Henry J. DePippo is the latest addition to Kirkland & Ellis’s New York office. The attorney will focus his practice on white collar criminal defense and securities in the Litigation group. Prior to joining Kirkland, DePippo practice law at Nixon Peabody.
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Tags: Kirkland & Ellis LLP | New YorkGersten Savage has recruited Paul A. Rachmuth to join as partner. Rachmuth, who specializes in bankruptcy, has dumped Reed Smith for his new firm, Gersten. Rachmuth received his LL.M. in bankruptcy from St. John’s School of Law and earned his J.D. from Brooklyn Law.
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Shearman & Sterling’s Dick Aldrich has switched over to Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom. Aldrich is to lead Skadden’s Sao Paulo office, presiding over its five permanent associates. Skadden lost its only Sao Paulo partner towards the end of 2008.
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Lovells has added attorney Anthony Raven as a partner in Tokyo. Raven joins the energy and projects group. Raven, previously with Herbert Smith, has had much experience in representing Japanese, as well as international clients. This makes Lovells fourth lateral in the last 12 months.
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Attorney Christopher Muessel has taken a position with firm Watson, Farley & Williams. Muessell will join the Singapore office from Duane Morris. He focuses his practice on project financing. Muessell brings the number of Watson, Farley’s Singapore partners up to seven.
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Alexey Kondratchik has rejoined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner in the firm’s Moscow office. Kondratchik focuses on corporate law, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and financing, and mergers and acquisitions.
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Tags: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | MoscowShibeer Ahmed, Lovells’ Dubai head, is jumping ship, but to where is still a mystery. Ahmed has spent nine years with Lovells. He has not announced where he is moving, but says that it will be another firm in Dubai. He will not be accompanied by any associates from Lovells.
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Weil Gotshal & Manges has announced that its London office has seen a 22 percent growth in profit during 2008. The firm’s office alone has seen a 2.3 percent increase in profit per equity . When compared to the numbers of the firm in its entirety, one can note a vast difference. The firm-wide revenue increased by only 4 percent, and the overall profit per equity partner grew by 7.5 percent.
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Clifford Chance has a plan to aid in becoming the top international firm in the world. The firm will make cuts in its partnership. The numbers are not certain at the moment, and neither is whether the partners will actually vote yes to this proposition. Firm managing partner David Childs has little doubt, however. Both equity and salaried partners will be on the chopping block. Clifford Chance’s 16 percent attorney increase does not correspond to their small increase of profit since 2007.
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Baker Botts has added two notable attorneys to its intellectual property group. Ann Hurwitz and Will K. Wood are now partners in the firm’s Dallas office. They both join from DLA Piper where they were partners.
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