White & Case Exodus Continues as Qatar Partner Leaves for Latham

Latham & Watkins has lured M&A partner Andrew Macklin from White & Case's Doha, Qatar, office, Legal Week reports. Macklin is the 13th partner to leave the firm for Latham in the past two weeks. The defections began on Jan. 29 when Latham took the bulk of W&C's U.K. banking practice by hiring four highly regarded banking and capital markets partners. Last week, Latham hired another eight W&C partners from the firm's offices in London, New York, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh.