Weil Gotshal & Manges has recruited one of the dwindling band of Buchanan Ingersoll partners. Rupert Jones, Buchanan's former head of real estate, has joined Weil Gotshal as senior European counsel. He will head up the firm's real estate team. Jones is the latest Buchanan partner to leave the firm following its decision to refocus the London office on corporate and insurance work. Kathryn Hobbs
First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/lawyernews on 21 June
Client demand prompts San Fran launch for Holme Roberts & Owen
US firm Holme Roberts & Owen is to open an office in San Francisco.The 200-lawyer firm, which has offices in London, Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City and Boulder, has plans to increase the San Francisco starting team of six lawyers to at least 30 during the next three years. The office will be headed […]