Allen & Overy is considering a move to South America with a new branch in Brazil. Leading the project are co-managing partners Ian Shrank and Bruno Soares, and the new office should be open in Sao Paulo within the next six months.
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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner held a meeting earlier this month to announce to associates that their policy for making partner had change. From now on, the partner title would be given to significantly fewer senior associates, and the firm has established strict guidelines describing the process. The firm assured current partners that this new policy would not affect their standing.
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Mayer Brown has hired a group of commercial litigation partners in London. The group, led by Clare Canning, previously worked for Barlow Lyde & Gilbert. Joining Canning are Simon Willis and Matthew Lawson.
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Linklaters has recently done some management reorganization, moving global finance and projects chief John Tucker from London to New York. This move has been made in order for the firm to accentuate their United States practices. Additionally, US Managing Partner Paul Wickes will don a new title as US Senior Partner, and Larry Byrne and Nick Rees will become co-managing partners of the New York office.
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Dewey Ballantine LLP and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP have announced that their respective partnerships have approved their intended merger. As of October 1, the two firms will unify under the name Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP. The new firm will house 1,300 attorney across 12 countries and will be headquartered in New York City.
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A woman’s group in the Yale Law School has produced a list of the top ten family-friendly firms. The firms were chosen based on length of maternity leave (as well as how often attorneys use it), on-site childcare facilities, compensation, and flexible schedules as well as other factors. The top spot went to Quarles & Brady, followed, in order, by Proskauer Rose; Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Jenner & Block; Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw; Covington & Burling; Arnold & Porter; DLA Piper; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris Glovsky & Popeo and Faegre & Benson.
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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has announced the hiring of two attorneys in their Santa Barbara office. Christina L. Costley and Alexey Vorobiov, both formerly of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, will join Sheppard Mullin’s Business Trial and Labor and Employment practices respectively. Sheppard Mullin has also moved special counsel J. Daniel Farrell from their New York office to Santa Barbara.
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Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP has announced that it has hired three finance partners in Asia. Joseph Kim or LAtham & Watkins and David Vance of Baker & McKenzie will join the firm’s Tokyo office, and Patricia Tan Openshaw of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom will join the firm’s Hong Kong office.
Source: www.financeasia.com
Greenberg Traurig announced that it has hired a shareholder for its Business Reorganization and Bankruptcy Practice. John W. Weiss will join the firm’s New York office and focus on representing debtors, official and unofficial committees, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, lessors and lessees of both real and personal property, and others involved in bankruptcy issues.
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