Lateral Partner Moves in London

Lateral

Partner

Moves

London

May - June 2017

REPRESENTATION – SEARCH – TEAM MOVES www.edwardsgibson.com

Addleshaw Goddard Bird & Bird Former Taylor Wessing Dubai banking head Bird & Bird has hired Andrew Danson from K&L Habib Ullah has joined Addleshaw Goddard’s Gates to join the International Media, Banking & Finance practice. Ullah was based in Entertainment and Sports Group. Danson’s Dubai, where he has specialised in real estate practice focuses on commercial and regulatory finance and Islamic finance for more than 17 work in the gambling, and sports industry. years. In addition, Beth Collett will join the

Housing Finance team as a partner from Allen & Blake Morgan Blake Morgan has appointed real estate partner Overy where she was counsel. Collett specialises Prashant Dave from Hilmi + Partners. Dave in debt capital markets, with a particular focus specialises in property development, landlord on advising issuers, managers, and trustees in and tenant, and retail and leisure work. the public sector. Boodle Hatfield Bates Wells Braithwaite Boodle Hatfield has hired head of family Emily Bates Wells Braithwaite has hired corporate Brand from Winckworth Sherwood. Brand partner Murdoch Currie from Berwin Leighton focuses on high-value financial proceedings and Paisner. Currie advises on corporate international children disputes. transactions, including M&A and equity capital markets in the financial, and real estate sector. Brown Rudnick Brown Rudnick has recruited bankruptcy partner Berwin Leighton Paisner Benjamin Klinger from US firm Sidley Austin. Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has appointed Klinger’s practice focuses on cross-border and Ashurst (New York) Counsel Shanan Dunstan as domestic reorganisation, recovery, and its new head of asset based lending. turnaround matters. Additionally, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer asset finance counsel Jason Chamberlain also Carter Lemon Camerons joins as a partner. Dunston specialises in asset Carter Lemon Camerons welcomes its new head based lending and leveraged finance of private client Neil Acheson-Gray, who joins transactions whilst Chamberlain’s practice from Rollingsons Solicitors where he was the focuses on rail sector transactions, and railway head of wills, probate and inheritance. Acheson- infrastructure projects. Gray’s practice involves advising on contested wills, estate planning, Court of Protection, and Bircham Dyson Bell trust creation. Matthew Smith returns to Bircham Dyson Bell as a partner from Capsticks. Smith specialises in Clyde & Co both contentious and non-contentious public Clyde & Co has appointed healthcare partner law. His practice will be split between the and assistant coroner Gemma Brannigan from Litigation and Dispute Resolution, and Capsticks where she led the Inquests practice. Government and Infrastructure Groups. Brannigan has a focus on claims and investigations in relation to deaths in the

medical, care, custody, and security sectors.

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Cooley Edwin Coe Cooley has made a significant hire with Rod Edwin Coe has appointed John Young as a Freeman joining from Hogan Lovells, where he corporate partner from Mishcon de Reya, where was international product law head. Freeman he was a legal director. Young advises advises on matters concerning product defects, entrepreneurs, SMEs and family businesses, on international product launches, compliance investments, the sale and purchase of issues, and product litigation. businesses, and joint ventures.

Crowell & Moring Eversheds Sutherland US law firm Crowell & Moring has appointed Richard Streeter joins Eversheds Sutherland as a Michelle Linderman from Ince & Co, where she partner from CMS Cameron McKenna, where he was global head of sanctions. Linderman has was a senior associate. Streeter specialises in the experience in cross-border sanctions and construction and operation of renewable energy commercial disputes; advising on diligence and assets. In addition, Eversheds Sutherland has compliance procedures. boosted its Banking team with Chris Hastings from Ropes & Gray, where he was a senior

Devonshires associate. Hastings advises on transactions in Devonshires has hired Dentons projects partner leveraged, and acquisition financing. Robert Turner and Kingsley Napley real estate associate Dan Moan. Turner specialises in Fieldfisher infrastructure projects in the transport, defence European law firm Fieldfisher has hired health, and accommodation sectors. Moan insolvency and restructuring partner Stewart specialises in sales and acquisitions of Perry, and finance partner Stephen Moller. Perry commercial property for investors and joins from Clyde & Co and specialises in developers. contentious and non-contentious insolvency issues for insolvency practitioners, financier, and Doyle Clayton directors of distressed companies. Moller joins Specialist employment firm Doyle Clayton has from K&L Gates and will bolster the firm’s appointed its new head of pensions Andrew structured finance and securitisation offering. Campbell from Slaughter & May, where he was an associate. Campbell’s practice focuses on Fox Williams assisting sponsors of defined benefit schemes in Financial services regulatory lawyer Chris Finney managing legal and regulatory risks. has joined Fox Williams from Cooley. Finney focuses on UK and European regulatory matters,

DWF and advises a variety of clients including: DWF has appointed insurance partner Anthony insurers and re-insurers, fund managers, Woodhouse to its Insurance Group from brokers, and fintech companies. Gowling WLG. Woodhouse specialises in international and cross-border disputes involving insurance, and reinsurance companies.

