Weekly Wrap Up: Notable Lateral Moves

Beijing

• Dewey Ballantine gets corporate lawyer Hugh Scogin from Orrick

Boston

• Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge get public finance lawyers Richard Manley and Kara Adams from Ropes & Gray
• Pepper Hamilton gets corporate lawyer Steven R. London from Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels

Istanbul

• Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle opens office with partner Ali R. Gursel

London

• Bingham McCutcheon gets structured finance lawyer Elizabeth Baltay from Shearman & Sterling
• Duane Morris is in merger talks with small-medium sized London firms

Milan

• Bryan Cave gets 4 person corporate team from Willkie Farr & Gallagher

New York

• Weil Gotshal Manges gets appellate litigation partner Caitlin Halligan, a former New York State Solicitor General.
• Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson gets M&A partner John E. Sorkin from Latham & Watkins.
• Blank Rome gets real-estate partner Marvin B. Mitzner from Cozen O'Connor.

San Diego

• Jones Day gets labor and employment lawyer George S. Howard, Jr. from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

San Francisco

• Davis Wright Tremaine acquires the 3-lawyer patent and trademark firm Parsons Hsue & de Runtz

Silicon Valley

• Sonnenschien gets patent litigator Rudy Kim from Irell and Manella