Piper Rudnick has cracked the Boston market after taking on 33 lawyers from the recently dissolved Hill & Barlow to open an office in the region. The hires, including 17 partners, build up its real estate, litigation and energy groups. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/lawyernews 21 January
Speechly Bircham takes on employment lawyer
Speechly Bircham’s employment group has hired Noel Deans, formerly a partner at Landwell. Before joining Landwell, Dean managed the employment team at Goodman Derrick.