Ask any City partner about the current state of the market, and they will point to a softening in the M&A market in line with the clouds gathering over the economy. It seems no one told Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk, who recently completed a highly-publicised acquisition of social media giant Twitter. The initially …
Partners at Clifford Chance (CC) have voted in head of capital markets Adrian Cartwright as the firm’s new senior partner, succeeding Jeroen Ouwehand, who will step down after four years in the role. London-based Cartwright held off competition from Ouwehand and Dubai office managing partner Edmund Boyo in the recent election and will start his four-year …
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The approaching festive period has not led to a cooling of the recruitment market, with corporate structuring, M&A, tax and IP expertise topping firms’ wishlists. It was a busy period for Morrison Foerster, with the firm recruiting an IP team in London. The group is led by Steven James, who joins as a partner from …
Dechert has unveiled a new-look leadership team, with David Forti and Mark Thierfelder elected as new co-chairs, and Sabina Comis and Vincent Cohen set to become the firm’s inaugural global managing partners. The new team, which will take office 1 July 2023, replaces Andy Levander, the firm’s chair since 2011, and Henry Nassau, the firm’s …
‘At the early stage, companies get lots wrong. Their corporate governance is often non-existent. Their contractual framework and intellectual property ownership can be messy. They often do not properly implement the legal frameworks necessary to deal with data. But that’s fine because they’ve got one objective at early stage, which is to grow the financial …
Throughout school, science seemed to be the direction I was heading in. I did the undergraduate piece and went on to the doctorate. I loved both actually, particularly the doctorate. We were doing some really cutting-edge physics, like trying to detect a new particle for the first time, that sort of thing. There were elements …
TLT has elected a new senior partner, with head of pensions Sasha Butterworth set to assume the role at the beginning of 2023. Taking over from Andrew Glynn, who has vacated the position after seven years, Butterworth will assume a range of new duties within the firm. These include chairing both the renumeration and promotions …
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Cleary has turned to Linklaters M&A partner Nick Rumsby to boost its corporate offering in the City, in what will be seen as an impressive coup for the Wall Street firm’s usually cautious London strategy. A Linklaters lifer, Rumsby has an enviable track record of advising on market-leading public M&A deals in recent years. Particular …
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This week’s round up has an overseas focus, as firms prioritised international moves over the London market. The headline City hire was made by Macfarlanes, which announced the arrival of pensions partner Faye Jarvis. Joining from Hogan Lovells, where she spent 15 years, Jarvis is experienced in advising employers and trustees on scheme mergers, funding …
Cleary Gottlieb has made up nine new partners in its latest round of promotions, two of which are in London, while Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has included five UK lawyers in its latest cohort. The promotion of Chrishan Raja and Naomi Tarawali to partner in Cleary’s London office is indicative of firm’s steady approach. …
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