Addleshaw Goddard partners have voted for the firm’s Middle East head to take over from managing partner John Joyce next year. MENA region head Andrew Johnson will step up to the role on 1 May 2024. Based in the UAE, Johnston has spent 10 years at the firm after two years as a partner at […]
Winston & Strawn is targeting significant growth outside of the US, with its new leadership team – for the first time ever – now including a lawyer tasked specifically with non-US expansion. In September, Winston confirmed that current chair Tom Fitzgerald would be stepping down next year and will be replaced by litigation group co-head […]
Brodies has appointed a new managing partner, as the Scottish firm gets ready to kick off its next three-year strategy. Head of litigation Stephen Goldie will succeed Nick Scott on 1 May 2024, which is when Scott’s second term of office and when the firm’s current strategic cycle both come to an end. A real […]
For a growing number of firms, the route to profitable growth means becoming increasingly international. While law’s titans hunt for profits in the US, several mid-tier firms are busy bulking up across Europe, the Middle East and South-East Asia. This is particularly true for firms with a passion for private wealth lawyers where competition for […]
Hill Dickinson has appointed a new chief executive officer (CEO), as Peter Jackson steps down after a nearly two-decade reign. A marine and transport specialist, Jackson joined Hill Dickinson in 1983 and was made managing partner in 2005 before switching to CEO in 2016. He will be stepping down at the end of the current […]
The head of corporate M&A at Travers Smith has claimed victory in the firm’s senior partner election. Andrew Gillen has won the firm’s elections after what was understood to be a two-partner race against acting senior partner Siân Keall. Keall took on the senior partner role in May this year after Kathleen Russ stood down […]
CMS has elected a new UK senior partner, with the firm’s co-head of corporate, Charles Currier, set to succeed Penelope Warne in May 2024, who held the position for two terms. Currier has been at the firm for over 25 years and has headed up the corporate practice alongside Victoria Henry for over nine. He specialises […]
Taylor Wessing has elected a new senior partner, after the firm’s members voted last week on a successor to Dominic FitzPatrick. Nick Warr has been voted in by the partnership. He currently serves as the firm’s head of the international private wealth group. He threw his hat in the ring against Nick Moser, who is […]
Votes are being cast in Travers Smith’s senior partner elections, with two names in the running for the position. The Lawyer has learnt that acting senior partner Siân Keall has put her name in the ring. Keall is an employment partner and has been at Travers her entire career, qualifying in 1996. She is up […]
Italian outfit BonelliErede has announced changes to two key management roles, including the naming of the first woman to hold the managing partner role in the firm’s 24-year history. Milan-based corporate/M&A partner Eliana Catalano will become managing partner, taking over from incumbent Andrea Carta Mantiglia. Long-serving London managing partner Massimiliano Danusso will become the firm’s […]
The UK boss of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has been appointed to the position of global senior partner. Segun Osuntokun will take up the newly-created role from 1 January, supporting the firm’s sole CEO Steve Baumer. Osuntokun joined the firm in 2008 as a partner in the litigation and corporate risk practice, and was […]
Addleshaw Goddard’s longstanding managing partner is to stand down from his leadership role one year early. John Joyce, the firm’s former head of business support and restructuring, has led the firm since 2014. He was re-elected for a second term in 2017 and then a third term was obtained during the Covid-19 pandemic. Joyce was always […]