Partner Moves September

Lateral

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September - October 2017

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Addleshaw Goddard associate at Kennedys, he is experienced in all Clive Smith has joined Addleshaw Goddard’s aspects of commercial property with a focus on Banking practice from Osborne Clarke. Smith development. specialises in rail and asset finance. Carter-Ruck Ashfords Carter-Ruck has hired litigation and international Ashfords has appointed James Crighton as a arbitration lawyer Matthew Wescott from DAC partner, he joins the firm from Rollingsons Beachcroft. Wescott specialises in the Latin Solicitors where he was a director and head of American market. litigation and dispute resolution. Charles Russell Speechlys Berwin Leighton Paisner Charles Russell Speechlys has appointed Megan Berwin Leighton Paisner has hired international Paul as a partner in the Commercial team; she disputes duo George Burn and Richard Chalk, as joins the team from Mayer Brown where she was well as financial regulatory lawyer Daniel a senior associate. Paul advises on the Csefalvay. Burn joins from Vinson & Elkins and commercial aspects of private equity and M&A specialises in international investment transactions and is experienced in technology, arbitration. Chalk joins the firm’s Commercial communications, and large-scale outsourcing Dispute Resolution group having retired from transactions. Freshfields in April 2016, where he headed the Asia Disputes practice from Hong Kong, and he Clyde & Co will have a dual focus on clients in London and Clyde & Co has hired two disputes lawyers, Tim Asia. Csefalvay has joined BLP from Linklaters Crockford and Alejandro Garcia. Crockford was an associate at Gowling WLG, and joins the after a previously announced move to Latham & Watkins failed to materialise; his practice is Professional and Financial Disputes group where largely focused on advising on complex domestic he will specialise in contractual and tortious disputes. Previously a senior associate at Winston and cross-border financial regulatory and transactional matters. & Strawn, Garcia will join the Global Arbitration group, his practice will focus on investment treaty Bird & Bird arbitration and international commercial Bird & Bird has appointed Clive Hopewell and litigation. Adam Carling to the Equity Capital Markets practice, both join the firm from Charles Russell CMS Cameron McKenna Speechlys. Hopewell will head the Capital Private equity lawyer Peter Lewis has joined CMS Markets team and has particular experience Cameron McKenna as a partner from White & Case, where he worked as counsel. Lewis advising on dual listings between London and the Toronto and Australian Exchanges. Carling specialises in advising mid-market financial advises on a wide range of transactions, with a sponsors, portfolio companies and management teams on cross-border and domestic particular focus on the energy & utilities sector. transactions. Boodle Hatfield Boodle Hatfield has appointed Dennis Ko as a partner. Prior to his appointment, Ko was an

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Crowell & Moring managing partner for Addleshaw Goddard and Crowell & Moring has hired corporate partner specialises in private equity backed transactions, Amy Comer from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. private company M&A, and international Comer will advise on cross-border and U.S. restructurings and financings. Sims joins from domestic investment and financial matters, with DLA Piper and specialises in joint venture a primary focus on emerging markets. enterprises and acting for corporates on cross- border M&A deals. DAC Beachcroft Matthew Olorenshaw has joined the Insurance Eversheds Sutherland practice at DAC Beachcroft from DWF. Former head of investigations and enforcement Olorenshaw acts in high-value construction- at TLT Solicitors, Jake McQuitty, has joined related disputes. Eversheds Sutherland. McQuitty joins the Financial Services Disputes and Investigations Dechert team and has extensive experience acting for Dechert has hired a trio of new partners: financial institutions, corporations, and Christopher Field and Jane Scobie from Kirkland individuals globally in relation to criminal and & Ellis and Monica Gogna from Ropes & Gray. regulatory investigations. Field specialises in private equity and M&A transactions, and Scobie focuses on the tax Faegre Baker Daniels aspects of commercial transactions. Gogna is a Sloan Kelly has joined Faegre Baker Daniels from financial services regulatory partner who Dorsey & Whitney where he led the Commercial specialises in advising financial institutions in the Real Estate team. Kelly specialises in real estate asset management sector. investment and commercial real estate finance.

