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Headline Partner Moves in January – August 2018

Introduction

In this report we look back on 250 partner moves during the first eight months of 2018. We are still seeing high demand for partners, and particularly for teams, but there has been a slight slow-down in activity over the last few months. Unless there is a dramatic pick up in the last third of the year, we are on course to see fewer than 400 moves in 2018 for the first time in many years.

It is hard to pinpoint the reasons behind this reduction, but a couple of things do stand out:

1. There are fewer law firms – mergers take firms out of the market, lock partners in and, often, there is a period when newly merged firms don’t lose partners whilst people wait and see what the new entity looks and feels like. 2. Arguably it is harder for partners to move than ever before. Firms are expecting more, and their due diligence and processes are improving. This would help explain why demand from firms for partner talent still feels high but there is less actual movement than in previous years.

It’s the US firms who are again keeping recruiters busy, with their appetite for laterals remaining seemingly insatiable. Interestingly, they are continuing to recruit beyond their traditional hiring sweet spots of private equity and finance. Of the 36 moves in litigation which we mention in this report, 22 (61%) are to US or merged US-UK law firms. In restructuring, 8 out of 11 moves so far in 2018 are to US headquartered firms, whilst in projects and energy, the numbers are even higher with 9 out of the 11 moves reported featuring partners joining US or merged US-UK firms.

For all the critics of lateral hiring, it is only by taking partners from rival firms that US firms have been able to build their presence in London. Whilst some firms have been more successful than others, the phenomenal growth of firms such as Latham, Kirkland and White & Case has been, and continues to be, predicated on hiring the best partners from elsewhere. Newer arrivals like Cooley and Goodwin Proctor have also been busy building from scratch over the last 5 years and, whilst not every lateral is as successful as his/her business plan might have initially predicted, there can be no doubt that aggressive hiring is working for these firms. As US firms continue to build their market share, they also now need to recruit from one another as much as from their traditional UK rivals. For example, recent restructuring hires included Milbank recruiting a 4-partner team from Cadwalader, and Latham taking a 2-partner team from Sidley.

Many moves in the City create a chain reaction which is particularly noticeable in specialist practice areas. For example, Freshfields lost litigation partner Justin Watts to WilmerHale in 2017. One year later and they have replaced him by recruiting Chris Stothers and 3 of his colleagues from Arnold & Porter to fill the gap. Sticking with IP, Ashurst lost Mark Lubbock to Brown Rudnick but recruited David Wilkinson from Clydes. Whilst these are not necessarily like for like replacements, each time a firm loses a partner, they must consider whether to replace and this leads to a merry-go- round effect.

Looking at the top 12 most active lateral hirers of 2018, we see a real mix of firms. In order to get a more holistic view of the hiring strategies of these firms we have spent some time analysing their hires:

TOP TIER US FIRMS

Latham & Watkins

Latham is a firm which likes to make big splashes in the market and so far in 2018 it has tempted the highly rated restructuring pair of Yen Sum and Jennifer Brennan from Sidley Austin, Carl Fernandes from in financial services, the finance litigation duo of Jon Holland and Andrea Monks from and, most recently, Brendan Moyle, ’s head of infrastructure M&A and Allen & Overy infrastructure finance partner Conrad Andersen. It’s a galacticos strategy which is reaping rich dividends.

White & Case

The largest UK headquartered firm in The City, with 450 lawyers in London, White & Case has had a busy eight months, hiring 7 partners across a number of different practice areas. Emmie Jones from and Mike Weir from Jones Day join the private equity practice; Shane McDonald from Hudson Advisors joins the finance team; contentious regulatory partner Chris Brennan moves from , and litigators David Robertson from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (a construction specialist), Hannah Field-Lowes from Weil Gotshal and Steven Baker from Cadwalader add to the ranks.