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Fried Frank of construction James Stewart, and Dentons Commercial real estate partners Darren Rogers corporate partner Jonathon Polin. Murray-Hinde and Patrick Williams join the New York focuses on employment law within the transport headquartered firm from Ashurst. The duo focus and sport sectors. Stewart returns to Howard on high end investment, development, joint Kennedy as head of construction - his practice venture arrangements acquisitions and disposals covers both contentious and non-contentious across the real estate sector. construction law. Polin advises on public and private M&A. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Corporate partner Anna Howell has joined Humphries Kirk Gibson Dunn & Crutcher from Herbert Smith Dorset, Somerset and City firm Humphries Kirk Freehills. Howell’s practice focuses on cross- has appointed real estate partner Guy Fearon. border transactions in the energy sector, in Fearon joins from his founding firm, Decimus particular M&A, project development, and Fearon. Fearon specialises in conveyancing, financing. acquisition, disposal and ongoing management of commercial and residential property. Haynes and Boone CDG

Haynes and Boone CDG is set to launch a London Irwin Mitchell Corporate practice with the hire of two partners Irwin Mitchell has appointed its new national from Rosenblatt Solicitors; head of corporate head of real estate, Adrian Barlow, who was Tom Ferns who will lead the Corporate practice, previously head of real estate at Pinsent and Nick Foss-Pedersen. Ferns and Foss- Masons. Barlow has extensive experience across Pedersen focus on public and private both commercial and residential real estate. acquisitions, IPOs and, equity fundraisings. Joseph Hage Aaronson

Herbert Smith Freehills Transatlantic disputes boutique Joseph Hage Herbert Smith Freehills has hired veteran Aaronson welcomes Paul Hastings litigation corporate crime lawyer Brian Spiro from partner, Michelle Duncan to its London office. litigation boutique BCL Solicitors. Spiro Duncan’s practice focuses on banking and specialises in ‘high loss’ business crime litigation, corporate litigation on securities, and insolvency fraud and regulatory matters, prosecutions, and matters. investigations. Katten Muchin Rosenman

Hodge Jones & Allen Katten Muchin Rosenman has appointed Alan Hodge Jones & Allen has appointed head of Meneghetti from Locke Lord. Meneghetti has clinical negligence James Bell from Slater & significant experience in regulatory, commercial Gordon. Bell’s practice focuses on compensation and data protection matters. claims against medical treatment providers. King & Spalding

Howard Kennedy King & Spalding has expanded its London Howard Kennedy has hired three partners this Finance practice with the hire of Mark round-up: Hewitson Moorhead employment Wesseldine and Fergus Wheeler from Ropes & partner Samantha Murray-Hinde, Laytons head Gray. Wesseldine advises on leveraged finance

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and restructuring and Wheeler’s practice Mishcon de Reya includes direct lending, alternative capital, and Mishcon de Reya has appointed co-head of corporate acquisition financing transactions. wealth planning Filippo Noseda from Withers. Noseda specialises in tax, advising on trusts and Kirkland & Ellis succession planning in common and civil law. Kirkland & Ellis welcomes former co-head of alternative capital, Sean Lacey, from Freshfields MJ Hudson Bruckhaus Deringer. Lacey, who specialises in MJ Hudson has hired Arnold & Porter Kaye advising investment funds on special situations Scholer tax partner Daniel Lewin and Jones Day deals, and corporate borrowers on acquisition financial services associate Christopher Dearie. financings, will join Kirkland’s three-partner Lewin will join as head of Tax, advising on a Restructuring team. variety of transactions including acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, and funds. Dearie, Lawrence Stephens who will join as partner, advises asset managers, Lawrence Stephens has hired real estate banks, domestic and international investment specialist Avi Barr from Read Roper & Read in funds on financial services regulatory issues. Manchester, where he was head of leases for landlords. Barr specialises in commercial and Moore Blatch residential acquisitions for the charity and Moore Blatch has appointed Archie Sherbrooke educations sectors. from Charles Russell Speechlys. Blatch specialises in commercial property, with focus Lee & Thompson on investment transactions, hotels, and retail Lee & Thompson has hired head of digital media property. Julian Ward from Hamlins. Ward advises on digital content in the video games industry, Payne Hicks Beach digital broadcasting, and content sectors. Hanna Basha has joined Payne Hicks Beach’s Privacy and Media team from Hill Dickinson. Linklaters Basha specialises in defamation, privacy, and Linklaters continues to grow its restructuring breach of confidence, and she also has team with the hire of James Douglas from Ropes experience in reputation and crisis management. & Gray. Douglas has experience in financial restructuring and disputes arising out of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman corporate joint ventures, debt financings, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman strengthens its derivatives and corporate insolvencies. Finance team with the appointment of former Morgan Lewis & Bockius head of business & McDermot Will & Emery finance Chris Harrison, and Mayer Brown finance McDermot Will & Emery has appointed Peter partner Trevor Wood. Harrison has extensive Crichton to its expanding Corporate & experience in leveraged finance, and debt capital Transactional practice. Crichton was previously markets. Wood’s practice includes international at CMS Cameron McKenna, and specialises in trade, export and commodity finance and real acquisition finance. estate finance.