Dentons Glovers Dentons has hired two new partners: Jonathan Darran Smith has joined Glovers from Fladgate. Garforth, a former senior associate at Allen & Smith has a wide-ranging property practice, and Overy, and Catriona Lloyd, a former counsel at acts for a number of stakeholders including Linklaters. Garforth advises clients on non- banks, developers, and landlords. contentious regulatory matters and will join the firm’s Financial Services Regulatory practice. Goodman Derrick Lloyd joins the Capital Markets practice where Goodman Derrick has hired Tom Pemberton from Beale & Company Solicitors and Dominic Whelan she will advise various stakeholders on a wide range of capital markets products. from Brecher. Pemberton is a construction specialist and Whelan advises developers, DWF investors, and asset managers on commercial DWF has announced the appointment of property transactions. commercial lawyer Sir Nigel Knowles as its new chairman along with the hires of corporate duo Hill Dickinson Andrew Carpenter and Mel Sims. Knowles was Former senior associate at Charles Russell most recently the senior managing partner and Speechlys, Jaspal Sekhon, has joined Hill Dickinson’s Corporate team as a partner. Sekhon global co-chair of DLA Piper but retired in June 2016. Carpenter was an international divisional

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has experience of capital markets, M&A, and K&L Gates equity fundraisings and investments. K&L Gates have welcomed Michelle Moran from Ropes & Gray to the Investment Management, Hodge Jones & Allen Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments Hodge Jones & Allen have appointed Kiran Mehta practice. Moran advises European and US clients as a partner in the Criminal Defence team, prior of the establishment and management of retail to joining the team Mehta was a senior associate and investment funds. at Neumans. His practice consists of high-profile white-collar crime cases, including investigations Kennedys and prosecutions by the Competition Markets Kennedys have hired David Chadwick from Mayer Authority (CMA), the Financial Conduct Authority Brown where he headed the London Insurance (FCA), and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). and Reinsurance group. Chadwick specialises in policies involving political risk, financial risk, Hogan Lovells professional indemnity, and reinsurance. Hogan Lovells has hired energy lawyer Arun Velusami from Norton Rose Fulbright, and Angus Keoghs Rankin who led the corporate legal function at Marise Gellert has joined insurance disputes Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems. Velusami acts boutique Keoghs from Plexus Law. Gellert for lenders and sponsors on a variety of specialises in the recovery and defence of international energy projects and project property damage claims and has particular financings, with a focus on power projects in expertise in the construction and electrical Africa. Rankin originally qualified into the industries. Arbitration and Construction Engineering King & Spalding Disputes team at Hogan Lovells. King & Spalding has appointed Gareth Rees QC as Howard Kennedy a partner, he joins from the Financial Reporting Jonathan Cohen has joined Howard Kennedy as a Council where he was executive counsel. Rees partner. Previously a solicitor at Eversheds specialises in white-collar crime, regulatory, and Sutherland, Cohen specialises in renewables and investigations. low carbon energy transactions. Kirkland & Ellis Irwin Mitchell Kirkland & Ellis have hired James Board from Irwin Mitchell has hired two business law Ropes & Gray and James Watson from partners: Sarah Cardew and Jeremy Raj. Cardew Stephenson Harwood, both former senior joins from Teacher Stern as head of commercial associates join the firm as partners. Investment tax. Raj joins as head of residential property from funds lawyer Board specialises in advising on the Wedlake Bell where he also headed the establishment and operation of various private Residential Property team. He specialises in investment funds. Watson joins the Restructuring residential investment, development and practice and focuses on financial restructurings funding, and portfolio acquisitions. and formal insolvency mandates.

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Lee & Thompson Michelmores Media boutique Lee & Thompson has welcomed Michelmores has made a double hire this edition. former senior associate Huw Morris as a partner M&A partner Philip Newhouse joins the from Reed Smith, as well as Sarah Barker, founder Corporate team from McGuireWoods. Douglas of creative industries practice Montgomery Hawthorn joins the Banking, Restructuring & Barker. Morris led the UK Advertising group at his Insolvency team from Travers Smith, where he former firm and advises high-profile media clients was a senior counsel. Hawthorn specialises in on advertising and marketing law issues and advising on debt restructuring. digital media matters. Barker practises corporate

and commercial law and will head the firm’s Arts Mishcon de Reya Guy Wilkes has joined Mishcon de Reya from and Fashion groups. Mayer Brown. Wilkes specialises in financial Linklaters regulation and has particular experience in Tom Alabaster has joined Linklaters from US firm investigations and enforcement actions from his Latham & Watkins where he co-headed the time at the FCA. investment funds practice. Alabaster will advise

investment fund sponsors and investors on deals Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Morgan Lewis & Bockius has hired former Allen & in Europe, with a focus on US institutions. Overy counsel Louise Skinner as a partner. McCarthy Denning Skinner joins the firm’s Labour and Employment McCarthy Denning has hired commercial team and specialises in providing advice on all litigation partner Richard Stewart. Most recently aspects of employment law. at Bryan Cave, Stewart specialises in complex Northridge Law multi-jurisdictional disputes. A four partner sports law team has split from McDermott Will & Emery Charles Russell Speechlys to create boutique firm McDermott Will & Emery has hired Sharon Lamb Northridge law, the founding partners include and Ashley Winton. Lamb joins the firm’s Health James Eighteen, Jon Walters, Ian Lynam and Practice group from Capsticks, where she was Jonathan Ellis. Both Ellis and Lynam headed the head of healthcare, and specialises in leading Sports team at their former firm. Walters and large and complex healthcare projects. Winton Lynam specialise in commercial and regulatory joins from Paul Hastings and specialises in matters, while Eighteen and Ellis focus on technology, data privacy and cyber security law. commercial litigation.

