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Hogan Lovells equity capital markets (ECM) head Richard Brown has resigned from the firm to join Latham & Watkins. Brown’s hire was confirmed through a partner vote at Latham last night (31 January) with his start date yet to be announced.
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Hogan Lovells equity capital markets chief quits to join Latham’s City arm
Kirkland City chief Learner quits to take up US private equity role
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Kirkland & Ellis London head Jim Learner is set to leave the firm this summer to take up a role at a US private equity house. Learner, who was involved in launching the US firm’s London office in 1994 and is now responsible for all European operations, [...]
K&L Gates hires Addleshaws partner for City white collar crime launch
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K&L Gates has become the latest US firm to launch a white collar crime and criminal defence practice in London, bringing in Addleshaw Goddard business crime specialist Elizabeth Robertson. Robertson has been a partner with Addleshaws since 2007 and was a member of the national firm’s fraud [...]
CMS pulls plans to move into Hammerson’s new City skyscraper
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CMS Cameron McKenna has cancelled plans to move into a new City skyscraper still under development due to the ongoing problems in the global economy.Hammerson, the building’s developer, issued a stock exchange announcement earlier this morning (16 January) stating that the firm had pulled out of discussions [...]
Cleary, Simpson Thacher field City teams on $2.1bn France Telecom sale
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s London offices have taken lead roles on France Telecom’s proposed $2.1bn (£1.4bn) sale of its Orange Switzerland mobile phone business to Apax Partners, reports The Am Law Daily.
London-based Cleary international capital markets partner Pierre-Marie Boury is leading [...]
Taylor Wessing seals hire of Orrick City finance partner
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Taylor Wessing has added to its finance practice in London with the hire of Elisabeth Gaunt from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe.
Gaunt, a partner in Orrick’s City banking and finance department, acts on transactions in industries including telecoms, energy and transport. She was previously also a partner at [...]
Hogan Lovells boosts City corporate with Eversheds Russia practice chief
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Hogan Lovells has strengthened its London corporate practice with the hire of Eversheds’ Russia chief David Levin.
Levin, who joins the firm today (9 January), has been at Eversheds since 2008, before which he led US firm Chadbourne & Parke’s London corporate practice.
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Ex-Norton Rose disputes chief quits for Dechert’s expansive City base
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Norton Rose is set to lose one of its most high-profile litigation partners, with Antony Dutton set to join the City office of Dechert after resigning from the top 10 UK firm today (5 January).
Dutton, who has been at Norton Rose for 22 years, recently stepped down [...]
Shearman adds four to City partnership in annual promotion round
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Shearman & Sterling has become the latest US firm to announce its global partner promotions, with nearly half of new partners joining in the firm’s City office. Thomas Donegan is joining the global financial regulatory practice area in London, while Peter Hayes will be joining the finance [...]