April's Private Practitioner Moves
May 2 2003
North America
In Canada, Catherine Brayley joins Canadian firm Davis & Company from rival firm Gowling Lafleur Henderson.
Herbert Lacroix joins the Montréal office of Canadian firm Stikeman Elliott. Previously, Lacroix was chairman of Société Télémédia.
In Toronto, Malcolm MacKillop joins national firm Fraser Milner Casgrain from rival Borden Ladner Gervais.
Robert Rueter, Randy Bennett and Paul Scargall have formed a new litigation boutique named Rueter Scargall. Rueter and Bennett join from Fraser Milner Casgrain, while Scargall joins from Borden Ladner Gervais.
Elizabeth Johnson joins national firm Wilson & Partners from Canadian firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin.
Henry Bertossi has left national firm Blake Cassels & Graydon to join the Toronto office of Canadian firm Heenan Blaikie.
Meanwhile, Bill Mayo and Lesley Caswell join Heenan Blaikie from rival firms Hitchman & Sprigings and Gowling Lafleur Henderson respectively.
Richard Meagher has joined national firm Lang Michener from Canadian firm Aylesworth Thompson Phelan O’Brien.
Susan Abramovitch joins the Toronto office of national firm Goodman & Carr from Stohn Abramovitch.
In Ottawa, Catherine Eckenswiller joins national firm Smart & Biggar from Fasken Martineau DuMoulin.
In Montréal, André Vautour has been appointed managing partner of national firm Desjardins Ducharme Stein Monast.
In Québec City, five lawyers have joined Desjardins Ducharme Stein Monast from rival firm Huot Laflamme: Louis Huot, Richard Laflamme, Louis Asselin, Jean-François Émond and Lise Bergeron. Also new to Desjardins Ducharme are Richard Pronencher and Benoît Ringuette from Canadian firm Flynn Rivard and Léonid Cloutier from the Ministère du Revenu du Québec.
In Vancouver, Candy Saga joins national firm Farris Vaughan Wills & Murphy from US-Canadian firm Torys in Toronto.
In Calgary, William MacKay joins national firm McCaffery Goss Mudry from Gowling Lafleur Henderson.
Kelly Nicholson and Michael Boehm join the Calgary offices of MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman and Gowling Lafleur Henderson from Canadian firm Bennett Jones.
In the United States, Nick Segal joins the New York office of US firm Davis Polk & Wardwell from the London office of UK firm Allen & Overy.
David Grais joins the New York office of national firm Dewey Ballantine from rival firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. Meanwhile, Richard Cieri joins Gibson Dunn from US firm Jones Day.
Also in New York, Vladimir Lechtman joins Jones Day from national firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
Roger Turner and Julie Spellman return to the New York office of US firm Cravath Swaine & Moore from the firm’s Hong Kong office, which is closing.
Charles Schwartz joins the New York office of US firm Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom from Texas firm Vinson & Elkins.
Patricia Iandoli joins the New York office of UK firm Watson Farley & Williams from Allen & Overy.
Marc Duquette joins the New York office of US firm White & Case from the Montréal office of Canadian firm Ogilvy Renault.
Wilhelmina de Harder joins the New York office of Torys from US firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, while John DiMatteo joins the New York office of Willkie Farr from New York firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler.
Ellen Hayes relocates to the New York office of international firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer from the firm’s Washington DC office.
James L Gregory III has joined the New York office of US firm Baker & McKenzie from rival firm Thacher Proffitt & Wood.
In Chicago, Stephen Fraidin joins national firm Kirkland & Ellis from the New York office of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson.
In Washington DC, Christopher Smith, Jeffrey Disbrow and Stephen Gibson join US firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal from rival firm Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn. Meanwhile, Willian Sarrail joins Sonnenschein from US firm Sidley Austin Brown & Wood.
Mark Taylor joins the Washington DC office of Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
Mark Riedy joins the Washington DC office of Pillsbury Winthrop from US firm Thelen Reid & Priest.
Michael Cohen joins the Washington DC office of US firm Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe from rival firm Howrey Simon Arnold & White.
Patrice Motz joins the Washington DC office of national firm Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the US Department of Treasury.
Dennis Garris joins the Washington DC office of US firm Alston & Bird. Previously, Garris was head of mergers and acquisitions at the US Securities and Exchange Commission
In San Francisco, Deborah Bailey-Wells joins US firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart from rival firm Bingham McCutchen.
In Silicon Valley, Deborah Ludewig joins US firm Pillsbury Winthrop from US firm Cooley Godward.
Europe & Middle East
In Belgium, Wilko van Weert joins the Brussels office of UK firm Bird & Bird from national firm Stanbrook & Hooper.
Simon Arnot joins the Brussels office of US firm Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly from Zurich Financial Services.
