Speechly Bircham Hires 90 from Campbell Hooper

Erik Even — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:33:00 +0000

London law firm Speechly Bircham has hired 90 people, including 17 partners, from the dissolving Campbell Hooper.

The hirings, which are not being characterized as a merger, give Speechly Bircham a total of over 400 employees. The firm says the move makes Speechly Bircham on of the top 50 UK firms.

Speechly Bircham has also reorganized, creating three groups — business law with 120 lawyers, real estate with 70 lawyers, and private clients with 60 lawyers.

Founded in the 19th century, Speechly Bircham is a 200-lawyer firm based in the City of London, with a strong reputation for both commercial and private client work.

Edwards Angell Hires New Partners

Erik Even — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:15:42 +0000

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has hired on two private equity and venture capital partners.

Richard Kimball joins as partner from Nutter McClennen & Fish, to chair Edwards Angell’s emerging companies/technology practice group in Boston. At Nutter, Kimball was co-chair of the firm’s emerging growth companies practice group, and founded the firm’s award winning TechnOvation Awards Program. His JD is from Harvard Law School.

David Ramm joins the firm as a partner in London, from that city’s Speechly Bircham/Campbell Hooper, where he headed up the firm’s growing PE/VC practice.

Edwards Angell is 97th on the list of the world’s largest law firms by 2006 revenue. The firm was formed by the 2005 merger of Edwards & Angell LLP and Palmer & Dodge LLP.

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Speechly Bircham Hires 90 from Campbell Hooper

Edwards Angell Hires New Partners