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Morning Roundup

joshua — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:15:26 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, July 7th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Latham & Watkins announced its launch of an Asian litigation practice centered in Hong Kong…

Detroit-based firm Dykema hired Robin Radomski as its Chief Marketing Officer…

Saul Ewing added a four-person team focused on the gaming industry…

Sidley Austin named a new managing Partner in San Francisco…

Thompson Hine LLP received national recognition for leadership in promoting diversity…

Skadden was found to be first in M&A Advisements for first half of year…

A global study found tracking procedures lacking in lawyer-to-lawyer referrals…

Weil Gotshal received two international Legal Alliance Awards…

Fisher & Phillips opened an office in Washington, D.C….

The Bureau of Labor Statistics showed legal sector lost 3,900 jobs in June…

Clifford Chance named a new London practice head…

Clifford Chance Names New London Practice Head

eric — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:44:29 +0000

Reuters: Clifford Chancepartner Simon Tinkler has been tapped to replace current London corporate practice head, David Pearson. Pearson, who held the position for two terms, will continue work within the group, focusing on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions.

Tinkler’s practice specializes in private equity, complex leveraged buyouts, and international and pan-European corporate takeovers, mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Tinkler has also served in an advisory capacity for a number of investment banks.

Clifford Chance is one of the world’s leading law firms with 29 offices in 20 countries and 3,600 legal advisors globally. The firm is structured around six global practice areas: Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate/M&A, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, and Tax, Pensions and Employment.

Gibson Dunn Nabs London Partner from Freshfields

joshua — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:46:21 +0000

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has added Jeff Roberts as a partner in its London office. Roberts, who joins the firm from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, practices corporate law with a focus on international public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity and equity capital markets.

Roberts practiced at Freshfields since 1988 and was a partner at the firm since 1996. He also managed the firm’s Moscow office from 1996-1999.

Gibson Dunn’s London office was founded more than 30 years ago and offers full-service English law representation. The firm has 15 other offices worldwide and more than 1,000 lawyers.

Another One for Ropes & Gray in London

joshua — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:57:13 +0000

We told you last week that Ropes & Gray is opening a new office in London. The office is being setup with two partners who moved from White & Case and two partners from the US. Now Ropes & Gray has a fifth partner in London. Jonathan Bloom, also formerly of White & Case, will join his former colleagues in Ropes & Gray’s new office.

Ropes & Gray LLP is an international law firm with offices located in Boston, New York City, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Washington, Chicago, Hong Kong,Tokyo and soon in London. The firm has over 1,000 lawyers worldwide.

Ropes & Gray Opening London Office

joshua — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:15:34 +0000

Ropes & Gray is launching a new office in London, slated to open in January of next year. The office will be led by Maurice Allen and Michael Goetz who are moving over from White & Case. Two senior partners from the US, Newcomb Stillwell and David Chapin, will also join the London office.

Lanier Opening First European Office in London

joshua — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:33:32 +0000

The Lanier Law Firm is planning to open an office in London in the first quarter of 2010 to handle its new international arbitration practice. Firm founder Mark Lanier and Dana Taschner, the managing attorney of the Los Angeles office, are heading up the practice group.

Mark Lanier formed the Lanier Law Firm in 1990. It is headquartered in Houston, and currently has additional offices in New York, Los Angeles and Palo Alto.

Clifford Chance to Cut 115 Staffers

Erik Even — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:15:40 +0000

Clifford Chance has announced further cuts to its London office, with the Magic Circle firm set to make up to 115 business support staff redundant.

The firm started reviewing its 1,200 strong London business support staff earlier this year, with details emerging today that between 105 and 115 positions will be cut.

The job cuts, which come on top of a separate redundancy program for London lawyers that is expected to result in 80 job cuts, will affect all business support functions in London other than IT.

Clifford Chance is appointing employee representatives from functions including human resources, secretarial, mail room, building maintenance, finance, business development, and education and training departments. The representatives will communicate with staff and give feedback to the firm over the 90-day consultation period.

IT staff are subject to a separate consultation of the firm’s offshore global services center, which is expected to lead to a number of job losses and some positions being sent to India.

The firm declined to comment about cuts to its international offices.

In addition to the business support and associate job cuts, Clifford Chance is also mid-way through a wide-scale review of the firm’s partnership, which is expected to see a number of salaried and equity partners expelled.

Bingham McCutchen’s London Office Sees Increase in Profit

todd — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:04:53 +0000

US firm Bingham McCutchen’s London office has seen an increase in profit amidst a slight decrease in turnover.

The average profit per equity partner went up 7.4 percent, going from $1.75 million to $1.88 million. Turnover fell 4.6 percent, going from $32.5 million to $31 million.

James Roome, the London managing partner at Bingham McCutchen, said, “Restructuring really kicked in towards the end of the year with things like home builders and the car manufacturers, but it is the range of work we do for financial investors that kept us going.”

The rise in profit per equity partner was partly due the fact that the firm went from 12 partners to 11. Litigation partner Neil Micklethwaite left the firm in August 2007 to launch a litigation/human rights outfit with Roger Gherson, who worked with Micklethwaite at Gouldens.

“We’re pretty cautious,” said Roome. “We’re now glad that we haven’t made some of the big investments that some other firms have.”