Kirkland & Ellis

Kirkland has taken 5 partners so far in 2018 but its recent hiring strategy feels very different, with 4 of their hires being senior associates stepping up into partnership roles for the first time – financial services lawyers Romin Dabir from Macfarlanes and Sarah Thompson from Linklaters; competition lawyer Mark Gardner from Arnold & Porter and restructuring lawyer Matthew Czyzyk from Milbank. However, when Kirkland want to flex its financial muscles, it can also strike right at the top of the market with its hire of IP partner Nicola Dagg from Allen & Overy, one of the senior moves of the year.

Milbank

Milbank has historically not hired at the pace of White & Case, Latham and Kirkland, but 2018 has been a very active year with the firm capturing two significant teams and, in the process, adding 6 partners to the London office. The New York firm took a team of 4 restructuring partners from Cadwalader led by Yusahan Ng, closely followed by a 2-partner high yield team from Shearman.

These 4 elite firms between them have hired 25 partners and, worryingly for the firms with which they are competing for market share, they are losing very few partners. We counted 6 leavers in total from these firms but 3 of these were senior associates or counsel moving for immediate partnership elsewhere. Latham, Kirkland and Milbank haven’t lost any of their existing partners to rivals in London so far this year. And whilst White & Case has lost three partners in 2018, one of these leavers went to a client - James Greig moving to Barclays - and one moved to Memery Crystal which, fine firm as they are, can’t really be considered as a direct competitor. The only partner departure to a rival from any of these 4 firms was capital markets partner Michael Doran swapping White & Case for Baker McKenzie.

INTERNATIONAL FIRMS

In contrast to the elite, firms outside this group must often feel that increasing partner numbers is a zero-sum game with as many departures as arrivals. To be fair, some losses will be more keenly felt than others, so it is wrong to judge a firm’s success or failure rate in the lateral market on numbers alone. However, what can be said with a degree of certainty, is that however successful these firms are, there are always a handful of partners who can be tempted away by bigger, more profitable US

practices. These firms therefore have to work hard to maintain market share, knowing that some of their best people will not be there forever.

The firms below have all made sterling efforts in the recruitment market. The real worry is for those firms that are losing partners and not replacing their revenue elsewhere.

Hogan Lovells

It’s been a mixed 2018 for Hogan Lovells on the senior lateral front with 5 arrivals but also 5 departures. On the positive side, the firm was joined by corporate energy partner Sarah Shaw from Allen & Overy, structured finance lawyer Jennifer O’Connell from CACIB, Nicola Fulford from Kemp Little in data protection, international trade expert Aline Doussin from and Tom McFarlane also joined as Head of Transfer Pricing from Alvarez & Marsal.

However, the firm has also seen the loss of finance litigators Jon Holland and Andrea Monks to Latham & Watkins, corporate lifesciences partner Robert Darwin to Dechert, international arbitration partner Richard Kiddell to Joseph Hage Aaronson and commercial partner Paul Joukador who moved to RPC.

Eversheds Sutherland

Eversheds has a spring in their step post-merger and has been able to attract people to its international platform with 6 new partner arrivals in London this year. Interestingly all of its hires this year have come in relatively specialist areas – investment funds, employment, competition, real estate tax, consumer finance and personal injury. However, like other international firms, it has also lost people, with 8 departures over the last 8 months.

Baker McKenzie

Bakers seems to be on something of a mission to redefine their London office with 6 hires so far in 2018, following on from 6 in 2017. The recent focus has been very much on strengthening their transactional practices, with 5 hires in finance (Matthew Cox and 2 senior associates joining as partners from Ropes, Michael Doran arriving from White & Case - as noted above - and US capital markets lawyer Megan Schellinger moving from Linklaters where she was a senior associate). The other joiner was Kathy Honeywood, a corporate partner from Clifford Chance. However, there were 2 senior departures from the firm, with securitisation partner Jonathan Walsh joining Ashurst and financial services partner Arun Srivastava jumping ship to Paul Hastings.

