Latham & Watkins has made a seven lawyer lateral hire from Allen & Overy. The group is composed of partners in Hong Kong. The following are leaving Allen & Overy for Latham: regional corporate head Micheal Liu, Simon Berry, Jane Ng, Stan Chow, William Woo, Kenneth Chan and Cathy Yeung.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Tags: Allen & Overy LLP | Hong Kong
K&L Gates has announced the addition of attorneys Mary Schaerdel Dietz and Roderick (Rick) B. Williams. Both join the Austin office as partners. Dietz, previously at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, is a commercial litigator. Williams, formerally with Vinson & Elkins LLP, joins the intellectual property litigation team.
Source: www.lawfuel.com
Tags: K&L Gates LLP | Austin
Pillsbury has recently scored Thelen’s China practice! This news came after rumors that Thelen’s attempts to merge with Nixon Peabody were to no avail. The lateral team is led by partners, Louis Bevilacqua, Mary Utterback, Joseph Tiano Jr. and the former head of Thelen’s Shanghai office, Thomas Shoesmith. Shoesmith is now in charge of Pillsbury’s Shanghai office.
Source: www.nylawyer.com
Tags: Shanghai
The law firm of Littler Mendelson has expanded its D.C. office with six laterals from Ford & Harrison. These labor lawyers concentrate their practice on airline and railway labor relations. Peter Petesch, Kevin Kraham, Jay Sumner, Alison Davis, Jeffrey Sun and Katherine Hoekman make 29 total attorneys in the firm’s Washington office. They also bring the number of Ford & Harrison laterals from 2 to 8.
Source: www.bizjournals.com
Tags: Littler Mendelson P.C.
Covington & Burling has expanded its firm with 50 lawyers from Heller Ehrman. The attorneys joining the firm are widespread: 14 partners, six counsel, and even more associates. Covington has also announced their plans to launch two new offices in California: Silicon Valley and San Diego. But, that is not the last we will hear of Covington’s additions. There are still more potential laterals waiting in the wings.
Source: www.legaltimes.typepad.com
Tags: Covington & Burling LLP
Within the past five years, law firm Shook Hardy has doubled its intellectual practice from 25 to 50. Within another 5 years, the firm aspires to double the number again to make 100 lawyers. Shook recently added 11 lawyers, nine of which are associates and two lateral hires.
Source: www.bizjournals.com
Tags: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLPHeller Ehrman has asked its ex-merger candidates if they would consider taking random parts and/or entire practice groups from the firm. Nothing is certain yet, especially to the public. Neither Mayer Brown and Baker & McKenzie would comment. Winston & Strawn has admitted only that the firm is in the midst of discussion with Heller partners.
Source: www.law.com
Lovells had done it again: three in one week! Not only has the firm added Thomas Man for its Beijing office, Lovells has just hired two senior consultants for its Vietnam office. Attorneys Greg Buhyoff and Nasir PKM Abdul are welcomed. Buhyoff, previously of Baker & Mckenzie, will lead the IP group, while Abdul will work with European, US, and Asian clients on their investments.
Source: www.asia.legalbusinessonline.com
Tags: Hogan Lovells | Beijing
Dechert has scored a managing partner for its new Beijing office. Wang’s experience ranges from global corporations to financial institutions to private investors in China. He is dually qualified in China and the US, having worked for the Chinese foreign ministry and the United Nations before his outstanding legal career.
Source: www.asianinvestor.net
Tags: Dechert LLP | BeijingSome law firms are finally utilizing the internet and more specifically, their websites to help promote and create an image. The WilmerHale website actually gives a personal touch by some of the associates blogging from time to time. These blogs transform the attorneys from a mass of rich WilmerHale troops into real individuals. It gives perspective lateral recruits an idea of the atmosphere they would be joining. Arnold & Porter does something similar and yet oh so different. The associates are speaking their minds, outloud! They have “video blogs”. This personable style must be making a difference!
Source: http://blogs.wsj.com
