LATERAL HIRE
Weil celebrates hire of 'superb' Slaughter and May corporate partner
Murray Cox leaves UK Magic Circle firm less than five years after making partner
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TEAM HIRE
Hogan Lovells bolsters London M&A and disputes practices with five-partner hiring spree
Arrivals include White & Case corporate co-head Patrick Sarch and highly rated Debevoise partner Kevin Lloyd
LAW FIRM LEADERSHIP
Hogan Lovells names Paris IP partner and diversity and inclusion advocate as next chair
Marie-Aimée de Dampierre will assume role from Leopold von Gerlach at the start of May
PARTNER HIRES
Simpson Thacher makes double partner hire in European restructuring push
London partners Adam Gallagher and James Watson join as European investment drive continues
PARTNER HIRES
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McCarthy Denning taps magic circle veterans for private equity launch
Real estate-focused practice will be headed by former Clifford Chance partners Iain Morpeth and Michael Wistow
PRIVATE CLIENT
Shepherd and Wedderburn lands 20-strong Scottish private client team from Dentons
Team is led by Glasgow-based partners Eleanor Kerr and Alexis Graham
OFFICE LAUNCH
Simpson Thacher unveils Brussels office launch plan in response to Brexit
Former Allen & Overy antitrust global co-head Antonio Bavasso lined up to head second European office
FIRM LAUNCH
Shearman arbitration co-heads depart with six other partners to set up disputes firm
Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes will open in Paris, London and New York, joint statement reveals
OFFICE LAUNCH
Addleshaw Goddard raids BCLP, K&L Gates in Paris to open 22-strong office
Team of 18 BCLP lawyers led by former office head forms bedrock of UK firm's second mainland European arm
COMMENTARY
Can 'no shot' get you fired? The risks of a compulsory vaccine policy
A legal minefield awaits employers considering Covid-19 jab programmes, argue Jules Quinn and Marie Hoolihan