Ashurst

A good 2018 for Ashurst with 5 partners joining the firm – Jonathan Walsh from Baker McKenzie (as mentioned above) and senior associate Tom Picton from Clifford Chance in securitisation; real estate litigator Alison Hardy from Squire Patton Boggs; construction litigation partner Tom Duncan from Mayer Brown and IP specialist David Wilkinson from Clyde & Co. The firm only had one departure with long-standing IP partner Mark Lubbock moving to Brown Rudnick.

Mayer Brown

Some good hires for Mayer Brown in 2018 as the firm pulled off a finance team move from Fried Frank and a corporate crime team hire from . In addition, the firm took Neil Evans as a private equity partner from Simpson Thacher where he was an associate. Leaving the firm were Tom Duncan to Ashurst (as noted above) and insurance partners Angus Duncan and Mandip Sagoo to Clyde & Co.

Morgan Lewis

The firm recently announced an audacious raid on Freehills with the hire of a 3- partner corporate/private equity team of Mark Geday, Nicholas Moore and Tomasz Wozniak. They join 2018 arrivals Paul Denham from Dorsey and Georgia Quenby from Reed Smith. There were 2 departures, with energy partner Lewis Jones moving to Baker Botts and real estate tax partner Paul Beausang joining Eversheds.

So, for these 6 International firms the score sheet is 32 arrivals (6 of these were senior associates joining as partners) but 21 departures. Of these 21 leavers, 20 were existing partners.

UK FIRMS

DWF

DWF has continued to aggressively grow its London office with 6 hires so far this year to add to the 7 lateral partners who joined their London office in 2017. Whilst larger City firms are looking to expand into the regions, DWF is one of several regional based firms still looking to grow in the City. Other firms to keep an eye on in this bracket are Gateley, off the back of their successful IPO, and Keoghs who took over ’s insurance practice earlier in the year.

Memery Crystal

Elsewhere in the market, we see well managed and profitable commercial firms of all shapes and sizes hiring talent. Especially prominent this year has been Memery Crystal, who have added 5 partners to their ranks. Impressively, many of their hires come from much bigger, more international firms and so this year they have welcomed new faces from , White & Case, Squire Patton Boggs and McGuire Woods.

These 12 firms between them have hired 68 partners so far this year. 4 of them – Kirkland, Eversheds, Baker McKenzie and DWF – were also in our top hiring firms of 2017. In terms of busy areas, disputes, finance and corporate are all pretty much neck and neck, between them contributing to 43% of total moves so far this year.

Our next report will be out at the start of January when we will be able to assess 2018 in its entirety. For the moment, we wish you a busy, happy and successful end of Summer/beginning of Autumn.

Dan, Paul and the Team

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The individuals listed in the tables below are movers reported between 9th January 2018 and 31st August 2018. They are all partners who moved to or from a London office, unless otherwise stated.

1. Corporate/Private Equity

Name From To Discipline

Kathy Honeywood Clifford Chance Baker McKenzie Corporate

Zulon Begum Addleshaw Goddard CM Murray Partnerships (Director)

Michal Berkner Skadden Cooley Corporate

Graeme Bell Mason Hayes & Curran DAC Beachcroft Corporate Private Equity

Robert Darwin Hogan Lovells Dechert Corporate Life Sciences

Martin Nelson-Jones Freshfields DLA Piper Corporate Infrastructure

Laurence Applegate REN Legal DWF Private Equity

Richard Tall DWF Faegre Baker Daniels Corporate Financial Services

Brian Chadwick Cooley Corporate (Special Counsel) Gaming

Jan Hoppe Gordon Dadds Fladgate Corporate

Graeme Defries Dechert Goodwin Corporate Lifesciences

Andrew Harrow Dechert Goodwin Corporate Lifesciences

Sarah Shaw Allen & Overy Hogan Lovells Corporate Energy

Brendan Moylan Clifford Chance Latham & Watkins Corporate Infrastructure

Edward Tran Gibson Dunn Katten Muchin Corporate Real Estate (Of Counsel) Rosenman

