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Allen & Overy hires two senior leveraged finance partners from Linklaters in London 07 May 2021 Arrival of Annette Kurdian and Robert Burt helps restock team after raids from US rivals Allen & Overy (A&O) has hired a pair of senior leveraged finance partners from Magic Circle rival Linklaters. The lateral hires – which remain rare between Magic Circle firms – help restock A&O’s market-leading team after raids from US rivals over the past year. Moving across are Annette Kurdian and Robe...

Leading international law firm, Clifford Chance, yesterday announced the election of Mr. Olamide Oladosu as a partner. The new appointee is also part of a global cohort of 29 new partners drawn from all of the firm’s market-leading practices and every region. With his election, Oladosu becomes the first Nigeria-qualified lawyer to be elected to the global partnership of a Magic Circle firm. A statement issued by the firm disclosed that his election was being celebrated across the industry as ...

Rawding moves to Twenty Essex

Shearman & Sterling, yesterday Shearman & Sterling is the latest US firm to announce pandemic-proof pay rises, by upping NQ salary from £120,000 to £135,000. Shearman will also increase the salary for first year trainees from £45k to £50k, while second year trainees will be paid £55k (up from £50k). The firm is also boosting the salary for its associates, with 1PQE pay rising 18% to £145K; 2PQE salary up 19% to £155K, and 3PQE pay rising 19% to £165K. The US firm confirme...

Clifford Chance to work minimum of 50 per cent in the office post-pandemic Clifford Chance has become the latest Magic Circle firm to offer staff a more flexible way of working. Clifford Chance will expect staff to be in the office for at least 50 per cent of the week post-pandemic, as the law firm moves to a more flexible way of working. The new approach means staff at the Magic Circle law firm could work remotely for up to 50 per cent of the time. Clifford Chance has become ...

Bryan Cave names first inclusion and diversity client relationship partner 29 April 2021 Global banking co-leader Daisy Reeves set to take on the full-time role Daisy Reeves Image courtesy of BCLP Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has appointed London-based global banking co-leader Daisy Reeves as its inaugural inclusion and diversity client relationship partner, the firm has announced.  The “first-of-its-kind” role will see Reeves dedicate her practice to collaboration with clie...

Gibson Dunn hires regulatory quartet from Herbert Smith Freehills in Hong Kong 29 April 2021 Team is led by HSFs former Asia financial services regulatory head William Hallatt Shutterstock Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has hired a team of regulatory lawyers from Herbert Smith Freehills in Hong Kong as the US firm seeks to bolster its financial services regulatory practice in the Asia region. The quartet is led by partner William Hallatt and three associates – Emily Rumble, Becky Chung and Arnold P...

Linklaters promotes Alex Beidas to global head of employment & incentives Alex Beidas has been at Linklaters for 15 years. Magic Circle firm Linklaters has made Alex Beidas global head of employment & incentives, taking over from Nicola Rabson, whose tenure in the role ends on 30 April. Beidas will stay in the new role for four years, where she will be in charge of supporting clients. Rabson will return to her role as partner, leading the development of the London employment ...

An aristocrat has won the first round of her High Court battle with a solicitor who she claims tricked her out of her £2m life savings - after telling the judge she has to beg, steal and borrow in order to be able to survive. Baroness Jacqueline Van Zuylen says she was desperate and suffering sleepless nights about the whereabouts of her millions after handing them to solicitor Rodney Whiston-Dew to invest on her behalf in 2012. Mr Whiston-Dew, 70, is currently in prison after after being jail...

Linklaters boosts Frankurt employment offering with Freshfields pensions specialist 23 April 2021 René Döring joins Linklaters as a partner after 15 years at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer René Döring Image courtesy of Linklaters Linklaters has bolstered its employment law practice in Frankfurt with the arrival of René Döring, marking the firm’s second European hire from Magic Circle rival Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer this month.  Occupational pension scheme expert Döring joins...