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Paul Hastings withdraws from Milan as K&L Gates loses eight-partner employment team in Australia Thomas Alan Paul Hastings is shutting up shop in Milan as its office head leaves for a US rival while K&L Gates…
Revolving doors: Reed Smith, Haynes and Boone hire in London, K&L Gates in Washington Legal Business Law firms have continued to grow their London ranks, with Reed Smith and Haynes and Boone LLP hiring in the City, while K&L…
Fieldfisher grows finance practice with hire of K&L Gates’ Moller Tom Baker Fieldfisher has appointed Stephen Moller as a partner from K&L Gates, further bolstering the firm’s finance team after its April…
Kaye Scholer takeover fallout: Former London head to exit with team to K&L Gates Georgiana Tudor Just one month after Arnold & Porter‘s takeover of Kaye Scholer went live, legacy Kaye Scholer’s London head has quit…
KWM latest: K&L Gates and Orrick take Munich partners as Covington poised to take top litigator Pollack and team Legal Business US firms K&L Gates, Covington & Burling and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe are the latest to take on partners from the…
It takes two: K&L Gates names new leadership team to replace Kalis Legal Business With longstanding K&L Gates leader Peter Kalis set to step down early next year, the firm has picked Michael Caccese…
‘Adapt or die’ – K&L’s outspoken chief Kalis to stand down after 20 years at the helm of US giant Sarah Downey He has been one of the longest-serving and most outspoken law firm leaders in the conservative US legal market but…
Revolving doors: Mishcon makes key City hire as K&L Gates boosts Fintech practice Legal Business Ahead of the expected summer slowdown, UK firms have made a spate of City hires, with Mishcon de Reya, K&L…
‘An important step’: K&L Gates launches in Munich through King & Wood hires Legal Business K&L Gates has opened its third German office by launching in Munich, with a three-lawyer hire from King & Wood…
Revolving doors: K&L Gates and CC make key appointments as Pinsent Masons makes Magic Circle hire for new Düsseldorf office Legal Business In this week’s appointment round-up, Clifford Chance (CC) has added muscle to its New York office and K&L Gates has…
Comment: K&L Gates’ Tony Griffiths on profit, delusion and how Big Law became obsessed with the wrong things Legal Business Many centuries ago while studying law as an undergraduate, a particularly inspiring corporate law lecturer suggested that I might want…
Profit, delusion and how Big Law became obsessed with the wrong things Legal Business K&L’s Tony Griffiths says the father of business theory has lessons Big Law would do well to learn Many centuries…
King & Wood Mallesons City departures continue as K&L Gates recruits tax partner Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) continues to see partner departures from its London office as K&L Gates has recruited longstanding…
Completing the set: Morgan Lewis takes another two partners from K&L Gates in City structured finance push Legal Business Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has recruited two further partners from K&L Gates, adding to the three already to have made…
Revolving doors: Cooley, Pannone, DWF and K&L Gates all bolster UK numbers Sarah Downey Last week saw a quartet of US and UK firms, namely Cooley, Pannone Corporate, DWF and K&L Gates, all make…
Listing in London – King & Spalding carries US biotech to AIM listing Legal Business King & Spalding’s recent recruits in the City have helped handle Californian biotech company Verseon £300m stock market listing in…
Targeting London: Ropes launches City commercial litigation practice with K&L Gates hire Legal Business Five years after setting up in London, Ropes & Gray has launched a City-based commercial litigation practice with the hire…
Revolving doors: CC loses another German partner as Ashurst hires from Reed Smith and HFW turns to Orrick Michael West Last week saw K&L Gates become the latest firm to pick up a partner from Clifford Chance’s (CC) Germany practice,…
Revolving Doors: Management hires for K&L Gates and Eversheds plus a high-profile GC appointment Kathryn McCann Last week’s laterals saw a focus on hiring management with K&L Gates bringing in a new finance head in Sydney,…