Neil Evans Simpson Thacher & Mayer Brown Private Equity Bartlett (Associate)

Zarko Iankov Dentons Memery Crystal Corporate

Tim Field Addleshaw Goddard Corporate Equity Capital Markets

Mark Geday Morgan Lewis Private Equity

Nicholas Moore Herbert Smith Freehills Morgan Lewis Corporate TMT

Tomasz Wozniak Herbert Smith Freehills Morgan Lewis Corporate

Jeremy Kutner Shearman & Sterling Sullivan & Cromwell Corporate TMT

Dan Coppel Jones Day Morrison & Foerster Corporate

Paul Doris Watson Farley & Orrick, Herrington & Corporate Energy Williams Sutcliffe Private Equity

Ali Ramadan Bird & Bird Orrick, Herrington & Corporate Sutcliffe Technology

Alistair Francis Squire Patton Boggs Private Equity

Anu Balasubramanian DLA Piper Paul Hastings Private Equity

Roger Barron Linklaters Paul Hastings Corporate

Richard Bull Norton Rose Fulbright Proskauer Rose Private Equity

Sarah Atkinson Bryan Cave Sheridans Corporate

Ed Hooper Taylor Vinters Trowers & Hamlins Corporate

Nigel Taylor Watson Farley & Wedlake Bell Corporate Williams

Martin Thomas Watson Farley & Wedlake Bell Corporate Williams

Emmie Jones Macfarlanes White & Case Private Equity

Mike Weir Jones Day White & Case Private Equity

2. Finance

Name From To Discipline

Zak Ikponmwosa Clifford Chance Addleshaw Goddard Real Estate Finance (Senior Associate)

Thomas Picton Clifford Chance Ashurst Securitisation (Senior Associate)

Jonathan Walsh Baker McKenzie Ashurst Securitisation

Matthew Cox Ropes & Gray Baker McKenzie Finance

Bevis Metcalfe Ropes & Gray Baker McKenzie Finance (Counsel)

Nick O’Grady Ropes & Gray Baker McKenzie Finance (Counsel)

Michael Doran White & Case Baker McKenzie Capital Markets

Megan Schellinger Linklaters Baker McKenzie US Capital Markets (Senior Associate)

Sam Hutchinson Dentons Cadwalader Fund Finance

Rex Rosales Watson Farley & Herbert Smith Freehills Aviation Finance Williams

Jahnavi Ramachandran Watson Farley & Herbert Smith Freehills Aviation Finance Williams

Jennifer O’Connell CACIB Hogan Lovells Structured Finance

Angus Duncan Winston & Strawn Hunton Andrews Kurth Structured Finance

Ewen Scott Ashurst Jones Day Finance

Lee Federman Dentons Jones Day Finance

Kumar Tewari Lloyds Banking Group Katten Muchin Finance Rosenman

Stephen Gillespie Gibson Dunn LetterOne Holdings Finance

Rohan Campbell Maples Teesdale Real Estate Finance

Stuart Brinkworth Fried Frank Mayer Brown Finance

Paul Tannenbaum Fried Frank Mayer Brown Finance (Senior Associate)

Laurence Rogers DLA Piper McDermott Will & Real Estate Finance Emery

Rachel Kelly Bryan Cave Leighton McDermott Will & Structured Finance Paisner Emery

Apostolos Gkoutzinis Shearman & Sterling Milbank Capital Markets High Yield

Rebecca Marques Shearman & Sterling Milbank Capital Markets

Paul Denham Dorsey Morgan Lewis Finance

Georgia Quenby Reed Smith Morgan Lewis Finance

Benoit Lavigne Ropes & Gray Morrison & Foerster Finance

Caroline Jury Clifford Chance Morrison & Foerster Finance

Ajoy Bose-Mallick Maple Teesdale Pemberton Greenish Real Estate Finance

Carl Posern Linklaters Structured Finance (Managing Associate)

