Headline Partner Moves in January – May 2016

Introduction

It’s been a busy start to the year and, in our first report of 2016 (we produce three a year), we comment on a tantalising 200 London partner moves. Despite uncertainty over the looming EU referendum and some concerns over the wider economic outlook, lateral hiring has not slowed down. As ever, in this edition of Headline Partner Moves, we highlight the key hires and try to pick up on some general themes.

Since January 2016 Sidley Austin have been the top hiring firm at partner level, welcoming eight new partners to their London office, including a six partner team from their Chicago based rivals Kirkland & Ellis. We are seeing an increase in team moves as, while the initial investment is greater, the returns can be higher, quicker and more certain. Other team moves that stand out in this report include two real estate partners moving from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) to Ashurst, an IP litigation team from KWM to , a TMT team from Freehills to Ashurst, a patent litigation team from Rouse to , a pensions and trusts litigation team from

Maurice Turnor Gardner to and an aviation finance team from Simmons & Simmons to Winston & Strawn.

A few other trends stand out from this period’s report:

There have been markedly fewer finance moves than in most recent reports.

Real Estate has also been relatively quiet, although there have been some interesting moves in planning and construction.

Corporate remains busy and has again been dominated by private equity moves to US firms.

TMT and IP have been very active for senior level recruitment, with areas like patent litigation, fintech, data protection and cyber security in huge demand.

Headline Hires January – May 2016

CORPORATE

The headline move of the period is Sidley Austin’s audacious raid on Kirkland & Ellis, hiring a team of six partners, who will establish a private equity practice for Sidley in London.

Kirkland & Ellis are never far from the headlines as the management team looks to reshape the London office. Corporate partner David Holdsworth joins this month along with tax partner Tim Lowe, as the fourth and fifth partner moves from in the past 12 months. Earlier in the year, managing associate Joel Arnell joined Kirkland as a partner, also from Linklaters.

The drift of private equity stars from UK to US firms continues with a rare loss for , who saw Helen Croke leave for Ropes & Gray. Elsewhere, James MacArthur moves from to Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

White & Case are on a roll in London and continue to make high-profile hires, most recently adding corporate partner Guy Potel from , and ECM partner Jonathan Parry from Ashurst.

Anthony Clare becomes part of a growing team of Ashurst alumni in the corporate department at Stephenson Harwood, as he joins former colleagues Andrew Edge and Duncan Stiles at Finsbury Circus.

FINANCE/RESTRUCTURING

The demand for private equity capability among the US firms in London has led to a raft of finance partner moves over the past few years. Recent examples include Sidley Austin hiring James Crooks from Willkie Farr & Gallagher to complement the newly arrived team from Kirkland & Ellis. In turn, Willkie hired Mark Fine from Bain, who was himself previously at Kirkland.

Demonstrating that the US firms don’t have the entire market to themselves, high yield partner Andy Hagan left Kirkland & Ellis for Freshfields, to be reunited with Ward McKimm, who made the same move a year ago.

Vinson & Elkins have also made a private equity play, attracting finance partner Ian Frost from Freshfields and corporate partner Paul Dunbar from Cadwalader.

Cooley continue their growth in London, plugging a finance gap with the hire of John Clark from Mayer Brown.

In a sign of where the market might be heading, demand for restructuring partners is higher than it has been for a few years. Notable moves in this report include Ashley Katz leaving Mayer Brown for Fried Frank and Travers Smith making a relatively rare lateral hire, taking Edward Smith from K&L Gates.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Historically some US firms have been dismissive of as a practice area in its own right, with an expectation that transactional partners should be able to advise on the regulatory regime themselves. There are signs that this is changing with a couple of headline hires this quarter.

Cleary Gottlieb are conservative hirers to say the least so, when they dip into the market, people sit up and take notice. Bob Penn from Allen & Overy is a rare addition to their London office.

Gibson Dunn welcomes James Perry from Ashurst, where he will be reunited with Charlie Geffen and his team.

REAL ESTATE/PLANNING

Pure real estate recruitment at partner level has definitely dropped off, with a clear softening of the market over recent months. However a couple of hires stand out:

Proskauer Rose announced this week the arrival of Joanne Owen from DLA Piper, its first step towards building a real estate practice in London.

Ashurst have recruited a team from KWM, with Darren Rogers and Patrick Williams joining the department.

