Ilya Rybalkin is the first Hogan Lovells partner in Europe to leave the firm post merger. Rybalkin has announced his plans to join Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in July. He will be stationed at the Moscow office.
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Dechert has just scored Clifford Chance’s head of litigation and arbitration in Moscow. Ivan Marisin, who has spent the last 18 years with Clifford has just joined Dechert. Marisin brings along Vasily Kuznetsov, counsel and Alexander Sidorov, associate.
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WilmerHale has taken on a new partner in New York. Andrew E. Nagel joined the firm and will practice in the Corporate and Transactional Department. Nagel joins from Kirkland & Ellis.
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Loeb & Loeb LLP has hired a Land Use and Regulatory Affairs senior counsel. Nicole Kuklok-Waldman has joined the firm in Los Angeles. Kuklok-Waldman focus her environmental law practice on land use and real estate development.
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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has made the decision to discontinue reporting its profits per partner. The firm’s motive is to find another way to “evaluate” the firm. In 2009, the firm’s equity partners made an average of $1.36 million.
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Tags: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPKen Ziman almost made the switch from Simpson Thacher to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom without anyone noticing. Neither firm released a press release discussing the move. Ziman joined Skadden last week as a restructuring partner.
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Hogan & Hartson has lost its managing partner in Hong Kong. Gordon Ng has left the firm to join O’Melveny & Myers as a partner. Ng is 17 years experienced in corporate and finance transactions in Hong Kong.
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Thompson & Knight LLP has hired Mark Weibel as its newest partner in Dallas. Weibel departs from Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P to make the move. He brings along four associates: Bryan L. Larson, Bryan D. Garner, Christopher W. Neilson, and Shannon Fey Stapp. The team focuses on real estate law.
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Tags: Thompson & Knight LLP | DallasAndrews Kurth LLP has boosted its Houston office with the lateral hire of Thomas A. Sage. Sage, who joins as a partner, will practice in the Public Law group. He brings a team with him, including associate Nathelie Ashby.
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Ropes & Gray has snagged Hogan & Hartson’s Shanghai managing partner. Arthur Mok has joined as a corporate partner to help boost Ropes’ China practice. The firm is committed to growth in China and is planning on opening an office in Shanghai.
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