Munger, Tolles & Olson is losing roughly 10% of its partnership to Baker McKenzie. Eleven corporate and tax lawyers are moving to the global law firm as partners along with six associates.
Without a larger platform like Baker McKenzie’s, “it was hard for us to see a path to grow our practice the way that the ambitious and entrepreneurial folks in the practice want to grow it,” said Brett Rodda, an M&A and private equity lawyer.
Lawyers on the Munger Tolles team represented Intel on the $9 billion sale of its NAND memory chip business to SK Hynix.
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Moves:
In New York …
Shearman & Sterling added real estate partner Carolyn Stoner from Weil … McGuireWoods hired Nancy Ryan as a corporate technology partner. Ryan was previously a director at data management company NetApp … Walden Macht & Haran hired Barry Rashkover as a partner for a new securities enforcement practice from Sidley … Withers added Floriane Lavaud for the firm’s U.S. arbitration practice as a partner from Debevoise … Alston & Bird hired Mona Bhalla as a partner to its litigation and insurance practice groups. Bhalla was previously at the New York State Department of Financial Services … Michael Weinstein and Joshua Saidlower joined Loeb & Loeb from Morrison Cohen. The duo will join the capital markets and corporate department … Morrison & Foerster tapped Rhys Bortignon as a partner in the firm’s global finance group from White & Case.
In Washington, D.C. …
Allen & Overy picked up Susan Gault-Brown as a partner for its U.S. funds and asset management team from Stradley Ronon … Emily Gordy joined King & Spalding as a securities regulation partner from McGuireWoods … Faegre Drinker brought on Gwendolyn Williamson as an investment management partner from Perkins Coie … Vinson & Elkins hired Randall Johnston as a partner for the firm’s CFIUS practice. She previously was at Paul Hastings … King & Spalding added Sydney Jones Lampard as a labor and employment partner from Kirkland … Morgan Lewis hired government contracts partner Alexander Hastings from Covington.
In Boston …
Paul Hastings opened an office in Boston, hiring Alexander Temel, a Sidley Austin practice co-leader to serve as a founding member and global co-chair of its private equity practice.
In Chicago …
Crowell & Moring hired John Koenigsknecht and David Stone as partners from Neal Gerber … Norton Rose Fulbright added Joshua Cohen as an investment funds partner from Sidley Austin.
In Connecticut …
Finn Dixon & Herling brought on Zachary Moore as an investment management partner. Moore was earlier a managing director at investment firm Sixth Street.
In Charlotte, North Carolina …
Jenny Sugar, the former deputy criminal chief of white-collar crime for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina, joined Moore & Van Allen … Bradley Arant brought on Kimberly Zirkle as a banking and financial services partner from Moore & Van Allen.
In Los Angeles …
Tyson & Mendes brought on Mark Kiefer as a healthcare industry partner from Bradley, Gmelich & Wellerstein … Thompson Coburn hired Daniel Wu as a partner for the firm’s business litigation practice from Buchalter.
In London …
Reed Smith hired Nina Howell as a partner in the firm’s energy and natural resources group from King & Spalding.
In Frankfurt …
White & Case added white-collar partner Sophia Habbe from Noerr.
And more …
Litigation partners Steven Weisburd, Ryan Cobbs, Jan Dodd and Ashley Drumm joined Shook, Hardy & Bacon from Carlton Fields. Weisburd and Dodd are joining in Los Angeles, and Cobbs and Drumm are joining in Florida.
