Partner Moves November

Lateral

Partner

Moves in

London

November/December 2011

Addleshaw Goddard DLA Piper The national firm’s London office has hired US securities specialist George Barboutis has litigation partner Clarissa Coleman from in- arrived from the London office of Dewey & house organisation Consensus. LeBoeuf. White & Case asset finance senior associate Debra Erni joins as a partner and will Bates Wells & Braithwaite work in the London and Moscow offices. Baker & LG partner Richard Marke has joined the McKenzie employment associate Tom Kerr technology and outsourcing practice. Williams also joins as a partner.

Berwin Leighton Paisner Dorsey & Whitney The finance practice has been bolstered by the Construction litigation lawyer John Lurie joins as arrival of project finance lawyer Andrei Baev and a partner from Dechert where he was a senior debt capital markets specialist Simon Small from associate. Allen & Overy and Ashurst respectively. South Square barrister Stuart Isaacs QC joins as an DWF equity partner and Head of Advocacy. The firm continues to expand in London with the hire of construction litigation partner Adam Nell Bird & Bird from Herbert Smith (previously Of Counsel). Former head of infrastructure at Dundas & Wilson Andrew Renton joins the energy group. Eversheds Andrew Legg joins the litigation team from Bond Pearce Mayer Brown to specialise in financial disputes Claire Coleman, previously in-house lawyer at and corporate M&A partner Richard Lewis has Royal Mail, has joined the south-west firm’s moved laterally from Hogan Lovells. London office. Fladgate Collyer Bristow Real estate partner Stephen Lewis has been Real estate partner Alex O’Connor has joined hired laterally from Finers Stephens Innocent. from the London office of Scottish firm McGrigors. Goodman Derrick Two new partners for the corporate department Covington & Burling in the shape of Simon McLeod from Bird & Bird US corporate lawyer Kristian Wiggert joins the and technology specialist Paul Webb from Taylor London office from fellow US firm Morrison & Wessing. Foerster. Gowlings Dechert The Canadian firm continues to grow its London Contentious regulatory specialist Duncan office with the hire of Pinsent Masons former Wiggetts joins from DLA Piper. The firm has also head of project finance Nicholas Iliff. announced the hire of Norton Rose litigation partner Antony Dutton. Greenberg Traurig Maher Henrietta Walker joins former Mayer Brown colleagues in the London corporate team.

Hamlins NGM Tax Madeleine Thomson becomes head of Mark Nichols, Keith Gregory and Simon employment on joining from Sprecher Grier Meredith, all formerly of CMS Cameron Halberstam. McKenna, have set up a boutique tax law firm.

Lewis Silkin Olswang Finance partner Graham Reid joins from Finers Graham Lloyd-Brunt joins the real estate Stephens Innocent along with financial services department from Berwin Leighton Paisner. specialist Owen Watkins from Kaye Scholer. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LG The US firm continues its London hiring spree Mark Mallon has joined the real estate team with Mayer Brown partners Stephanie Bates from SJ Berwin were he was an associate. (former co-head of equity capital markets), Matthew Lawson (litigation) and Simon Willis Locke Lord (litigation). Corporate energy specialist Anthony A team of partners from Salans has launched the Riley also joins from Norton Rose. US firm’s London office: Stephen Finch (former global head of banking), Daniel Polden (former Osborne Clarke London head of real estate), Roger Abrahams Clive Smith from DLA Piper and Madeleine Clark (previously managing partner), Paula Howard from Berwin Leighton Paisner have joined the (finance), Bill McCaffrey (finance), Kevin Heath asset finance and real estate finance teams (Litigation), Graham Spitz (corporate), David respectively. Both were senior associates at their Grant (restructuring) and James Varley former firms. (restructuring). Rochman Landau litigation partner Joseph Kosky also joins. Pannone The Manchester firm has grown its London office Maclay Murray & Spens with the lateral hire of corporate lawyer The Scottish firm has hired Rosenblatt corporate Catherine McLoughlin from Wilmer Hale. partner Wayne O’Neil into its London office. Pinsent Masons Matthew Arnold & Baldwin Insolvency & restructuring partners Steven Competition and regulatory specialist Ted Cottee, Nick Pike and Tom Withyman have Mercer has joined the London office from Edwin announced their move from LG. Coe. Raines & Co Mills & Reeve Taylor Wessing finance partner Mark Raines has Insurance partner Paul Spibey joins the London established his own firm. office from Kennedys. Reed Smith Mishcon de Reya Tamara Box joins from Berwin Leighton Paisner Former head of property litigation at Jones Day as head of structured finance along with SJ Richard Anyamene has arrived at the firm. Berwin private equity partner Perry Yam. Nick Swimer joins the media group from his in-house Morgan Lewis & Bockius role at Channel 4. Noel Ainsworth has joined the funds practice from Simmons & Simmons.

Robin Simon Taylor Wessing The boutique insurance firm has hired The firm has announced the lateral hire of data professional indemnity specialist Neil Trayhurn protection specialist Vinod Bange from Speechly from Bond Pearce. Bircham. Contentious construction partner Joanne Kelly has joined from Manches where Ropes & Gray she was head of construction and former The US firm has hired corporate real estate Slaughter and May partner Richard Carson has specialist Iain Morpeth from Oppenheimer joined the tax team. Ross Caldwell has also Investments. He was previously a partner at joined the finance team from the London office Clifford Chance. of Dundas & Wilson.

Seyfarth Shaw White & Case In-house lawyer Ming Henderson-Vu Thi has Mayer Brown partner James Dodsworth has joined the US firm’s London employment joined the US firm’s London real estate practice. practice from Oracle UK. Wilmer Hale Simmons & Simmons White collar crime specialist Stephen Pollard has Pollyanna Deane joins the corporate insurance moved laterally from Kingsley Napley. practice from Berwin Leighton Paisner. Withers SJ Berwin Maurice Martin has joined the tax team from Neil Upton becomes co-head of energy & Irwin Mitchell to specialise in tax investigations. projects having joined from US firm Greenberg Traurig Maher.

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