Two Latham & Watkins finance partners have joined Sidley Austin in the second exodus to the Chicago-headquartered firm this year. Sidley has poached debt capital markets partners Scott Colwell and Patrick Kwak, who will be reunited with five ex-Latham colleagues who joined Sidley in August. Colwell, who has been at Latham for over a decade, […]
Shoosmiths has an ambition to become a top upper mid-market firm by 2030, with moves afoot to elevate its brand and ascend the pecking order of UK national outfits. Compared to some of the firms it wants to pitch against, such as DLA Piper, Pinsent Masons, Addleshaw Goddard and Eversheds Sutherland, Shoosmiths is still on […]
Reed Smith has refreshed its Professional SQE Programme (PSQE) and partnered with The College of Legal Practice (CoLP) as its sole academic provider for future trainees. The PSQE is a hybrid learning and work experience programme that all future trainee solicitors at Reed Smith embark on in the year leading up to their training contract […]
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DAC Beachcroft (DACB) has launched its second office in Asia Pacific. DACB will form an association with the newly-created CK Lee & Co, a Hong Kong firm that will ensure DACB’s clients can access legal advice internationally and in Hong Kong. The firm will be led by Kelvin Lee who was previously a partner at […]
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has unveiled a number of perks for aspiring solicitors in its inaugural internship programme, including half of their pay upfront and money for work attire. Paul Weiss has launched its bi-annual two-week work experience scheme, which will be based in its Soho office commencing next year. A total of […]
Having introduced a firmwide bonus for the first time two years ago, Shoosmiths is now contemplating whether to develop an individual reward scheme for its lawyers. The firmwide bonus, set up in August 2022, recognises all firm employees (excluding partners). It set out to pay staff between 5 to 7 per cent of their basic salary […]
Latham & Watkins has appointed a new managing partner for its London office to succeed Stephen Kensell after four years at the helm. Ed Barnett will take charge effective immediately, with Kensell due to retire at the end of the year. Barnett is a corporate partner at Latham and has been with the firm since […]
A&O Shearman has introduced an AI assessment into its graduate recruitment process to identify trainee solicitors with a strong technological awareness. Candidates will be asked questions to encourage them to think outside of the box, including how they would go about writing accurate prompts for the AI to support their work. Measuring a candidate’s approach […]
A team of 13 have switched to King & Spalding from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, after it emerged that four partners would be leading the team move back in June. At the start of the summer, Cadwalader fund finance partners Samantha Hutchinson, Nathan Parker and Mathan Navaratnam, as well as ESG partner Sukhvir Basran, lined […]
Latham & Watkins has hired a partner from Baker McKenzie to bolster its corporate practice and life sciences groups. Melanie Howard joins Latham after seven years as a partner at Bakers. Before Bakers, Howard was a senior associate at Clifford Chance for ten years. She is also qualified to practise in Australia, having spent three […]
Milbank has restocked its restructuring group after several departures this year, hiring a partner from White & Case. Ian Wallace joins Milbank after nearly 10 years as a partner at White & Case. He joined the firm in 2015 from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer where he trained. Wallace focuses on international restructuring situations including advising businesses […]