Squire Patton Boggs Boosts Global Private Equity Team in London With Three New Corporate Partners

Squire Patton Boggs has expanded its Global Corporate Practice in London, adding significantly to its international private equity (PE) team, with the appointment of pre-eminent City and international lawyer Stephen Ball, and first-class PE practitioners Charles Leeming and Ben Squires from Simpson Thacher. All three join as partners and will work closely with Corporate and Financial Services colleagues across the firm, in the UK and Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.

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Locke Lord Expands Global Energy Offerings With Addition of Matthew Daffurn as Partner in London Office

Matthew Daffurn has joined Locke Lord’s London office as a Partner in the Firm’s premier Energy Practice Group. His breadth of experience and technical skill set in energy and infrastructure, project finance and emerging markets will enhance the Firm’s global offerings for energy clients. Daffurn, who joins Locke Lord from Linklaters, provides capabilities in mergers and acquisitions, projects and finance work across all segments of the energy industry, including upstream exploration and production companies as well as in midstream and downstream project development and renewable power.

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Addleshaw Goddard Targets Senior Living With Leading Partner Hire

Addleshaw Goddard has recruited partner Rachel Orton into its London Real Estate team, in a move that builds upon its credentials in the Build to Rent (BTR) and Private Rented Sector (PRS), and focuses on the developing senior living asset class as investors become more active on an international scale.

Rachel, who was a partner at Squire Patton Boggs, has an established reputation in this field, having built a strong practice and client following over many years in the senior living space, acing for investors, developers and finance clients in the healthcare, retirement living and BTR sectors, advising on some of the most significant transactions in this space.

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Cadwalader Expands Transatlantic Funds Capabilities with Addition of Leading Fund Formation Partner Michael Newell in London

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP today announced that Michael Newell, a leading fund formation partner, has joined the firm in London.

Newell’s arrival strengthens the firm’s growing transatlantic funds group, which includes fund formation partners supported by a market-leading U.S. and UK regulatory team. Newell, who joins the firm from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he was a partner, focuses on the formation of real estate funds, credit funds, emerging market private equity funds, venture capital funds and hedge funds. 

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Latham Adds Two Corporate Partners with Extensive Tech Experience in London

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Mike Turner and Shing Lo will join the London office as partners in the Emerging Companies Practice and Corporate Department. Prominent in their field, Turner and Lo have extensive experience in advising entrepreneurs, investors, and companies in Europe’s expanding tech scene. Turner and Lo will join Latham & Watkins from Taylor Wessing and Bird & Bird, respectively.

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