‘When it hits the fan, throw the textbook out’: Hill Dickinson’s outgoing CEO has seen it all
Over two decades Peter Jackson has steered his firm through mergers, spin-offs and redundancies to growth
CMS’s outgoing senior partner to join World Bank
CMS senior partner Penelope Warne has revealed her next steps ahead of her departure from the firm at the end of the month. After 10 years at the helm, Warne is spearheading a project that she founded at the World Bank, via her own company, which promotes the rule of law and access to justice, […]
Gianni becomes latest Italian firm to overhaul management structure
Gianni & Origoni partners have voted in favour of making wholesale changes to the firm’s management and remuneration structures as a wave of modernisation continues to wash across the Italian legal sector. The changes will see a new management committee established, as well as both expanding the number and diversifying the members of the firm’s […]
A&O Shearman: New leaders announced
Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling have elected new leadership for the firm, ahead of the merger’s completion in May. A&O’s Khalid Garousha, who has been serving as managing partner since Gareth Price’s exit last summer, has been voted in as senior partner. He was formerly its regional head of the Middle East and […]
Linklaters’ managing partner: “Lockstep is not an issue anymore”
Linklaters’ global managing partner Paul Lewis has reiterated his firm’s desire to grow significantly in the US and hinted there is now no ceiling to the level it is prepared to pay for lateral hires. Lewis’s comments, which are likely to have recruitment consultants salivating on both sides of the Atlantic, appear in this month’s […]
DLA Piper elects new managing partner
Corporate partner Charles Severs has been elected DLA Piper’s next managing partner. Severs joined the firm in 2003 from Herbert Smith Freehills and has since taken on positions including head of corporate and managing director for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. His appointment will be effective on 1 January 2025. Severs will take over […]
Dentons launches search for new boss as global CEO announces departure
Dentons is to hire a search consultancy to find a replacement for global CEO Elliott Portnoy, who this week announced his intention to stand down in November 2024. Speaking to The Lawyer, Portnoy said: ‘I don’t think the CEO has to be a lawyer, but a professional services experience is essential – and experience of […]
A&O Shearman: Eight partners enter race to lead firm
Voting for the top leadership positions at the newly-merged A&O Shearman will take place next year, it has been announced. The elections process has been revealed ahead of the end of terms next April for both A&O’s senior partner Wim Dejonghe and interim managing partner Khalid Garousha, who stepped in for Gareth Price. As a […]
Slaughters’ chief lines up post-leadership role
The senior partner of Slaughter and May is set to move to Brunswick when his term ends next year. Steve Cooke will join the advisory group in May 2023 as a partner. At Brunswick, Cooke will advise clients in the UK and globally on a range of matters including M&A, crisis, disputes and litigation. The […]
Addleshaws crowns first non-UK managing partner
Addleshaw Goddard partners have voted for the firm’s Middle East head to take over from managing partner John Joyce next year. MENA region head Andrew Johnson will step up to the role on 1 May 2024. Based in the UAE, Johnston has spent 10 years at the firm after two years as a partner at […]
Winston zeroes in on London with new leadership role
Winston & Strawn is targeting significant growth outside of the US, with its new leadership team – for the first time ever – now including a lawyer tasked specifically with non-US expansion. In September, Winston confirmed that current chair Tom Fitzgerald would be stepping down next year and will be replaced by litigation group co-head […]
Brodies ushers in new leadership team
Brodies has appointed a new managing partner, as the Scottish firm gets ready to kick off its next three-year strategy. Head of litigation Stephen Goldie will succeed Nick Scott on 1 May 2024, which is when Scott’s second term of office and when the firm’s current strategic cycle both come to an end. A real […]