Blake Lapthorn has taken head of banking Claire Wheatley from Clyde & Co. Under the supervision of Wheatley, Blake Lapthorn will launch its London banking practice. Wheatley concentrates her practice in real estate finance and mezzanine finance.
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Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears has taken a position with Schiff Hardin. Sears joins the Atlanta office on October 15th as partner. She will concentrate on general and appellate litigation.
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Clifford Chance has lost four litigation partners who have decided to start their own arbitration boutique in NY. Peter Chaffetz , David Lindsey, Charlie Scibetta and James Hosking left to start the firm. Counsel Cecilia Moss joins them. The new firm, which officially opened Tuesday, May 5th, is called Chaffetz Lindsey. It will focus on international arbitration, reinsurance and commercial litigation.
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A month has yet to even pass as Linklaters hires its second US partner. Daniel Dufner joins the firm from White & Case’s New York office. Linklaters now has 7 partners in its New York’s corporate practice. Prior to joining White & Case, Dufner practiced with Sullivan & Cromwell.
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Taylor Wessing and Polish law firm BSJP have secured an alliance. With what once began as merely friends, helping each other out here and there has now turned into an alliance, which may one day turn into a marriage…I mean merger. BSJP has 7 partners and a total of 20 attorneys.
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Stroock & Stroock & Lavan has brought on John M. Gatti to serve as the firm’s chair of the entertainment and media litigation practice in Los Angeles. Gatti has more than 21 years of business litigation under his belt, mostly focusing on entertainment and media industries. He joins from Greenberg Traurig.
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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. was honored by The San Diego Country Bar Association for its public service work. The firm has aided the Center for Community Solutions (CCS), a non-profit agency that serves victims of sexual or domestic assault. The two organizations’ relationship began in 2007.
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Tags: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.Linklaters has increased the salaries of its London lawyers, but, not by much. The pay increased between 2% and 4%. Associates will also be eligible for performance related bonuses. No other top 10 City firm has announced pay rises.
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Tags: LinklatersLately, most firms have asked or forced their incoming first-year associates to postpone their start dates. Many students interviewed by The Am Law Daily said that they felt pressured to take the time off even if it was optional. For the most part, firms that are delaying start dates until January are seeing about half of their incoming associates opting for the year-long internship at a non-profit. The firms that are forcing all new hires to delay start-dates are seeing almost 100 percent are taking the stipend for non-profit work.
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