugh Giles as a partner from specialises in leveraged and acquisition financing the Metropolitan Police Service where he worked and restructuring. Schellinger, who was counsel as director of legal services. Giles joins the at her former firm, is a US qualified securities commercial litigation team. lawyer specialising in capital markets. Charles Russell Speechlys Blake Morgan Charles Russell Speechlys’ takeover of Blake Morgan has recruited private client lawyer Couchmans has seen the firm acquire sports Arshoo Singh from Russell-Cooke. Singh has lawyers Nic Couchman, Jody MacDonald, Nick experience advising domestic and international White and Satish Khandke. Couchman was the clients on trusts, capacity issues, and tax and founder and chairman of his former firm and will succession planning. become head of sport, specialising in sports BLM business and rights. MacDonald is a commercial Siri Siriwardene has joined BLM as head of and IP lawyer whose practice focuses on digital, commercial advisory and private wealth from data, and technology in sport and media. White Slater & Gordon where he was head of general was head of the IP and digital teams at his former law. © Edwards Gibson Ltd www.edwardsgibson.com 73 Watling Street, London, EC4M 9BJ 020 7153 4903 Page 3 of 10 firm and specialises in sports IP. Khandke Enyo Law specialises in corporate sports law. Enyo Law has welcomed litigation lawyer Konrad Rodgers as a partner from Boies, Schiller & Clyde & Co Flexner, where he was counsel. Rodgers Insurance duo Mandip Sagoo and Angus Duncan specialises in commercial litigation with a have joined Clyde & Co from Mayer Brown. Sagoo particular focus on Russian and CIS related and Duncan have experience advising insurers on disputes. coverage disputes. Fieldfisher Cooley Fieldfisher has hired former senior counsel and Cooley has hired corporate lawyer Michal corporate lawyer Brian Chadwick as a partner Berkner from Skadden. Berkner specialises in from Cooley, data privacy lawyer Judy Kreig from cross-border M&A, as well as negotiated and Shepherd and Wedderburn, and IP lawyer John unsolicited transactions and joint ventures. Linneker from Dentons. Chadwick, the former Druces general counsel of the global mobile games Druces has welcomed corporate lawyer Neil company Miniclip, specialises in cross-border Pfister from Fletcher Day as well as tax lawyer M&A, corporate finance, private equity and Paul White, who has emerged at the firm as a venture/growth transactions and will set up a partner having formerly worked at Chadbourne & new corporate practice focusing on the games Parke as a consultant. Pfister specialises in IT, industry. Kreig specialises in compliance issues advising technology and software clients on arising from data privacy, financial crime, and matters including e-commerce, IP law and start- financial regulation. Linneker was the global up issues. White has tax planning, transactional, trademarks chair at his former firm and and advisory experience. specialises in all aspects of IP law with an emphasis on contentious trade mark work. DWF DWF starts the year strongly with two partner Fladgate hires: construction lawyer Kate Kirby joins from Fladgate has welcomed corporate lawyer Jan Pinsent Masons and corporate real estate lawyer Hoppe from Gordon Dadds. Hoppe, who is Laurence Applegate from REN Legal. Kirby, who qualified as a solicitor in England and as a joins as a partner, was a senior associate at her Rechtsanwalt in Germany, has experience in all former firm and specialises in non-contentious aspects of corporate and commercial law. construction law. Applegate, who is directory Greenberg Traurig rated in real estate, specialises in private equity US firm Greenberg Traurig continues to real estate and joins the London corporate demonstrate its commitment to real estate with practice. the hire of Trevor Cosgrove as a partner from EMW Law Allen and Overy, where he was counsel and head EMW Law has hired finance lawyer Claire of construction. Cosgrove specialises in Wheatley from Pitmans Law. Wheatley international construction law and procurement. specialises in corporate banking and property finance. © Edwards Gibson Ltd www.edwardsgibson.com 73 Watling Street, London, EC4M 9BJ 020 7153 4903 Page 4 of 10 Healys Katten Muchin Rosenman Healys has recruited dispute resolution lawyer US firm Katten has hired Jones Day’s head of Adrian Taylor from Rosenblatt Solicitors. Taylor financial services John Ahern, and finance lawyer specialises in international arbitration, litigation, Kumar Tewari from Lloyds Banking Group. Ahern, and ADR. a leading regulatory lawyer whose practice focuses on the regulation of financial markets and Hill Dickinson the banking sector across the UK and Europe, will Hill Dickinson has welcomed shipping lawyer Siiri head Katten’s five-partner London financial Duddington from Campbell Johnston Clark. services team. Tewari was senior legal counsel at Duddington advises on dry shipping, trade and Lloyds Banking Group and specialises in real insurance matters. estate finance. Hogan Lovells Kemp Little Hogan Lovells has hired corporate lawyer Sarah Rachael Barber has joined the Intellectual Shaw as a partner from Allen & Overy where she Property practice at Kemp Little from Pennington was a senior associate.