Elsewhere, will hope that their hire of Iain Hindhaugh from Jones Day strengthens their relationship with mutual client British Land.

BLP and Nabarro used to slug it out as heavyweights of the UK real estate market. Movement between the two firms is relatively rare, so real estate funds partner Victoria Henry’s switch to Nabarro is interesting.

In real estate finance, the stand-out move is Linklaters’ hiring of former Allen & Overy head of real estate finance Mark O'Neill.

In planning, continue to build out their market-leading practice, most recently adding Gareth Phillips from Watson Farley & Williams.

Elsewhere, DAC Beachcroft have appointed Christopher Stanwell from Nabarro as head of their planning practice.

PROJECTS/ENERGY

Energy moves have continued, despite the now rising but historically depressed oil price, perhaps indicating that firms are jockeying for position in a tight market.

Mayer Brown have invested in their projects team with three hires so far this year: Matthew Kidwell (oil and gas) joins from Morgan Lewis and, on the project finance side, the firm welcomes Tom Eldridge from and Kieron Dwyer from Gowling WLG.

Watson Farley & Williams are on a strong run of lateral recruitment and have made a key hire in the oil and gas space, adding John Conlin from Andrews Kurth.

Meanwhile Dentons have made a splash in the rail world, attracting David Moore from Clyde & Co.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Arbitration has dominated this report’s litigation moves.

Hamish Lal, who focuses on international construction arbitration in the oil, gas, nuclear and infrastructure sectors, joins Akin Gump from Jones Day.

Matthew Saunders, who was head of arbitration at DLA Piper, joined Ashurst at the start of the year.

Corporate crime is a busy area and this report sees three counsels at top tier US firms move for immediate partnership elsewhere: Louise Delahunty from Sullivan & Cromwell to Cooley, Matthew Cowie from Skadden to Dechert and Matthew Getz from Debevoise to Boies Schiller.

One of the highest profile corporate crime moves is Daren Allen swapping for Dentons.

Stephenson Harwood have pulled off a team hire, taking pensions and trusts litigation partners Jenny McKeown and Helena Berman from boutique private wealth firm Maurice Turnor Gardner.

EMPLOYMENT/BENEFITS

The highest profile move in the employment space was Stefan Martin moving from Mayer Brown to Hogan Lovells.

At the same time, Hogan Lovells were able to announce the hire of senior employee benefits partner Paul Randall from Ashurst.

London offices of US firms don’t often hire employment partners, usually settling for senior associates to cover corporate support work, so Susan Fanning’s move from DLA Piper to Sidley Austin stands out.

PwC Legal clearly see employment/HR as an obvious area of growth for their business and have recently welcomed two partners from DLA Piper: Tom Kerr Williams on the employment side and pensions partner David Farmer.

IP/TMT/DATA PROTECTION

Mishchon de Reya have secured David Rose and his team from KWM to add a serious patent litigation capability to their already strong IP practice.

Meanwhile, Fieldfisher have hired a three partner patent litigation team from Rouse led by Diana Sternfeld.

Ashurst have made a double partner TMT hire, taking Nick Elverston and Amanda Hale from Herbert Smith Freehills.

Data protection and cyber security remain hot areas of recruitment. The stand out move this report is Ross McKean joining DLA Piper from .

Taylor Wessing continue to play to their strengths in TMT with a couple of high profile hires: technology partner Martin Cotterill from Latham & Watkins and telecoms partner Angus Finnegan from Reed Smith.

Number of London partner moves by category of firm joined January – May 2016

UK 90 US 54 International 40 5 Accountancy 4 In House 6 Bar 1

International for these purposes covers US/UK merged firms, international polycentric firms such as Dentons and Baker & McKenzie and firms that have completed mergers in the Far East or Australia (e.g. Herbert Smith Freehills, King & Wood Mallesons and Ashurst). We have also now added Gowling WLG to this group.

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The individuals listed in the tables below are movers reported between 15th January 2016 and 13th May 2016. They are all partners who moved to or from a London office, unless otherwise stated.

