Law Firm Office Launches - Page 2

Nelson Mullins adds litigation team from London Fischer for new LA office

Product liability group including three partners join across national firm’s second LA office and in New York

Cahill adds lawyer trio from crypto boutique, launches Delaware office

Wall Street firm hires team including prominent crypto partner Lewis Rinaudo Cohen in move intended to create one-stop shop for crypto advice

Venable debuts in Colorado with eight-lawyer team from Sherman & Howard

Trial lawyer James Sawtelle joins to lead new office in Denver alongside seven commercial and employment litigators and counsellors

Bird & Bird adds Ashurst corporate partner for Tokyo launch

Office to handle outbound work for Japanese clients as UK firm aims to reach €1bn revenue in five years

Perkins Coie debuts in London with former White & Case PE leader

Ian Bagshaw joins alongside five more lawyers to bring US firm’s tech-focused practice to European market

Paul Weiss adds antitrust partner from European Commission for Brussels launch

Henrik Morch joins recent antitrust recruits from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Macfarlanes in new office

Willkie Farr launches in Dallas with Haynes and Boone private equity team

Partners Tom Tippetts, Brandon McCoy and Chase Proctor join from Texan firm as four Willkie private equity partners relocate

Blank Rome hires 25-strong team from Burns & Levinson to open in Boston

Group includes 13 partners including Frank Segall and Josef Volman, who will co-chair new office

Simpson Thacher adds Skadden funds partner ahead of Boston debut

Kenneth Burdon to be joined by Simpson Thacher funds partner Nathan Somogie for launch later this year

Paul Hastings opens in Boston with private equity team from Sidley Austin

Sidley’s former private equity co-head, Alexander Temel, joins as global PE co-chair alongside team of lawyers

Frost Brown Todd opens in Denver with nine partner hires from local firms

New arrivals join from Moye White, Brownstein and Lewis Roca

Fieldfisher relaunches in Italy with five-partner team from former ally

Top 20 UK firm opens standalone office after cutting ties with Swiss Verein firm which has rebranded as WST

Addleshaw Goddard absorbs KWM’s Madrid arm to secure Spanish launch

UK firm takes advantage of KWM’s commitment to close European network as part of alliance with Eversheds Sutherland

Simpson Thacher partner exits ahead of reported Paul Weiss Brussels office launch

Simpson Thacher confirms antitrust partner Ross Ferguson’s departure as Paul Weiss reportedly gears up to open first base in continental Europe

Allen & Overy marks Saudi launch ahead of Shearman merger

Magic Circle firm secures third Middle East base as dozens of law firms eye business linked to Saudi wealth

Kinstellar marks Southeast Asia launch with 21-lawyer ‘sister’ firm

European powerhouse joins forces with Vietnamese outfit Asia Counsel

Fox Rothschild adds transactions team to open third Florida office in Sarasota

Partner Robert Stroud joins from Florida firm Blalock Walters alongside counsel and an associate

Pogust Goodhead to open in Sydney amid multi-billion-dollar BHP class action claim

New Australia office will be led by partners Amie Crichton and Joshua Carton

Trowers hires Farrer & Co’s arbitration head as it wins licence to open in Singapore

Arrival of Hendrik Puschmann comes as UK firm finalises its plans to launch in Asia’s premier arbitration hub

Willkie unveils Munich launch plans and new German leadership

Frankfurt office head Georg Linde becomes German managing partner, alongside co-managing partner Kamyar Abrar


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