Roberta Markovina Herbert Smith Freehills Pinsent Masons US Capital Markets (Senior Associate)

Bronwen Jones Macfarlanes Reed Smith Fund Finance

Carol Van der Vorst Goldman Sachs Ropes & Gray Finance

Ward McKimm Freshfields Shearman & Sterling High Yield

Matthew Hebburn Ex-Allen & Overy Simmons & Simmons Derivatives ()

Paul Simcock Jones Day Vinson & Elkins Finance

Shane McDonald Hudson Advisors White & Case Finance

3. Restructuring

Name From To Discipline

Louisa Watt Cadwalader Brown Rudnick Distressed Debt

Nick Segal Freshfields Erskine Chambers Restructuring

Matthew Czyzyk Milbank Kirkland & Ellis Restructuring (Senior Associate)

Jennifer Brennan Sidley Austin Latham & Watkins Restructuring

Yen Sum Sidley Austin Latham & Watkins Restructuring

Jacqueline Ingram Cadwalader Milbank Restructuring

Karen McMaster Cadwalader Milbank Restructuring

Yushan Ng Cadwalader Milbank Restructuring

Sinjini Saha Cadwalader Milbank Restructuring

Samantha Palmer Ashfords Pinsent Masons Restructuring (Professional practices)

Neil Smyth Mills & Reeve Restructuring

4. Financial Services/Funds

Name From To Discipline

Clare Hughes Addleshaw Goddard Consumer Finance

Ben Regnard-Weinrabe Paul Hastings Allen & Overy Payments

Bob Penn Cleary Gottlieb Allen & Overy Financial Services

James Greig White & Case Barclays Financial Services

Melville Rodrigues CMS Charles Russell Real Estate Funds Speechlys

Elisabeth Bremner Norton Rose Fulbright CMS Contentious Financial Services

Laura Houet Eversheds CMS Real Estate Funds (Senior Associate)

Robbie Constance RPC DWF Financial Services

Naomi Seward Barclays Eversheds Sutherland Consumer Finance

Ben Watford MJ Hudson Eversheds Sutherland Investment Funds

Sam Wilson Simpson Thacher & Fried Frank Investment Funds Bartlett (Counsel)

Ian Mason DLA Piper Gowling WLG Financial Services (Director)

John Ahern Jones Day Katten Muchin Financial Services Rosenman

Alix Prentice Withers King & Wood Mallesons Financial Services

Romin Dabir Macfarlanes Kirkland & Ellis Financial Services (Senior Associate)

Sarah Thompson Linklaters Kirkland & Ellis Financial Services (Senior Associate)

Carl Fernandes Linklaters Latham & Watkins Financial Services

Sean Scott Ex-Harneys MJ Hudson Investment Funds

Simon Thomas Macfarlanes Osborne Clarke Investment Funds

Arun Srivastava Baker McKenzie Paul Hastings Financial Services

Chris Brennan Addleshaw Goddard White & Case Contentious Financial Services

5. Real Estate

Name From To Discipline

Alison Hardy Squire Patton Boggs Ashurst Real Estate Litigation

Malcolm Headley Gowling WLG Bates Wells Braithwaite Real Estate

Gareth Williams DLA Piper Blake Morgan Real Estate (Director)

Susan Voice Royds Withy King Real Estate

Andrew Edwards Greenberg Traurig DWF Real Estate

Tim Foley Clyde & Co Fladgate Real Estate Litigation

Scott Keown CMS Fox Williams Real Estate (Senior Associate)

Anthony Van Hoffen Eversheds Sutherland Lewis Silkin Real Estate

Tom Calnan DLA Piper McDermott Will & Real Estate Emery

Nick Harris Mishcon de Reya Reed Smith Real Estate (Director)

Simon Graham Latham & Watkins Simkins Real Estate (Counsel)

