By Laura Stewart Liberty

Over the past week, DWF lost top talent to Hill Dickinson, RPC and Shoosmiths, an insurance M&A pro left DLA Piper for Sidley Austin, and Ashurst Perkins Coie hired a partner from Stephenson Harwood to head up its post-merger real estate litigation team. Here, Law360 looks at those and more of the week's most notable lateral hires across the U.K.

By Nate Beck

Reed Smith LLP has bolstered its private equity practice with the hire of a former Norton Rose Fulbright group leader in Munich.

By Christine DeRosa

International law firm Withers has appointed a dozen new partners across three countries, nearly half of whom are based in the United States.

By Max Austin

Walkers said Wednesday that it has promoted a total of 14 new partners across its global network, with women making up more than half. 

By Ashish Sareen

Cleary said on Tuesday that it has hired a corporate partner at the Paris office of Kirkland in a move to boost the firm's capability in private equity transactions.

By Ashish Sareen

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP said Friday that it has boosted its team in London with the hire of a fund finance leader at A&O Shearman.