White & Case lost its 13th partner to Latham & Watkins with M&A specialist Andrew Macklin becoming the latest to make the switch. Macklin made partner at White & Case in January 2009. He joined the firm in 2005 and relocated last year to the firm’s new Doha, Qatar office. Macklin’s departure leaves White & Case’s Doha office with only one associate. Macklin’s hiring will further boost Latham’s Middle East practice after the additions of corporate partner Villiers Terblanche, energy and infrastructure partner  Nick Collins, project partner Christopher Langdon and project partner Mohammed Al-Sheikh.

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