Wake Up Call: London’s Clyde & Co Enters Seattle With Merger

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• Clyde & Co is expanding into Seattle through a merger with insurance coverage and trial and defense firm Forsberg & Umlauf P.S. The Forsberg group joining the firm includes 12 partners, 20 non-partner attorneys, and 12 paralegals. Seattle will be the firm’s 20th office in the region, opening as the firm marks two decades in North America. (Clyde & Co)
• LegalRunner, a running and walking group for people working in the legal profession, is growing steadily into a network across the UK. Set up in 2019 by Mark Evans, now president of the Law Society, the group was born out of his own effort to improve his health while dealing with the pressures of legal work. The group now has about 1,500 members with regional meet-ups across England and Wales. (Non-Billable
• A retired securities lawyer who once abandoned music for law finally made the album he dreamed about as a teenager. “Your Picture” is the debut by Bill Schalda, a former New York attorney who sang doo-wop in the early 1960s before shelving his ambitions to put himself through law school and build a career. (The Times)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• David Love joined Winston & Strawn as a partner in its finance practice in Chicago. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis.
• Jonathan Macke joined Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in its tax practice group. He joins from Weil, Gotshal & Manges.
• Cody Carper joined Baker Botts as a partner and co-chair in its oil and gas practice in Houston. He joins from Weil.
• Richard Wright joined Akin as a tax partner in New York. He joins from Norton Rose Fulbright.
• Zachary Goldman rejoined Sullivan & Cromwell as a partner in its financial services and national security groups in New York. He joins from WilmerHale.
• Jesse Solomon joined Paul Weiss as a partner in its antitrust practice in Washington. He joins from Davis Polk.
• Jay Neukom joined Davis Polk as a partner in its intellectual property litigation practice in Northern California. He joins from Debevoise & Plimpton.