McGuireWoods continues to expand its global derivatives and structured finance capabilities with the arrival of partner Charles Wakiwaka, who joins the firm’s highly ranked securities and capital markets practice in London. Wakiwaka joins McGuireWoods from Clifford Chance, where he was a senior derivatives lawyer.
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Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has hired Stephanie Pantelidaki as Head of Financial Services Transfer Pricing in the firm’s tax practice. Stephanie joins from PwC, where she has worked in both the firm’s UK and Switzerland offices.
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Alston & Bird has added a leveraged finance practice to its London office with the arrival of partner Paul Simcock. Bringing more than two decades of experience, Simcock advises sponsors, lenders, and borrowers in complex leveraged financings, including acquisitions, public takeovers, and other national and cross-border corporate debt mandates in both Europe and the U.S. Simcock arrives at the firm from Vinson & Elkins LLP in London.
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Allen & Overy today announced that Annette Kurdian and Robert Burt have been appointed as partners in A&O’s leveraged finance practice, based in London. Both Annette and Robert join from Linklaters where they were senior banking and finance partners.
Peter Broadhurst, a highly regarded competition lawyer, is joining Crowell & Moring’s London office as a partner, expanding the firm’s capability to advise clients on their most complex U.K. and EU competition matters. Broadhurst’s arrival from Simmons & Simmons adds to the firm’s stable of top-notch competition law practitioners in Europe.
Paul Hastings LLP announced today that experienced white collar criminal defence lawyer Rebecca Copcutt has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Investigations and White Collar Defence practice. She joins from White & Case. Her arrival complements the recent impressive additions of Investigations and White Collar Defence partners Jonathan Pickworth and Joanna Dimmock and Complex Litigation partner Alex Leitch to the London Litigation team.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Project Development and Finance Practice and Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice with the addition of partners Katie Hicks and Tim Sheddick in London. Hicks and Sheddick join White & Case from Shearman & Sterling, where they were both partners.
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International law firm DAC Beachcroft is pleased to announce the appointment of David Hill to its health sector practice. This announcement closely follows the appointments of partners Katherine Calder (procurement), and David Roberts (clinical negligence). David joins DAC Beachcroft from Hill Dickinson, and is a highly regarded partner with significant experience in public law, governance and data.
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Global law firm Reed Smith today announces the hire of Daniel Birch as partner in its Energy and Natural Resources Group and London office. Birch, who joins from Allen & Overy, where he practiced for more than 13 years, is a US qualified commodities finance lawyer.
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