Hale and Dorr has scored a coup by taking on Allen & Overy (A&O) intellectual property litigation partner Robert Barry (right). Barry, the fourth partner A&O has lost to a US firm, will move to Hale and Dorr’s London office, where he will rejoin former KLegal lawyer Mark Haftke. Both partners have previously practised at Bird & Bird. First reported on www.thelawyer.com /lawyernews, 24 June
Jones Day takes second partner from Pillsbury
Jones Day‘s San Francisco office is continuing to focus on recruiting partners from Pillsbury Winthrop. Commercial litigation partner Shawn Hanson is joining the firm following the high-profile departure of Robert Mittelstaedt from Pillsbury to Jones Day. First reported on www.thelawyer. com/lawyernews, 24 June