By Tracey Read

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has expanded its structured-finance team on both sides of the Atlantic by hiring four attorneys from Morrison & Foerster LLP, Mayer Brown LLP and McDermott Will & Schulte as partners, Orrick announced Tuesday.

By Ashish Sareen

Hill Dickinson LLP said Tuesday that it has promoted four lawyers from offices in the U.K. and Singapore to its partnership, taking the total number at the firm to 180.

By Ashish Sareen

Travers Smith LLP named three lawyers on Tuesday who have made the grade to become partners at the firm, the smallest promotions round in more than a decade. 

By Ashish Sareen

Baker McKenzie said Monday that it has appointed Joanna Hewitt, a senior specialist in corporate reorganizations, to lead its office in London — making her the first woman to take up the role.

By Andrea Keckley

A renowned international arbitration lawyer who founded the international arbitration practice of WilmerHale LLP and had been with the firm for nearly four decades has joined King & Spalding LLP, bringing four other colleagues with him.

By Hanna Vioque

Finnegan has hired a new life sciences litigator from Kirkland & Ellis LLP with experience leading cases in the FRAND space, as it builds a stronger intercontinental team to deal with increasingly global disputes.