1. Corporate/Private Equity/Equity Capital Markets

Name From To Discipline

Allen & Overy Elvan Hussein Addleshaw Goddard Corporate (Senior Associate)

Orrick, Herrington & Giles Hawkins Sutcliffe Ashfords Corporate Technology (Of Counsel)

Scott Nelson ENSafrica Baker & McKenzie Private Equity

Sarah Atkinson Hogan Lovells Bryan Cave Corporate

Stephen Levy Pinsent Masons Dentons Private Equity

Jones Day Sebastian Orton Eversheds Equity Capital Markets (Of Counsel)

Richard Goold Gowling WLG EY Corporate Technology

Locke Lord Faegre Baker Daniels Ted Cominos Corporate (Chicago/London) (Chicago/London)

Corporate Peter Hill RPC Freeths Corporate Insurance

Corporate Greg Stonefield Mayer Brown King & Wood Mallesons Equity Capital Markets

Linklaters Joel Arnell Kirkland & Ellis Private Equity (Managing Associate)

Corporate David Holdsworth Linklaters Kirkland & Ellis Private Equity

Equity Capital Markets Joshua Kiernan White & Case Latham & Watkins Debt Capital Markets

Perry Yam Reed Smith Mayer Brown Private Equity

McDermott, Will & Piero Carbone Duane Morris Private Equity Emery

Latham & Watkins Andrew Boyd Morrison & Foerster Corporate (Senior Associate)

Latham & Watkins Gary Brown Morrison & Foerster Corporate (Senior Associate)

Orrick, Herrington & Corporate Weyinmi Popo Jones Day Sutcliffe Private Equity

Rebecca Gordon Dentons Equity Capital Markets

Andrew McMillan Simmons & Simmons Pinsent Masons Corporate Technology

Osborne Clarke Thomas Colmer PwC Legal Corporate Technology (Associate Director)

Helen Croke Travers Smith Ropes & Gray Private Equity

Erik Dahl Kirkland & Ellis Sidley Austin Private Equity

Christian Iwasko Kirkland & Ellis Sidley Austin Private Equity

Fatema Orjela Kirkland & Ellis Sidley Austin Private Equity

Sava Savov Kirkland & Ellis Sidley Austin Private Equity

Corporate Anthony Clare Ashurst Stephenson Harwood Equity Capital Markets

Angus Miln Bird & Bird Corporate Technology

ThomasLloyd Group Simon Cox McGuireWoods Corporate (General Counsel)

Towergate Geoff Gouriet Stephenson Harwood Corporate (General Counsel)

Cadwalader, Paul Dunbar Vinson & Elkins Private Equity Wickersham & Taft

Weil, Gotshal & James MacArthur Herbert Smith Freehills Private Equity Manges

Jonathan Parry Ashurst White & Case Equity Capital Markets

Coporate Guy Potel Hogan Lovells White & Case Private Equity

Oleg Shvander Clyde & Co Withers Corporate

2. Finance

Name From To Discipline

Allen & Overy BonelliErede Massimiliano Danusso Structured Finance () (London)

John Clark Mayer Brown Cooley Finance

Peter Voisey ex Dentons Structured Finance

Orrick, Herrington & Paul Denham Sutcliffe Dorsey & Whitney Finance (Of Counsel)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Andy Hagan Kirkland & Ellis High Yield Deringer

ex King & Wood Chris Fanner Gateley Finance Mallesons

Matthew Harvey Dentons Gowling WLG Asset Finance

Gowling WLG Akhil Sharma Finance (Legal Director)

Volkswagen Financial Asset Finance Joanne Davis Locke Lord Services UK Consumer Finance

MarketInvoice Finance Simon Coles Fieldfisher (General Counsel) FinTech

Orrick, Herrington & Dominic O’Brien Jones Day Finance Sutcliffe

Bryan Robson Kirkland & Ellis Sidley Austin Finance

James Crooks Willkie Farr & Gallagher Sidley Austin Finance

Freshfields Bruckhaus Ian Frost Vinson & Elkins Finance Deringer

Bain Capital Credit Mark Fine Willkie Farr & Gallagher Finance (General Counsel)

3. Insolvency/Restructuring

Name From To Discipline

Burges Salmon Andrew Eaton Travers Smith Restructuring ()

Fried, Frank, Harris, Ashley Katz Mayer Brown Restructuring Shriver & Jacobson

Stevens & Bolton David Steinberg Clifford Chance Restructuring (Guildford)

