Herbert Smith is joined by Ed Baring as partner. Previously with Allen & Overy, Baring will based in Herbert Smith’s Moscow office. Baring, who focuses on project finance, will join partners Alexander Currie and John Balsdon in the fiance department.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Evan here. Robert and I were both recently asked by American Lawyer for our take on the current overseas US lateral hiring market. In preparing an informative article on this topic, Brian Baxter, of AmLaw, interviewed many well regarded attorney recruiters, both in the US and abroad, including but not at all limited to the [...]
Evan here, continuing yesterday’s post. I am sure you lost sleep in anticipation… We believe that the level of participation at the recent Dubai conferences can be viewed as a barometer of market optimism. If the barometer is working, then there is some cause for hope. Over 70,000 people from 150 countries were in attendance [...]
Evan here … I just arrived back home yesterday after a very productive, interesting, and also fun month-long work trip in Dubai. I was very tempted to extend the trip one more week after being invited to attend the Super Return private equity conference, but unfortunately I had prior business commitments in the US. In [...]
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
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
Evan here. I am writing to you from the Emirates Towers in Dubai, in between meetings with law firm clients (today those firms happen to be Baker Botts, Curtis Mallet and Vinson & Elkins). Last week, we did not venture past the Burj Al, the most famous and symbolic building in Dubai, but a place [...]
