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South Africa’s Webber Wentzel strengthens team in Johannesburg
Linklaters alliance firm Webber Wentzel has recruited former Allen & Overy partner Khurshid Fazel as its new restructuring head in Johannesburg, along with partner Julian Jones from Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr.
18 May 2020
GLAS recruits in Paris and New York
Financial administration services provider GLAS has hired Aymeric Mahe as the new head of its Paris operation and Adam Geller as an assistant vice president in New York.
15 May 2020
Mishcon and Reed Smith bolster restructuring offerings in Singapore
British firm Mishcon de Reya has launched a new office in Singapore after hiring a team from Withers KhattarWong, while Reed Smith’s formal law alliance in the Lion City, Resource Law, has recruited Shook Lin & Bok partner Johnny Lim.
12 May 2020
Pillsbury adds partner and senior counsel in San Francisco
Global law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has recruited a new partner and senior counsel to its insolvency and restructuring practice in San Francisco.
12 May 2020
Dentons launches combination with Argentinian firm
International firm Dentons has launched a new restructuring practice in Argentina after establishing a combination with local firm Rattagan Macchiavello Arocena.
07 May 2020
ABI and R3 appoint new presidents
The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and UK insolvency trade body R3 have both appointed new presidents this week, who tell GRR that covid-19 will put their members under a bright spotlight as "economic first responders".
01 May 2020
Duff & Phelps launches Sydney office and hires contentious insolvency head in London
Advisory firm Duff & Phelps has hired former EY partner Marcus Ayres to help launch a new restructuring practice in Australia, while RSM director Rob Armstrong has joined its London office as head of its contentious insolvency practice.
29 April 2020
Clyde & Co, A&O and Freshfields promote in London and New York
Clyde & Co, Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have all announced promotions for lawyers with restructuring and insolvency expertise.
29 April 2020
Latham hires from O’Melveny again
The chair of O’Melveny & Myers’ US restructuring practice Suzzanne Uhland has joined Latham & Watkins as a partner in New York.
28 April 2020
Winston & Strawn adds new London partner from Reed Smith
Winston & Strawn has appointed a leveraged and acquisition finance lawyer who worked on the Lehman Brothers Europe bankruptcy, as a partner in its London office.
24 April 2020
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