Andrew Mace Gowling WLG Temple Bright Insolvency

Edward Smith K&L Gates Travers Smith Restructuring

4. Financial Services/Funds

Name From To Discipline

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Bob Penn Allen & Overy Financial Services Hamilton

Andrew Wylie Nabarro DLA Piper Investment Funds

Shearman & Sterling Azad Ali Fieldfisher Financial Services (Counsel)

Gibson, Dunn & James Perry Ashurst Financial Services Crutcher

Financial Conduct Financial Services Guy Wilkes Mayer Brown Authority Litigation

Liz Soutter Dentons Mayer Brown Fund Finance

Shepherd + Judy Krieg ex Willis Financial Services Wedderburn

Financial Services Russell Kelsall TLT Financial Services Litigation

Alix Prentice Taylor Wessing Withers Financial Services

5. Real Estate

Name From To Discipline

Iain Hindhaugh Jones Day Addleshaw Goddard Real Estate

Darren Rogers King & Wood Mallesons Ashurst Real Estate

Patrick Williams King & Wood Mallesons Ashurst Real Estate

Clifford Chance Berwin Leighton Anthea Bamford Real Estate (Senior Associate) Paisner

DLA Piper Will Deeprose Clyde & Co Real Estate (Legal Director)

Ashurst James Ross DAC Beachcroft Real Estate (Senior Associate)

Nick Marshall EMW Law DAC Beachcroft Real Estate

Nadeem Khan Fasken Martineau Gateley Real Estate

Mark O'Neill ex Allen & Overy Linklaters Real Estate Finance

Victoria Henry Berwin Leighton Paisner Nabarro Real Estate Funds

Joanne Owen DLA Piper Proskauer Rose Real Estate

Pinsent Masons Watson Farley & Dev Desai Real Estate Litigation (Senior Associate) Williams

Graham Atkins Druces Wedlake Bell Real Estate

Leah Freeman Druces Wedlake Bell Real Estate

Jodie Campbell Howard Kennedy Winckworth Sherwood Residential Development

Andrew Chesser DAC Beachcroft Withers Real Estate Litigation

6. Planning/Environmental

Name From To Discipline

Aardvark Planning Law Sebastian Charles K&L Gates Planning (Northamptonshire)

K&L Gates Aardvark Planning Law Jane Burgess Planning (Special Counsel) (Northamptonshire)

Christopher Stanwell Nabarro DAC Beachcroft Planning

Watson Farley & Gareth Phillips Pinsent Masons Planning Williams

7. Construction

Name From To Discipline

Akin Gump Strauss Construction Litigation Hamish Lal Jones Day Hauer & Feld International Arbitration

Construction Julian Critchlow Payne Hicks Beach Al Bawardi Critchlow Construction Litigation

Stuart Jordan King & Wood Mallesons Baker Botts Construction

Herbert Smith Freehills Gordon Anderson Irwin Mitchell Construction (Senior Associate)

David Parton Irwin Mitchell Nabarro Construction

Mike Stewart K&L Gates Wikborg Rein Construction Litigation

8. Project Finance/Projects/Energy

Name From To Discipline

Herbert Smith Freehills Energy Yann Alix Ashurst (Senior Associate) Projects

Paul Exley Jones Day Baker Botts Energy

Ashurst CMS Cameron Nicholas Ross-McCall Energy Finance (Senior Associate) McKenna

David Moore Clyde & Co Dentons Rail

Freshfields Bruckhaus Energy Alistair Black Deringer Dentons Project Finance (Senior Associate)

Ex Herbert Smith Andrew Newbery Gowling WLG Projects Freehills

Energy David Manny Fasken Martineau Locke Lord Projects

Tom Eldridge Dentons Mayer Brown Project Finance

Kieron Dwyer Gowling WLG Mayer Brown Project Finance

Morgan, Lewis & Mathew Kidwell Mayer Brown Oil & Gas Bockius

White & Case Lucy Plowright Nabarro Projects (Senior Associate)

Orrick, Herrington & Peter Roberts Andrews Kurth Oil & Gas Sutcliffe

PetroChina Energy Mark Evans International Finance (Energy Lawyer)

Pillsbury Winthrop Tina Blazquez-Lopez McCarthy Tétrault Shaw Pittman Project Finance (Counsel)

