Overview of the market
In 2020, we identified 275 partner hires by the leading UK Intl/Global, US and UK independent firms in our LM 100 set of firms; this compares to 361 in 2019, 345 in 2018 and 357 in 2017. The drop in hires represents a 22% decrease compared to the number of hires in 2019 and a 23% decrease to the previous three-year rolling average.
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces that Amit Singh has joined the Firm as a partner and co-head of the Firm’s Southern California Venture Technology group. He focuses on venture capital and private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, technology transactions, and general corporate law for companies whose core value derives from intellectual property, and will be resident in the San Diego and Los Angeles offices.
International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) continues the expansion of its Litigation & Investigations Department by welcoming Partner Shy Jackson to the Construction Disputes Team. Jackson will be resident in BCLP’s London office.
Jackson’s appointment follows the arrival of Sarah Klein to the department on Jan. 4.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced that Jesse P. Myers has joined the Firm as a partner in the Houston office. He joins the Firm’s Corporate & Financial Services Department, focusing on private equity transactions with an emphasis on energy projects.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Antitrust Practice with the addition of Jérémie Marthan as a partner in Paris.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has added Taylor Pullins as a partner in its Environment & Climate Change practice and Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice in Houston. He will also work with the Firm's Energy and Power Industry Groups.
Reed Smith announced the addition of executive compensation partner Kevin Kay to its Global Corporate Group in the New York office. Kay is a recognized lawyer in the New York market and a former in-house counsel with more than a decade of legal experience overall. He was most recently Counsel in the employee benefits and executive compensation practice at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
Proskauer, a leading international law firm, today welcomed new partner Steven Burwell to the Firm’s Capital Markets Group, based in New York.
""Steve is an outstanding lawyer who has a deep understanding of the capital markets industry. His background in corporate and securities law, including in vertical growth sectors such as technology, healthcare and life sciences, will add tremendous value for our clients and is synergistic with many of our practices,"" said Chip Parsons, Co-Chair of the Firm’s Corporate Department.
Pillsbury has added international transactional, technology and emerging growth lawyer Stan Lewandowski as a Corporate partner in Silicon Valley. With a unique international flavor to his start-up practice, he joins the firm from K&L Gates.
Orrick announced the addition of three rising stars to its global Corporate team as partners: private equity M&A advisor Leah Recht from Kirkland & Ellis and capital markets advisors Edward Dyson from Cooley and Mark Mushkin from Cravath.