Catriona Berman Goodwin Real Estate

Alex Millar Jones Day Real Estate

6. Construction

Name From To Discipline

Tom Duncan Mayer Brown Ashurst Construction Litigation

Pippa Beesley Mundays Bevan Brittan Construction

Catherine Gelder Bryan Cave Leighton CMS Construction Litigation Paisner

Kate Kirby Pinsent Masons DWF Construction (Senior Associate)

Trevor Cosgrove Allen & Overy Greenberg Traurig Construction (Counsel)

Kijong Nam Ince & Co HFW Construction

Chris Doran DAC Beachcroft Weightmans Construction Litigation

David Robertson Bryan Cave Leighton White & Case Construction Litigation Paisner

7. Project Finance/Projects/Energy

Name From To Discipline

Julian Nichol Bracewell Akin Gump Project Finance

Lewis Jones Morgan Lewis Baker Botts Energy

Oliver Irwin Milbank Bracewell Project Finance (Senior Associate)

Robin Mizrahi Baker Botts Covington Project Finance

Howard Barrie Eversheds Sutherland Dentons Project Finance

Poupak Anjomshoaa Ex-Carbon Holdings Norton Rose Fulbright Projects Energy Construction

Nick Iliff Gowling WLG Shoosmiths Project Finance () Real Estate Finance

Rinku Bhadoria Ex-KWM Squire Patton Boggs Energy

Peter Wright Simmons & Simmons Squire Patton Boggs Energy

Conrad Andersen Allen & Overy Latham & Watkins Infrastructure Finance

Nick Pincott Norton Rose Fulbright TLT Renewables

8. Commercial Litigation/International Arbitration/Corporate Crime

Name From To Discipline

Eve Giles Kingsley Napley Allen & Overy Corporate Crime

Shula de Jersey Slater & Gordon BCL Corporate Crime

Mukul Chawla QC Foundry Chambers Bryan Cave Leighton Corporate Crime Paisner

Mark Handley Gibson Dunn Curtis Mallet-Prevost Commercial Litigation (Of Counsel) Colt & Mosle

Dorothy Cory-Wright Sidley Austin Dechert Commercial Litigation

Roger Burlingame Kobre & Kim Dechert Corporate Crime

Patrick Rappo Steptoe & Johnson DLA Piper Corporate Crime

Konrad Rodgers Boies Schiller & Flexner Enyo Law Commercial Litigation (Counsel)

David Breslin Gowling WLG Fladgate International Arbitration Commercial Litigation

Barry Vitou Pinsent Masons Greenberg Traurig Corporate Crime

Lucy Pert Harbour Litigation Hausfeld Commercial Litigation Funding

Markus Esly Andrews Kurth Haynes & Boone CDG International Arbitration

Melanie Willems Andrews Kurth Haynes & Boone CDG International Arbitration

Christine Braamskamp K&L Gates Jenner & Block Corporate Crime

Richard Kiddell Hogan Lovells Joseph Hage Aaronson International Arbitration

Paul Feldberg Willkie Farr K&L Gates Corporate Crime (Of Counsel)

Aaron Stephens King & Spalding Corporate Crime

Alison Saunders Director of Public Linklaters Corporate Crime Prosection

Neill Blundell Eversheds Sutherland Macfarlanes Corporate Crime

Jason Hungerford Norton Rose Fulbright Mayer Brown Corporate Crime

Sam Eastwood Norton Rose Fulbright Mayer Brown Corporate Crime

Joel Seager Enyo Law Memery Crystal Commercial Litigation (Of Counsel)

Mark Davis Davis & Co Mishcon de Reya Commercial Litigation

Jon Holland Hogan Lovells Latham & Watkins Finance Litigation

Andrea Monks Hogan Lovells Latham & Watkins Finance Litigation

David Savell K&L Gates Locke Lord Corporate Crime

James Hargrove Eversheds Sutherland Orrick, Herrington & International Arbitration Sutcliffe (London and Geneva)

Mark Beeley Vinson & Elkins Orrick, Herrington & International Arbitration Sutcliffe

