Dewey Ballantine welcomes three lateral partners to its London office. Lee Parker will work to develop the firm’s English law practice, along with being a senior partner in the capital markets group. He comes from Global Legal Search, a partner placement agency. Carlo Kostka joins from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he was a partner in the U.S. securities law group. Kostka will be a capital markets partner with Dewey and will provide valuable Italian connections and Italian language skills to the firm. Litigation partner Alastair Crawford also leaves Freshfields for Dewey, where he will work to develop the firm’s global arbitration practice.
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