Paul Hastings has appointed Ross Anderson and Mei Lian as the two new co-chairs of the firm’s London office. Lian is a corporate and restructuring partner who joined Paul Hastings in May 2020. She previously spent 19 years at Shearman & Sterling. Finance partner Anderson meanwhile joined Paul Hastings in July 2022 as part of […]
After a decade at the helm, Monica Carss-Frisk KC and Tony Peto KC are standing down as Blackstone’s head of chambers. The pair makes way for Blackstone’s new leaders Tom Weisselberg KC and Jane Mulcahy KC. They have been elected to a five-year term from today. Their predecessors have run Blackstone Chambers since 2012. Weisselberg […]
DLA Piper has appointed media and IP litigation partner Ruth Hoy as London managing partner for a three-year term. Hoy, who has led the UK intellectual property group since 2012, will succeed Tom Heylen who has been in the role for six years. Heylen will take on a new position as UK client and sectors […]
The managing partner of Weightmans, who had opted to step down next year, has reversed his decision and will instead continue to lead the firm for a further term. John Schorah has held the position of managing partner since 2013; his third, and expected final term, was due to end next April. Ahead of the […]
Forsters has elected a new senior partner, with property litigator Natasha Rees taking the top job. Rees joined Forsters in 2001 from Pinsent Masons and made partner at Forsters in 2008. She led its property litigation team until March this year and is the firm’s current head of enfranchisement. Rees replaces Smita Edwards in September […]
Clifford Chance has added five new members to its leadership team, including a global head of corporate from its US offices and an inaugural operations and business transformation partner. Sarah Jones has taken the reins from Guy Norman as global head of corporate. Jones is head of the firm’s consumer goods group and has been […]
Pinsent Masons has elected a new senior partner, as the incumbent Richard Foley stands down after eight years. The firm has named Andrew Masraf as Foley’s successor. Masraf is a private equity lawyer, who joined Pinsents as a trainee in 1993. He is a former head of corporate at the firm and was also global […]
Tunbridge Wells-founded Cripps Pemberton Greenish has elected its head of corporate as its new managing partner, with its leader of 10 years set to step down next year. James Beatton will replace Gavin Tyler from May 2023. Tyler has served two five-year terms as managing partner, taking the firm through two mergers, first with Kent’s […]
Harbottle & Lewis’s managing partner Glen Atchison has left the firm, with its corporate head taking charge. Charles Leveque assumed the role of managing partner this month following Atchison’s departure. Leveque has been at Harbottle since 2007 when he joined as a senior associate from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Promoted to partner in 2012, Leveque went […]
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has reshuffled its London leadership for the rest of the year, announcing an acting managing partner of the office. Ashar Qureshi will take on the reins of the City office until the new year as Mark Mifsud takes a six-month sabbatical. Mifsud joined Fried Frank in 2015 from Kirkland […]
Dentons has replaced the managing director role for the UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) region, appointing instead its first chief operating officer and practice partner. The reshuffle follows the news that former managing director Lisa Sewell is leaving the firm in July. In her stead, Helen Simpson has been named as Dentons’ new […]
Penningtons Manches Cooper’s CEO David Raine is to step down in October after nearly 15 years at the helm. He will be succeeded in October by Helen Drayton, the head of the firm’s business services division and a current member of its managing board. Raine began his time in charge as managing partner of […]