Lucas Moore Jones Day Payne Hicks Beach Commercial Litigation

Judith Seddon Clifford Chance Ropes & Gray Corporate Crime

Kizzy Augustin Pinsent Masons Russell - Cooke Health & Safety (Senior Associate)

Patrick Dunaud Dunaud Clarenc Stewarts Law International Arbitration Combles & Associés Commercial Litigation

Richard Kovalevsky QC 2 Bedford Row Stewarts Law Corporate Crime

Michael Isaacs Ex-Pinsent Masons TLT Finance Litigation

Hannah Field-Lowes Weil, Gotshal & Manges White & Case Commercial Litigation

Steven Baker Cadwalader White & Case Commercial Litigation

Simon Osborn-King Willkie Farr & Gallagher Corporate Crime (Associate)

9. Insurance

Name From To Discipline

Edward Smerdon Sedgwick Aon Insurance

Damian Cleary Foran Glennon BLM Insurance

Gavin Coull Foran Glennon BLM Insurance

Ed Anderson Beale & Co Browne Jacobson Professional Indemnity

Manoj Vaghela Pinsent Masons Charles Russell Insurance Speechlys Commercial Litigationn (Cheltenham)

Angus Duncan Mayer Brown Clyde & Co Insurance

Mandip Sagoo Mayer Brown Clyde & Co Insurance

Jane Williams Womble Bond Dickinson Clyde & Co Professional Negligence

Iftikhar Ali Simmons & Simmons DWF Construction Risks

Louise Bland Ellisons Eversheds Sutherland Personal Injury

Katherine Proctor Clyde & Co Kennedys Insurance

David Healy BL Claims Stewarts Law Personal Injury (Blake Morgan)

Simon Durkin DWF Weightmans Insurance

10. Employment/Pensions

Name From To Discipline

Bob Cordran Marriott Harrison Dorsey & Whitney Employment

Sophie White Abbiss Cadres Eversheds Sutherland Employment

Gareth Wadley Eversheds Sutherland Gateley Employment

Emilie Cole Bindmans Irwin Mitchell Employment

Shah Qureshi Bindmans Irwin Mitchell Employment

Shazia Khan Bindmans Irwin Mitchell Employment

Stephen Hall Kingsley Napley Kerman & Co Immigration

Nick Dent Clyde & Co Locke Lord Employment

Bob Mecrate-Butcher Locke Lord Marriott Harrison Employment

Stephen Ravenscroft White & Case Memery Crystal Employment

Fiona Bolton Eversheds Sutherland Simmons & Simmons Employment

Stephen Richards Allen & Overy Stephenson Harwood Pensions (Senior Associate)

Bettina Bender CM Murray Winckworth Sherwood Employment

11. IP/TMT/Data Privacy/Commercial

Name From To Discipline

David Wilkinson Clyde & Co Ashurst IP

Mark Lubbock Ashurst Brown Rudnick IP

Stephen Tainsh Blake Morgan Capsticks Medical Technology

Judy Krieg Shepherd and Fieldfisher Data Privacy Wedderburn

John Linneker Dentons Fieldfisher IP

Christopher Stothers Arnold & Porter Freshfields Patent Litigation

Sacha Wilson Harbottle & Lewis TMT (Senior Associate)

Nicola Fulford Kemp Little Hogan Lovells Data Privacy

Rachael Barber Penningtons Manches Kemp Little IP

Nicola Dagg Allen & Overy Kirkland & Ellis Patent Litigation

Mike Rebeiro Norton Rose Fulbright Macfarlanes Technology (Senior Advisor)

