Matt is The Lawyer’s deputy editor. He has a particular focus on the US legal market. He also leads many of The Lawyer’s market reports, including the UK 200.
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has hired the head of Shearman & Sterling’s Latin American practice to lead its new São Paulo office. Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has hired the head of Shearman & Sterling’s Latin American practice to lead its new São Paulo office. Shearman partner Andrew Jánszky was previously Shearman’s managing partner […]
DLA Piper has raided Simmons & Simmons’ Rome office for a 17-lawyer team, including four partners. The partners leaving Simmons are Italian head of corporate Antonio Lombardo, projects chief Rodolfo Errore and corporate partners Ernesto Apuzzo and Francesco Aleandri. The new hires will join an existing DLA Piper team of 13 fee-earners, including eight partners, […]
Osborne Clarke has bagged a leading role advising new client French Connection on the sale of fashion label Nicole Farhi to private equity group OpenGate Capital. The Bristol firm fielded a team headed by City-based corporate partner and co-head of retail Kalpesh Tanna, that also included corporate partner Andrew Saul and real estate partner Dolf […]
Olswang has completed its elections for all of its senior management positions. Current senior partner Mark Devereux has been re-elected for another three-year term starting 1 May while managing partner David Stewart has become chief executive officer. Former chief executive officer Kevin Munslow has taken up a role as a consultant at the firm. Stewart […]
White & Case has made up five new partners in an attempt to plug gaps created by a wave of recent defections. London-based Jeremy Duffy has been named a partner in the global banking practice, along with Moscow-based Irina Nesvetova and Jonathan Weinberg in Prague. They are joined by Zeeshan Ahmedani and Philip Power in […]
Stephenson Harwood has continued to bolster its corporate practice with the hire of Ashurst partner Andrew Edge.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has released its end of year financial figures for 2009, revealing an almost 6 per cent drop in revenue but a small rise in partner profits.
Ropes & Gray has continued to expand its newly opened London office with the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer finance counsel Matt Cox as a partner.
Fan-to-fan ticket exchange company Seatwave has appointed a former WilmerHale lawyer as its in-house lawyer to assist with the company’s expansion across Europe.
Allen & Overy (A&O) is to move into Deacons’ former offices in Sydney following its decision to launch in Australia.
Clifford Chance has hired a senior litigation partner in an attempt to rebuild its US disputes practice following a series of exits last year.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has posted its end of year financial results, revealing a dip in the firm’s revenue but no change to individual partners’ take home pay.