Projects Andrew Herring DWF Squire Patton Boggs Rail

Fiona Gulliford Gide Loyrette Nouel Trinity International Project Finance

Watson Farley & John Conlin Andrews Kurth Oil & Gas Williams

9. Commercial Litigation/International Arbitration/Corporate Crime

Name From To Discipline

Commercial Litigation Hilton Mervis King & Wood Mallesons Arnold & Porter International Arbitration

Matthew Saunders DLA Piper Ashurst International Arbitration

K&L Gates Berwin Leighton Ania Farren International Arbitration (Special Counsel) Paisner

Debevoise & Plimpton Boies, Schiller & Matthew Getz Corporate Crime (Counsel) Flexner

Christopher Saul Chris Saul ex Mediation Associates

Sullivan & Cromwell Louise Delahunty Cooley Corporate Crime (European Counsel)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Matthew Cowie Meagher & Flom Dechert Corporate Crime (Counsel)

Banking Litigation Daren Allen Berwin Leighton Paisner Dentons Corporate Crime

Dentons Meriam Alrashid Pinsent Masons International Arbitration (New York)

Edmonds Marshall Robert Hunter Herbert Smith Freehills Fraud McMahon

Hogan Lovells Jonathan Leach Eversheds International Arbitration (Singapore)

Reed Smith Simon Sloane Fieldfisher International Arbitration (Singapore)

Osborne Clarke Commercial Litigation Eugene Matveichuk Fladgate (Associate Director) International Arbitration

Joe Tirado Winston & Strawn Garrigues International Arbitration

Quinn Emanuel Banking Litigation John McElroy Urquhart & Sullivan Hausfeld International Arbitration (Senior Associate)

Energy Litigation Chris Gooding Fasken Martineau Nabarro Political Risk

Sukhi Kaler Fasken Martineau Nabarro Commercial Litigation

News UK Criminal Defence Angus McBride Kingsley Napley (General Counsel) Corporate Crime

Freshfields Bruckhaus Ian Terry Commercial Litigation Deringer

Quinn Emanuel Paul Friedman Clyde & Co Commercial Litigation Urquhart & Sullivan

Berwin Leighton Paisner Chris Webber Squire Patton Boggs Banking Litigation (Senior Associate)

Commercial Litigation Helena Berman Maurice Turnor Gardner Stephenson Harwood Pensions Litigation Trusts Litigation

Commercial Litigation Jenny McKeown Maurice Turnor Gardner Stephenson Harwood Pensions Litigation Trusts Litigation

Mark Clarke Ashurst White & Case Energy Litigation

10. Insurance/Reinsurance

Name From To Discipline

Chubb Richard Brittain DWF (Head of Transactional Corporate Insurance Risk)

Mark Meyer Cozen O'Connor Crowell & Moring Insurance Litigation

David Kidman BLM DWF Product Liability

Fleur Rochester Hill Dickinson Kennedys Professional Indemnity

Sonia Campbell Addleshaw Goddard Mishcon de Reya Insurance Litigation

DWF Reynolds Colman Ian Welland Professional Indemnity (Bristol) Bradley

11. Healthcare

Name From To Discipline

Matthew Trinder Bevan Brittan BLM Clinical Risk

Occupational Disease Laura Trezise Plexus Law BLM Insurance

Clyde & Co Healthcare Emma Galland Hill Dickinson (Legal Director) Regulatory

Sarah Brooke PwC Legal Hill Dickinson Healthcare

Kiran Bhogal Weightmans Hill Dickinson Healthcare

Hilary Blackwell Capsticks Trowers & Hamlins Healthcare Real Estate

Paul Thomson Capsticks Solicitors Weightmans Medical Negligence

12. Shipping/Aviation

Name From To Discipline

Fanos Theophani More Fisher Brown Clyde & Co Shipping Litigation

Faz Peermohamed Norwegian Hull Club Ince & Co Shipping Litigation

Ince & Co Nick Shepherd Wikborg Rein Shipping Litigation (Piraeus)

Mark Moody Simmons & Simmons Winston & Strawn Aviation Finance

Christopher Boresjo Simmons & Simmons Winston & Strawn Aviation Finance

13. Employment/Pensions/Benefits/Immigration

Name From To Discipline

Fieldfisher Andrew Patten Dentons Pensions (Director)

