Lateral Partner Moves in London

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Lateral

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Moves in

London

March/April 2012

Addleshaw Goddard DLA Piper Financial services specialist Chris Brennan joins from Justin Conway joins the restructuring team from his his in-house role at Lloyds Banking Group. in-house role at Goldman Sachs. Meanwhile corporate insurance specialist Prakash Paran arrives Allen & Overy from Dewey & LeBoeuf. The magic circle firm has hired financial litigation partner Lawson Caisley from international firm Hogan DWF Lovells. Regional firm DWF has brought in Douglas Howie from Clyde & Co to boost its corporate insurance Ashfords offering. The south-west firm continues to expand in London post-merger with the hire of corporate partner James Eversheds Lyons from Trowers & Hamlins. Real estate tax specialist Sebastian Daly joins from Clifford Chance where he was a director. Angus Ford Ashurst has joined the real estate team from Berwin Leighton Former Linklaters managing associate Nicholas Paisner. Moore will join the finance practice later this year. Fasken Martineau Berwin Leighton Paisner Former Dundas & Wilson employment associate Claire Watson is to join from Linklaters where she Elena Cooper joins as a partner. was head of the real estate finance practice. Field Fisher Waterhouse Bevan Brittan The firm has hired tax litigation expert Hartley Foster The London office of the Bristol-based firm has hired from Olswang and structured finance lawyer Daniel procurement specialist Elizabeth Cooper from Franks from Allen & Overy where he was of counsel. Nabarro. Goldberg Segalla Bond Pearce The US litigation specialist firm has opened in London Another south-west firm increases its London with the hire of insurance litigation partner Clive capacity with professional indemnity partner Simon O’Connell from Barlow Lyde & Gilbert. Gildener joining from Clyde & Co. Gowlings Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton The Canadian firm continues to expand in London Commercial litigation partner and former chief with the hire of a specialist corporate transactional executive of Stephenson Harwood Sunil Gadhia has mining team from Cobbetts: Charles Bond, Sefton joined the US firm’s London office. Collett, Dominic Prentis and Andrew Wright.

Davis Polk & Wardwell Hill Dickinson Having recently set up an English law practice, the Former Davies Arnold Cooper managing partner Nik Wall Street firm has now hired tax partner Jonathan Rochez has joined the insurance practice. Cooklin from Freshfields. Irwin Mitchell Dechert The firm has announced the lateral hire of corporate Capital markets partners Camille Abousleiman and real estate partner Jayne Schnider from Taylor Louise Bernstein have joined from Dewey & LeBoeuf. Wessing.

Dickinson Dees Jones Day The Newcastle firm has added real estate partner Dominic O’Brien has joined the international firm’s Martin Stacey to its London office from LG. finance practice from Addleshaw Goddard.

King & Spalding Osborne Clarke Jayne Player (former joint head of litigation at Bird & Peter Day becomes head of real estate investment in Bird) has announced a move to the US firm alongside London having moved from Wedlake Bell. fellow partner Sarah Walker. Radiant Law Lewis Silkin The boutique technology firm has launched a Phil Rymer joins the media team having most recently contentious arm with the hire of Anna Cook from practised at his own firm Rymer Media Law. Wedlake Bell and Sarah Hill from TLT Solicitors.

Linklaters Reed Smith Simon Pritchard will join the competition department A number of hires for the international firm’s London from fellow magic circle firm Allen & Overy. office: energy partner Peter Zaman from Clifford Chance; energy and environment litigation partner Lipman Karas Nicholas Rock from Dewey & LeBoeuf; and former The Australian litigation boutique has established a head of regulatory at SNR Denton, Chris Borg. London office with the hire of Withers partners Jeremy Scott and Andrew Ford. Ropes & Gray Funds partner Matthew Judd is joined by former Macfarlanes White & Case senior associate colleague Anand Addleshaw Goddard partner James Dawson joins the Damodaran, who becomes a partner. corporate team. SGH Martineau Maclay Murray & Spens The newly merged firm has hired Maxwell Winward Funds specialist Nick Rutter joins the London office energy partner Mark Bartholomew. from Thomas Eggar. Signature Litigation Mayer Brown Hogan Lovells partners Graham Huntley and Helen Chris Harvey becomes head of real estate investment Branningan have established their own litigation following his move from CMS Cameron McKenna. boutique.

McDermott Will & Emery Simmons & Simmons Former Dewey & LeBoeuf private equity head Mark David Williams, formerly head of funds at DLA Piper, Davis and fellow private equity partner Russell Van and real estate partner John Kelsey from Berwin Praagh join the US firm’s London office. Leighton Paisner have joined the firm.

Michelmores Speechly Bircham The Devon firm has expanded its London office with Energy sector construction partner Kevin Forsyth has the hire of Nabarro real estate partner Paul Paling. moved over from RPC.

Morrison & Foerster Squire Sanders Justin Stock joins the corporate team from fellow US Tomas Cerdan becomes a partner in the capital firm O’Melveny & Myers. markets team having moved from White & Case where he was a senior associate. Norton Rose David Shearer joins the structured finance team Stephenson Harwood having left Allen & Overy earlier this year. IP lawyer Alexandra Pygall becomes a partner following her move from US firm Covington & Burling where she was a senior associate.

Thomas Eggar ABOUT EDWARDS GIBSON Sarah Birkbeck joins the London IP litigation team from fellow regional firm DMH Stallard. Based in the City of London, Edwards Gibson is a TLT Solicitors dedicated Legal Recruitment Consultancy The Bristol headquartered firm has hired tax partner specialising in private practice lateral partner and Nathan Williams and real estate partner David associate hires, team moves and in-house lawyer Sanson from Trowers & Hamlins and DLA Piper in recruitment. Dubai respectively for its London office. At Edwards Gibson we pride ourselves on the depth Willkie Farr and clarity of information we provide and have an Corporate partners Joseph Ferraro and Nicholas unrivalled knowledge of the markets in which we Bulger have joined from Dewey & LeBoeuf. work. Our team of ex-lawyers and vastly experienced legal recruitment consultants are ideally Winckworth Sherwood placed to advise you on all your legal recruitment A new partner for the real estate group with the hire needs. of Richard Perkins from Reed Smith.

For further information please visit: Wragge & Co Four lateral hires for the Birmingham firm’s London www.edwardsgibson.com office: PFI/PPI partner Giles Clifford from Manches; energy projects partner Jonathan Brufal from Norton or call: Rose in Abu Dhabi; Anthony Wilson becomes head of 020 7153 4903 construction litigation from Hafez in Cairo; and planning partner Duncan Field arrives from SJ Berwin.