Carl Rohsler Squire Patton Boggs Memery Crystal IP Gambling

Tamara Quinn Berwin Leighton Paisner Osborne Clarke IP

Sarah Pearce Cooley Paul Hastings Technology Data Privacy

Florian Traub Squire Patton Boggs Pinsent Masons Trade Marks

Howard Womersley Taylor Vinters Reed Smith Fintech Smith

Nicola Cain BBC RPC Media

Paul Joukador Hogan Lovells RPC Commercial

Marie Manley Bristows Sidley Austin Life Sciences

Simon Bernholt Playtech plc Wiggin Gambling

12. Competition

Name From To Discipline

Jane Wessel Shepherd and Arnold & Porter Competition Litigation Wedderburn

Howard Cartlidge DWF Competition and Competition Markets Authority

Rod Lambert Eversheds Sutherland Competition

Aline Doussin Squire Patton Boggs Hogan Lovells International Trade

Mark Gardner Arnold & Porter Kirkland & Ellis Competition (Associate)

Satyen Dhana CMS Simmons & Simmons Competition

Ben Lasserson Pinsent Masons Strange & Butler Competition Litigation

Tristan Feunteun Burford Capital Weightmans Competition Litigation

Andrij Jurkiw Mishcon de Reya Womble Bond Competition Dickinson ()

13. Private Client/Family/Charity

Name From To Discipline

Arshoo Singh Russell-Cooke Blake Morgan Private Client

Kyra Motley Taylor Wessing Boodle Hatfield Private Client (Senior Associate)

Tanya Roberts Charles Russell Collyer Bristow Family Speechlys

Amanda Chapman Brecher DWF Private Client

Andrew Watters Irwin Mitchell Farrer & Co Private Client (Director)

Hed Amitai McGuireWoods Memery Crystal Private Client

Jonathan Burt Harcus Sinclair Harbottle & Lewis Private Client

Sital Fontenelle Irwin Mitchell Kingsley Napley Family

Linzi Bull Harbottle & Lewis Pennington Manches Family

Jonathan Kropman Berwin Leighton Paisner Trowers & Hamlins Private Client

14. Tax

Name From To Discipline

David Wilson Davis Polk Cooley Corporate Tax (Counsel)

James Meakin Charles Russell Dentons Corporate Tax Speechlys

Andrew Terry Withers Edwin Coe Corporate Tax

Paul Beausang Morgan Lewis Eversheds Sutherland Real Estate Tax

David Gubbay RPC Farrer & Co Corporate Tax

Philippe Freund Joseph Hage Aaronson Fieldfisher Tax Litigation (Barrister)

Tom McFarlane Alvarez & Marsal Hogan Lovells Transfer Pricing

Ceinwen Rees Debevoise & Plimpton Macfarlanes Funds Tax (Counsel) Corporate Tax

Neville Wright DLA Piper McDermott Will & Corporate Tax Emery Real Estate Tax

Victor Cramer KPMG Stewarts Law Tax Litigation

15. Shipping

Name From To Discipline

Siiri Duddington Campbell Johnston Hill Dickinson Shipping Clark

Nick Fisher Fishers Solicitors HFW Shipping

Menelaus Kouzoupis HFW (Senior Associate) Stephenson Harwood Shipping

Mergers/Office Openings/Floats

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Bryan Cave have merged to create a 1,600-lawyer transatlantic firm that will be among the 50 largest in the world, with combined revenues of around $900m.

Hunton & Williams and Andrews Kurth have merged to create a $750m-plus firm. The newly created Hunton Andrews Kurth will combine the two small London offices of the legacy firms.

Charles Russell Speechlys (CRS) has merged with City sports law boutique Couchmans, taking four partners and seven fee-earners.

Keoghs completed the hires of 17 Hill Dickinson partners and 300 staff, taking on the firm’s entire non-marine insurance team. The team will be distributed across Keoghs’ Liverpool, London and offices.

Rosenblatt became the fourth law firm in England and Wales to go public, following Gateley, Gordon Dadds and Keystone. Later in the summer Knights also floated.

Withers has acquired six partner technology boutique JAG Shaw Baker to create Withers Tech.

Cohen & Gresser, a US asset management specialist law firm, has launched a London office.

Wilson Sonsini has opened a London office.