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Osborne Clarke (OC) has voted in new office heads for its London and Thames Valley practices, with corporate partners Andrew Saul and James Massey-Collier taking up the roles respectively. The pair was elected in a contested process after incumbents Simon Rendell and Danielle Kingdon stepped down at [...]
Osborne Clarke elects new office heads in London & Thames Valley
Salans elects disputes partner as new London office head
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Salans’ has appointed a new London managing partner, with dispute resolution partner Smeetesh Kakkad taking up the post from the start of this month (1 January). Kakkad, who made partner in 2005, replaces Howard Cohen, who is returning to full-time practice as a partner in the London [...]
Clydes signs up Trowers’ former Abu Dhabi chief for local office
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Clyde & Co has grown its Middle East practice with the hire of Trowers & Hamlins’ former Abu Dhabi head Adrian Creed.
Creed, a project finance lawyer, joined the firm last month, taking the total number of partners in Clydes’ local office to five.
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Shearman seals hire of Ashurst energy partner for London office
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Shearman & Sterling is set to bulk up its London projects practice with the hire of Ashurst energy partner John Inglis.
Inglis, who joined Ashurst from Norton Rose in 2007, is a member of the firm’s energy transport & infrastructure team in London, focusing on the development and [...]
SFO names former Revenue & Customs Prosecutions Office director as new head
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Senior City barrister David Green QC, the former director of the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO), has been appointed as the next director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The appointment was announced today by Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC, with Green to take up the [...]
A&O bolsters new Washington office with City partner secondment
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Allen & Overy (A&O) has relocated senior City capital markets partner Boyan Wells to Washington DC in a bid to help get the newly-launched office off the ground. Wells, who is one of the most prominent partners in A&O’s capital markets practice and sits on the firm’s [...]
A&O bolsters fledgling Washington office with City finance partner secondment
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Allen & Overy (A&O) has relocated senior City finance partner Boyan Wells to Washington DC in a bid to help get the newly-launched office off the ground. Wells, who is one of the most prominent partners in A&O’s banking practice and sits on the firm’s management board, [...]
Six-partner Hogan Lovells team quits firm’s Los Angeles office
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A six-partner media and entertainment team has quit Hogan Lovells’ Los Angeles office to join US firm Jenner & Block, reports The Am Law Daily.
The departure of the team, which specialises in advising entertainment industry clients on both litigation and corporate matters, will see Hogan’s 33-lawyer LA [...]
Taylor Wessing to open second London office in new tech push
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Taylor Wessing is to launch a second London office in east London’s ‘Tech City’ as the firm looks to add to its client base with more UK and international technology start-ups.
The new office, which will be based near Old Street in Islington, will be staffed with lawyers [...]