Goodwin hires from CMS for fledgling Luxembourg office
US firm Goodwin has added CMS’s head of tax in Luxembourg to grow its new office in the European financial hub.
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US firm Goodwin has added CMS’s head of tax in Luxembourg to grow its new office in the European financial hub.
Penelope Warne has secured a new term as the senior partner of CMS’s UK LLP, extending her reign until 2024.
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang bumped up the salaries of its corporate lawyers this month, it has emerged, a day after it was confirmed the firm would be losing its UK private equity head to Goodwin Procter. The pay packets for London lawyers in the corporate team are understood to have been reviewed by the […]
Goodwin Procter’s private equity group in London have secured the hire of CMS’s practice head James Grimwood. Grimwood has been a partner at CMS Cameron McKenna since 2007 and played a pivotal role in the setting up of the firm’s Mayfair office. Appearing in The Lawyer Hot 100 for 2016, Grimwood saw an opportunity to grow […]
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US firm Goodwin has added CMS’s head of tax in Luxembourg to grow its new office in the European financial hub.
Penelope Warne has secured a new term as the senior partner of CMS’s UK LLP, extending her reign until 2024.
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang bumped up the salaries of its corporate lawyers this month, it has emerged, a day after it was confirmed the firm would be losing its UK private equity head to Goodwin Procter. The pay packets for London lawyers in the corporate team are understood to have been reviewed by the […]
Goodwin Procter’s private equity group in London have secured the hire of CMS’s practice head James Grimwood. Grimwood has been a partner at CMS Cameron McKenna since 2007 and played a pivotal role in the setting up of the firm’s Mayfair office. Appearing in The Lawyer Hot 100 for 2016, Grimwood saw an opportunity to grow […]
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