Lateral Partner Moves in 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. © Edwards Gibson Ltd www.edwardsgibson.com 73 Watling Street, London, EC4M 9BJ 020 7153 4903 Page 2 of 7 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. © Edwards Gibson Ltd www.edwardsgibson.com 73 Watling Street, London, EC4M 9BJ 020 7153 4903 Page 3 of 7 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 © Edwards Gibson Ltd www.edwardsgibson.com 73 Watling Street, London, EC4M 9BJ 020 7153 4903 Page 4 of 7 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