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Weil secures Clifford Chance London partner as it signals European antitrust expansion 14 May 2021 Jenine Hulsmann is second magic circle partner recruit this year following Slaughters hire in February The City of London Shutterstock Weil Gotshal & Manges has hired antitrust partner Jenine Hulsmann from Clifford Chance in London – its second senior lateral hire from a UK Magic Circle firm within a matter of months. Hulsmann’s appointment follows that of longstanding corporate partner Murray Cox from Slaughter and May in February. Although she is a replacement for the long-serving London...

Updated: 9:03 AM CDT May 7, 2021 DALLAS — Dallas City Council got an earful from residents on Wednesday, as the general public had its first chance to comment on short-term rentals in the city.  The phrase "short-term rentals," or STRs, is shorthand for the rooms and houses rented for days, weeks or longer through AirBNB and Vrbo. Some of the 78 people who Zoomed their thoughts waited hours to speak because of a delay in the council agenda.  Still, when the time came, they were ready.   “They’ve infiltrated our neighborhood,” said Laura Palmer from the Bishop Arts d...

Shearman hires Travers Smith London M&A head to boost global deals team 17 March 2021 Phil Cheveley will lead Shearman's EMEA M&A practice alongside Laurence Levy Victor Moussa Shearman & Sterling has hired corporate lawyer Phil Cheveley to bolster its London M&A team, part of a wider strategy to grow its global deals capability. Cheveley joins as a partner from Travers Smith, and will be head of M&A for Europe, Middle East and Africa alongside Laurence Levy. Cheveley’s experience spans both domestic and cross-border public and private transactions, notably in the financial services, indu...

Cleary Gottlieb beefs up UK competition practice with Slaughters special adviser hire 16 March 2021 Cleary Gottlieb beefs up UK competition practice with Slaughters special adviser hire Jackie Holland becomes latest UK lawyer to exit a magic circle firm for a US rival in London Shutterstock Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has hired competition lawyer Jackie Holland from Slaughter and May in London, the latest magic circle departure to a Wall Street firm. Holland joins the firm’s UK competition practice as a partner, bringing with her more than 25 years of experience covering antitrust is...

Dechert hires Weil's former head of restructuring and insolvency in London 18 February 2021 Adam Plainer joins as co-head of US firm's global financial restructuring group Peter James Sampson; Shutterstock Dechert has hired restructuring lawyer Adam Plainer from Weil Gotshal & Manges to co-chair its global financial restructuring group. Plainer is set to join the firm’s London office, initially as a consultant pending regulatory clearance for partnership. He arrives from Weil, where he was head of restructuring and insolvency, bringing with him experience advising both debtors and credito...