header-logo header-logo

26 January 2011
Issue: 7449 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
printer mail-detail

Stephen Smith Reynolds Porter Chamberlain

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has hired Stephen Smith from Mayer Brown as a partner in its competition practice.

Stephen spent seven years in the competition group at Slaughter and May in both London and Brussels and a year at Ofcom, where he advised on numerous competition and regulatory matters.

Jonathan Watmough, managing partner at RPC, says: “We have seen a growth in instructions from our existing clients on competition and related issues and we were keen both to respond to that need and to build opportunities with new clients.”

Issue: 7449 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
printer mail-details

MOVERS & SHAKERS

HFW—Nelson Wang

HFW—Nelson Wang

HFW strengthens global insurance practice and Greater China offering with London Partner hire

Burges Salmon—David McEwing

Burges Salmon—David McEwing

Burges Salmon boosts Energy and Utilities practice with appointment of David McEwing

Browne Jacobson—Alexander Studholme

Browne Jacobson—Alexander Studholme

Browne Jacobson adds international construction arbitration partner in London push

NEWS
Law firm trainees are choosing US firms over their UK comparators, according to Chambers’ annual report on UK trainee satisfaction
A former senior judge has warned peers against scrapping juries for fraud and financial crimes, ahead of the Courts and Tribunals Bill’s second reading in the House of Lords this week
Civil practitioners face changes spanning debt recovery, workplace harassment and possession claims, alongside guidance on insolvency challenges and children proceedings

Finding matrimonial wealth is as challenging as dividing it, as family disputes draw practitioners into asset tracing, offshore structures and insolvency

Agreement between opponents offers no guarantee that a court will approve a retrospective increase to a costs budget
back-to-top-scroll