US firm Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton has snapped up Walt Disney & Co's general counsel and executive vice-president Louis Meisinger to help launch an institutional entertainment and media practice. He will act as senior adviser and work as a mediator for alternative dispute resolution services. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/lawyernews 16 January
Debevoise lures Baker & McKenzie partner for European private equity drive
Baker & McKenzie splits practice group after financial services and investment funds head quits for Debevoise The London office of Debevoise & Plimpton has poached Baker & McKenzie’s London head of financial services and investment funds, Marwan Al-Turki.Al-Turki, who joined the firm in 1997 to set up the practice area, will head Debevoise’s European private […]