Stefan Martin Mayer Brown Hogan Lovells Employment

Paul Randall Ashurst Hogan Lovells Employee Benefits

Matthew Findley Pinsent Masons Employee Benefits

David Farmer DLA Piper PwC Legal Pensions

Tom Kerr Williams DLA Piper PwC Legal Employment

Susan Fanning DLA Piper Sidley Austin Employment

Anita Rai Taylor Vinters Winckworth Sherwood Employment

14. IP/TMT/Data Protection/Commercial

Name From To Discipline

Minter Ellison Rudd Michael Bywell Watts Arnold & Porter IT Litigation (New Zealand)

Addleshaw Goddard David Futter Ashurst FinTech (Managing Associate)

Nick Elverston Herbert Smith Freehills Ashurst TMT

Amanda Hale Herbert Smith Freehills Ashurst TMT

Racecourse Media Richard McMorris Bird & Bird Media Group

Mark Gleeson Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection

Kathleen Fox Murphy Taylor Wessing Browne Jacobson Patent Litigation

Arnold & Porter IP Jake Marshall Carpmaels & Ransford (Counsel) Technology

David Wilson Herbert Smith Freehills Carpmaels & Ransford Patent Litigation

Ralph Cox Fasken Martineau Clyde & Co Patent Litigation

Colm Murphy Venner Shipley Cooley Patent Attorney

Campbell Forsyth King & Wood Mallesons Dentons Patent Litigation

Ross McKean Olswang DLA Piper Data Protection

Michelmores Rehman Noormohamed DWF TMT (Exeter)

Diana Sternfeld Rouse Fieldfisher Patent Litigation

Nicole Jadeja Rouse Fieldfisher Patent Litigation

Rebecca Baines Rouse Fieldfisher Patent Litigation

Commercial IP Gretchen Scott King & Wood Mallesons Goodwin Procter Technology Data Protection

Rebecca Swindells Fieldfisher Jones Day IP Litigation

Emma Wright Bond Dickinson Kemp Little TMT

Charles Russell Nathalie Moreno Lewis Silkin TMT Speechlys

IP Litigation David Rose King & Wood Mallesons Mishcon de Reya Patent Litigation

Ashley Hurst Olswang Osborne Clarke Media Litigation

Martin Cotterill Latham & Watkins Taylor Wessing Technology

Telecoms Angus Finnegan Reed Smith Taylor Wessing Technology

Freshfields Bruckhaus IP Lindsey Canning Deringer White & Case Technology (Counsel - New York) Commercial

David Naylor Fieldfisher Wiggin Technology

15. Competition

Name From To Discipline

Nicola Northway Barclays Baker & McKenzie Competition

Berwin Leighton Edward Coulson Hausfeld Competition Litigation Paisner

Competition and Nelson Jung Clifford Chance Competition Markets Authority

Freshfields Bruckhaus Alastair Mordaunt Clifford Chance Deringer Competition (Hong Kong)

Competition and Jonathan Parker Latham & Watkins Competition Markets Authority

Morgan, Lewis & Omar Shah Latham & Watkins Competition Litigation Bockius

Quinn Emanuel Kate Vernon DLA Piper Competition Litigation Urquhart & Sullivan

16. Private Client/Family

Name From To Discipline

Robert Macro Penningtons Manches Druces Private Client

Neil Morris Penningtons Manches Druces Private Client

Edmonds Marshall Sofie Hoffman Boodle Hatfield Trusts Litigation McMahon

Joanne Edwards Penningtons Manches Forsters Family

Harcus Sinclair Private Client Naomi O’Higgins Howard Kennedy (Associate) Trusts Litigation

Peter Golden Forsters Linklaters Private Client

James Price Farrer & Co Stewarts Law Trusts Litigation

17. Tax

Name From To Discipline

Tim Lowe Linklaters Kirkland & Ellis Corporate Tax

Oliver Currall Kirkland & Ellis Sidley Austin Corporate Tax

18. Mergers/Office Openings

Colin Wynter, formerly of Devereux Chambers, and Stuart Hill, formerly of Hogan Lovells, have set up Wynterhill LLP to offer legal services to insurance policy holders.

US firm Holland & Knight has launched its London office with the addition of the finance boutique Clark Ricketts.

Joelson Wilson and JD Law have merged to create a 14 partner firm, rebranded as Joelson.