Memery Crystal Osborne Clarke Memery Crystal has hired two partners from DAC Osborne Clarke has made four hires this issue: Beachcroft: intellectual property lawyer Robin Michael Lewis, Tim Hewens, Rob Horne and Max Fry and technology lawyer Tim Sewart, who will Millington. Lewis joins the Financial Regulatory head the Commercial, Media and Technology team from Pinsent Masons and will advise clients team. Fry was head of intellectual property at his on new business and product launches and the former firm and is a copyright specialist with regulatory aspects of M&A. Previously head of particular expertise in software licensing. Sewart the Private Equity team at Squire Patton Boggs, advises on transactions in the technology sector. Hewens specialises in M&A and private equity

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transactions. Horne joins the Construction Stephenson Harwood Disputes team from Simmons & Simmons, he Stephenson Harwood has hired Rubin Weston advises on construction, engineering and from Baker Botts. Weston will strengthen the infrastructure projects. Previously a senior firm’s Global Finance practice, and specialises in associate at Freshfields, Millington joins the oil and gas, LNG, mining, and infrastructure. Banking team as a partner; he is a specialist in Taylor Wessing debt funds and regularly acts in the distressed Taylor Wessing has appointed Mark Rajbenbach opportunities market. from Paul Hastings into its Real Estate team. Pinsent Masons Rajbenbach specialises in corporate real estate Pinsent Masons has appointed Anthony Newton and has particular expertise in the hotels sector. as a partner in its Real Estate Development and Thomas Cooper Investment team. Newton joins from Hogan Thomas Cooper have welcomed Alex McIntosh as Lovells where he was a senior associate with a member of its Shipping group in London. particular expertise in Build to Rent (BTR) and the McIntosh joins the firm from Clyde & Co in Private Rental Sector (PRS). Greece, and will advise clients on disputes arising Reed Smith under charterparties, bills of lading, shipbuilding, Reed Smith has strengthened its Private Equity and restructuring contracts. and Investment Funds practice with the Veale Wasbrough Vizards appointment of Leith Moghli from Kirkland & Veale Wasbrough Vizards has hired charity Ellis. Moghli specialises in advising global and specialist Paul Voller from Bircham Dyson Bell. European fund sponsors and financial institutions Voller advises charity and not-for-profit clients in on the structuring and establishment of private relation to corporate and commercial matters. funds across a variety of asset classes. Vedder Price Shakespeare Martineau Dylan Potter has joined the Global Transportation Shakespeare Martineau has appointed insurance Finance team at US firm Vedder Price from Allen litigation lawyer Narrinder Taggar as a partner, & Overy, where he was a senior associate. Potter she joins the firm from Blake Morgan where she specialises in asset finance and has particular was a senior associate. expertise in the aviation, shipping, satellite and Sidley Austin equipment finance sectors. Sidley Austin has hired James Wood from Wedlake Bell Ashurst. M&A lawyer Wood will join the London Wedlake Bell has hired pensions partner Michael Corporate group. Salters from DWF. Salters’ practice encompasses Squire Patton Boggs the breadth of pensions law advising corporate Liz Pierson has joined Squire Patton Boggs’ Tax, sponsors and trustees. Strategy & Benefits practice from Clifford Chance where she was a director. Pierson advises on Wiggin Wiggin has bolstered its position in the computer executive remuneration and incentives for public games industry with the appointment of Paul and private companies. Gardner, previously with Osborne Clarke.

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Gardner specialises in commercial transactions The Specialist Partner Team and regulatory issues relating to the cross-over of

technology and entertainment.

Winckworth Sherwood Winckworth Sherwood has appointed two new partners, Toni Vitale and Jon Baldwin, to establish Scott Gibson a Regulatory and Compliance team. Formerly a Director [email protected] legal director at Addleshaw Goddard, Vitale is a data and information specialist. Baldwin returns to Winckworth Sherwood from Trowers & Hamlins where he was an associate in the Public Sector Commercial team. Sloane Poulton Withers Director Former head of immigration at Morgan Lewis, [email protected] Tracy Evlogidis, will join Withers in the same role.

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