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  • January 23, 2012 |

    Freshfields recruits first-ever COO for Stateside operations

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed its first-ever chief operating officer for its US arm, with the hire of Sullivan & Cromwell's former chief legal personnel and development officer. Andrea Locklear started at the magic circle firm this month. She was most recently managing director of New York corporate recruitment firm FPC, prior to which she was at Sullivan for 10 years.

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  • January 18, 2012 |

    Dechert puts together team for Frankfurt office relaunch

    Dechert has relaunched in Frankfurt after pulling out of the region in 2005, with the US firm making a combination of hires and relocations to staff the new office. Funds partner Achim Putz, who joined the firm in 2010 from SJ Berwin, will serve as the managing partner for the office. He will be joined by Benedikt Weiser and Carsten Fischer, who are joining from Mayer Brown and tax consultancy WTS Group respectively.

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  • January 17, 2012 |

    DLA Piper seals hire of Orrick's former London chief Bartlam

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe's former London head Martin Bartlam is set to join DLA Piper after tendering his resignation earlier this week. Finance partner Bartlam, who is joining DLA's structured finance team, headed up Orrick's London office between February 2006 and February 2010, when he was succeeded by real estate partner Anne O'Neill.

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  • January 12, 2012 |

    Simmons and Latham among firms joining PRIME as membership doubles to 50

    PRIME, the groundbreaking social mobility initiative launched by 23 law firms last year, has more than doubled the number of participating firms, with 50 now committed to the programme. Simmons & Simmons, Latham & Watkins, Mayer Brown and Taylor Wessing are among the additional firms to have signed up to the initiative since its launch last September, as interest in the scheme continues to grow.

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  • January 9, 2012 |

    Taylor Wessing seals hire of Orrick City finance partner

    Taylor Wessing has added to its finance practice in London with the hire of Elisabeth Gaunt from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe. Gaunt, a partner in Orrick's City banking and finance department, acts on transactions in industries including telecoms, energy and transport. She was previously also a partner at legacy Denton Wilde Sapte and an associate at Clifford Chance, where she spent four years in the firm's Hong Kong office.

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  • January 9, 2012 |

    GTM posts strong revenue growth in first full-year London LLPs

    Greenberg Traurig Maher's (GTM) burgeoning London office has posted turnover of £8.7m for its first full year in the City, according to the firm's new LLP accounts. The revenue figure, which covers the period between 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2011, is significantly up on the £3.5m the firm took in during its first eight months in London after launching in 2009 with the hire of ex-Mayer Brown heavyweight Paul Maher.

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  • January 9, 2012 |

    Hogan Lovells boosts City corporate with Eversheds Russia practice chief

    Hogan Lovells has strengthened its London corporate practice with the hire of Eversheds' Russia chief David Levin. Levin, who joins the firm today (9 January), has been at Eversheds since 2008, before which he led US firm Chadbourne & Parke's London corporate practice.

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  • January 6, 2012 |

    Davis Polk launches UK law team with Freshfields heavyweight

    Wall Street leader Davis Polk & Wardwell has launched an English law practice in the City with the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate veteran Simon Witty. Witty is set to join the US law firm's London arm in April this year. It is not yet known whether he is bringing any associates with him.

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  • December 22, 2011 |

    Weil promotes one partner in London as 11 make the grade

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has become the latest US firm to announce its partners promotions with only one lawyer making the cut in the City. Jamie Maples, a member of the London arbitration team for more than eight years, has acted in a wide range of major international commercial disputes including telecoms infrastructure work and - most recently - hedge fund investments.

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  • December 16, 2011 |

    Mayer Brown set to see five partner departures from City base

    Mayer Brown is set to see five partner departures from its London office in the coming weeks, with the outgoing partners joining firms including White & Case and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe. Commercial litigators Simon Willis and Matthew Lawson are departing from the US firm to join Orrick's London office.

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