In France, Jean-Marc Sainsard joins the Paris office of national firm Salans from the Paris office of Landwell.
Leigh Crestohl joins the Paris office of UK firm Clifford Chance from the Montréal office of Canadian firm Ogilvy Renault.
Gilles Bigot joins the Paris office of US firm Winston & Strawn from the local arm of Deloitte & Touche.
Jacques Wantz has left the Paris office of US firm Shearman & Sterling to establish independent firm Bernet Castagnet Wantz & Partners.
Robert Cristofolini joins the Paris office of US firm Latham & Watkins from the Paris office of UK firm Linklaters.
Thomas Hechl relocates to the Paris office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer from the firm’s Washington DC office.
In Germany, Friedhold Andreas joins the Frankfurt office of Anglo-German firm Taylor Wessing from PricewaterhouseCoopers Veltins in Frankfurt.
Jens Rinze joins the Frankfurt office of UK firm Lovells from national firm Hengeler Mueller.
Annette Kespohl joins niche practice Weitnauer Rechtsanwälte from the Munich office of Clifford Chance Pünder.
Also in Germany, Michael Trimborn joins national firm Gleiss Lutz from Cologne firm Cornelius Bartenbach Haesemann & Partner.
In Poland, Marek Rosinski joins the Warsaw office of Baker & McKenzie from the Warsaw office of CMS Cameron McKenna.
Radomil Charzynski joins the Warsaw office of Allen & Overy from the Berlin office of German firm Zanthier Schulz & Partner.
In Italy, Marco Padovan has left national firm Macchi di Cellere e Gangemi to launch his own boutique, Studio Legale Padovan.
In the United Kingdom, Sarah Murphy has been appointed head of the US corporate group in Europe and Asia of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Murphy, based in London, will take on her new role following the retirement of Tom Joyce.
Jay Birch joins the London office of UK firm Pinsent Curtis Biddle from the London office of German firm Haarmann Hemmelrath.
Robert Hamill joins the London office of international firm Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw from UK firm Hammonds.
Richard Beresford joins City firm Orchard from the London office of US firm McDermott Will & Emery.
Peter King joins the London office of Shearman & Sterling from Linklaters.
Alain Checri joins the London office of Jones Day Gouldens from the London office of Dewey Ballantine.
Richard Curtin joins UK firm DMH from the London office of Jones Day Gouldens.
Tim Jeveons joins the London office of White & Case from Linklaters.
Ron Stuber joins the London office of Watson Farley & Williams from the London office of US firm Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy.
Stewart Shackleton joins the London office of Baker & McKenzie from UK firm Eversheds.
Rafi Azim-Khan joins the London office of UK firm Wragge & Co from the London office of McDermott Will & Emery.
Tom Thomas joins the London office of Pillsbury Winthrop from the London office of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly.
Justin Watts joins the London office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer from UK IP firm Bristows.
Central & South America
In Brazil, Gustavo Haddad joins national firm Goulart Penteado, Iervolino e Lefosse Advogados from KPMG.
Asia & Australasia
In Japan, Shinji Itoh joins national firm Ito & Mitomi from Nomura Securities where he was special counsel.
Cees Vellekoop relocates to the Tokyo office of Allen & Overy from the firm’s Amsterdam office.
Marc Weinstein moves to the Tokyo office of US firm Foley & Lardner from the firm’s Washington DC office.
Casper Lawson relocates to the Tokyo office of Linklaters from the firm’s London office.
Bob Hollingshead moves to the Tokyo office of US firm Morgan Lewis & Bockius from the firm’s Washington DC office.
Peter Kilner relocates to the Tokyo office of Clifford Chance from the firm’s London office.
John Demarco joins the Tokyo office of Pillsbury Winthrop from the Washington DC and Tokyo offices of Morgan Lewis & Bockius.
In Hong Kong, six partners join the local office of UK firm DLA from CMS Cameron McKenna: Christopher Clarke, Mark Badger, Janine Canham, Dora Chow, Prudence Mitchell and Suzanne Pearson.
Doug Markel and Carl Cheng relocate to the Hong Kong office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer from the firm’s Beijing and Shanghai offices respectively.
In China, Charles Comey relocates to the new Shanghai office of US firm Morrison & Foerster from the firm’s Tokyo office.
Colin Law joins the Beijing office of UK firm Lovells from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
Kayal Sachi joins the Singapore office of Allen & Overy from Clifford Chance.
Arman Galledari takes up the position of managing partner of the Singapore office of UK firm Norton Rose following the election of former Asia head Paul Giles as chairman.
In Australia, Chris Mitchell joins national firm Blake Dawson Waldron in Sydney from rival firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
Caroline Cox joins the Sydney office of national firm Freehills from the Calgary office of Canadian firm Osler Hoskin & Harcourt.
