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  • November 13, 2013 |

    Baker & McKenzie recruits senior Big Four tax professional in London

    Baker & McKenzie's London office has hired EY partner Mark Bevington to boost its corporate tax practice. As a non-lawyer, Bevington cannot join Bakers' partnership, though as the firm's a principal tax advisor, he will be remunerated at a similar level to a senior partner. With a background in international tax planning and UK domestic taxation, Bevington will support Bakers' 40-strong tax team of lawyers, transfer

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  • November 12, 2013 |

    Virgin Group kicks off review of legal panel

    Virgin Group has launched a review its legal panel, which currently runs to eight firms, ahead of possible changes to the roster.

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  • November 12, 2013 |

    Singapore's WongPartnership forms alliance with Malaysian boutique

    Singapore law firm WongPartnership has formed an alliance with Malaysian boutique outfit Foong & Partners with a view to boosting its presence in South East Asia. The firm, which earlier this year decided against a merger with King & Wood Mallesons, wants to ramp up its capabilities in the Asean region due to the vast potential for mandates relating to projects, real estate, inbound and outbound investment and private equity.

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  • November 7, 2013 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Taylor Wessing, Slaughters and Osborne Clarke

    The Transfer Window is a regular round-up of recent legal moves in the UK and abroad. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

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  • November 6, 2013 |

    Macfarlanes re-elects senior management team

    Macfarlanes has re-elected its senior management team, with managing partner Julian Howard and senior partner Charles Martin chosen to serve further three-year terms. The new terms will be Martin's (pictured) third as senior partner and Howard's second as managing partner. The re-elections were approved by the firm's partnership at the beginning of the year, with the new terms starting next May.

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  • November 1, 2013 |

    Macfarlanes nabs Bakers energy partner as lateral hiring spree continues

    Macfarlanes has recruited Baker & McKenzie energy and projects partner Scott Brodsky to join its commercial practice, marking the firm's second lateral hire this month. Brodsky is co-managing partner of Bakers' Johannesburg office and has advised on a broad range of global projects in the power, renewable energy, oil and gas and transport sectors.

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  • November 1, 2013 |

    Transfer Window Asia: recent moves including Latham, Bakers and Freshfields

    Latham & Watkins has boosted its US practice in Hong Kong with the hire of two corporate lawyers this month. Senior associate Ben Carale has recently been hired as counsel from Sidley Austin, where he was responsible for building the firm's Philippines practice and working on US corporate finance and securities transactions.

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  • October 31, 2013 |

    DLA's Australian chair to join Gilbert + Tobin

    DLA Piper's Australian chair and head of finance for Asia Tony Holland is leaving the firm to become a partner at domestic outfit Gilbert + Tobin. Holland, who took the role of chairman with the relocation of DLA's UK managing partner Andrew Darwin to Sydney in January this year, will join Gilbert + Tobin tomorrow and will be based in Melbourne.

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  • October 29, 2013 |

    Bakers' elects former London chief to global executive committee

    Baker & McKenzie former London managing partner Gary Senior has been elected to serve on the firm's global Executive Committee, succeeding Beatriz Araujo whose term has ended. The announcement was made at Bakers' annual meeting in Singapore which was held between 24-26 October. Senior - whose term on the committee will last four years - will be responsible for developing and implementing the firm's global business strategy as well as carrying out general management duties.

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  • October 24, 2013 |

    Top firms land places on China Resources' first global panel

    Baker & McKenzie, Herbert Smith Freehills and Hogan Lovells are among a raft of firms to have won spots on China Resources' first international legal panel. The state-owned conglomerate has appointed about 10 firms to the panel, although it would not confirm the exact number. The panel is subdivided into practice areas that include M&A and litigation. Other successful firms include King & Wood Mallesons, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Reed Smith, along with the magic circle quartet of Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May. Between five and 10 firms have been allotted to each practice area, depending on demand.

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