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Pinsent Masons Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Pinsent Masons welcomes funds specialist David Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has Young from Scottish firm Maclay Murray & expanded its private equity offering with Spens, where he was head of financial services significant hires from White & Case. Former co- and alternative funds. Young specialises in fund head of EMEA private equity Richard Youle will structuring, formation and, investment work. join Skadden’s Private Equity team as head, and is projected to bolster its list of private equity

PwC clients in London. Youle advises private equity PwC secures three lateral appointments with houses and financial sponsor clients on Ashurst pension’s head Marcus Fink and co- leveraged M&A and restructuring. In addition, founders of boutique firm Radiant Law Andrew corporate partner Katja Butler joins the Private Giverin and Jason McQuillen. Fink, Ashurst’s sole Equity team. Butler specialises in transactional pensions’ partner in London, specialises in private equity, particularly issues impacting advising pension scheme trustees, and private capital structures. and publicly listed UK and multinational employers. Technology and outsourcing partners Stewarts Law Giverin and McQuillen advise clients in shaping Leading disputes firm Stewarts Law has recruited their legal functions to focus on high-value and litigation veteran David Hughes from Dechert. strategic work. Hughes specialises in fraud, and regulatory issues within financial services. Reed Smith Reed Smith has hired managing partner Andrei Stephenson Harwood Baev from Chadbourne & Parke Moscow and Stephenson Harwood is continuing to grow its head of real estate Petar Orlic from Faegre Baker global Finance practice with the hire of Dean Daniels. Baev is joining Reed Smith’s Energy and Norton from Clyde & Co. Norton has extensive Natural Resources practice in London with experience advising in the shipping, and offshore extensive experience in project finance and energy markets. corporate transactions in emerging Russian

markets. Orlic’s practice focuses on all aspects of Taylor Wessing Taylor Wessing has hired former director of commercial property. international tax Graham Samuel-Gibbon from Rosenblatt Solicitors accountancy firm EY, as a partner. Gibbons Former head of commercial litigation at Irwin advises cross-border tax structuring and, risk Mitchell, Donna Goldsworthy, former practising management. Barrister Noel Deans from Bivonas and litigation Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner Adrian Taylor have joined Rosenblatt Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan continues its Solicitors. Goldsworthy specialises in commercial hiring spree with the appointment of Clifford litigation with experience in F1 and Formula E Chance’s tax investigations and disputes head sports, financial services, and construction. Liesl Fichardt. Fichardt specialises in complex Dean’s practice focuses on commercial international tax investigations, tax litigation, employment. Taylor specialises in international and raids by tax authorities. arbitration, litigation, and ADR.

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Veale Wasbrough Vizards The Specialist Partner Team Veale Wasbrough Vizards has hired Kenneth Maxwell, who joins from CMS. Maxwell specialises in real estate finance, with focus on property investment, acquisition, development, and bank debt restructurings. Scott Gibson Vedder Price Director Vedder Price has appointed Dentons finance [email protected] partner Bill Gibson to its global Transportation

Finance Group. Gibson’s practice focuses on commercial aviation across a range of cross- border financing transactions. Sloane Poulton Vinson & Elkins Director Vinson & Elkins has hired finance partner John [email protected] Dawson from Clifford Chance. Dawson specialises in public and private acquisition financings, restructurings, unitranche, loan–to- At Edwards Gibson the specialist partner team provides: Confidential partner representation and own, and acquisitions of loan portfolios. consultation Wedlake Bell A search service flexible to our client’s Wedlake Bell has recruited employment partner requirements Advice on team moves Blair Adams from DMH Stallard. Adams

specialises in corporate employment, advising Based in the heart of the City of London, Edwards Gibson on TUPE regulations, outsourcing, discrimination is a dedicated legal recruitment consultancy specialising claims, and shareholder disputes. in private practice partner and associate hires, team moves and in-house lawyer recruitment. We pride WilmerHale ourselves on the depth and clarity of information we WilmerHale bolsters its IP practice with a two- provide and have an unrivalled knowledge of the markets lawyer patent litigation team from Freshfields in which we work. Bruckhaus Deringer. Freshfields’ sole patent litigation partner Justin Watts and senior

associate Matthew Shade are set to join, with Please contact us on: 020 7153 4903 Shade joining as a partner. Dr Watts specialises in pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotech, REPRESENTATION – SEARCH – TEAM MOVES and computer disputes. Dr Shade specialises in www.edwardsgibson.com multijurisdictional patent litigation in

technology-driven transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, and licensing.

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