Global law firm Reed Smith today announces the hire of Mark Drury as partner in its Financial Industry Group and London office. With nearly two decades of experience, Drury joins from Linklaters where he was partner in its derivatives and structured products team. His practice covers the full spectrum of structured finance arrangements, including collateralised loan obligations (CLOs), risk retention structures and financings, repackagings, fund financings and fund derivatives and balance sheet issuances.

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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Robert (Rob) Marshall as a partner in its Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice Group in London. Rob is a highly skilled lawyer in global equity and cross-border executive compensation and represents some of the world’s largest multinational companies. He will lead McDermott’s cross-border executive compensation and benefits practice and boost the Firm’s international transactional practice.

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Skadden is pleased to announce that Noel Hughes is joining the firm’s Capital Markets Group as a partner in the London office.

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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan UK LLP announced today that litigator Gemma Anderson is joining the firm as a partner. Gemma was previously at Morrison & Foerster where she was a partner specialising in complex, cross-border disputes.

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Skadden is pleased to announce that Sebastian FitzGerald will join the firm’s London office as a partner in its Banking Group. FitzGerald arrives from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in London.

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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its Banking & Finance Practice with the addition of Luke Lado as a new shareholder in the firm’s London office. Most recently, Lado served as Counsel in the London office of Weil, Gotshal, & Manges LLP.

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Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is delighted to announce that real estate expert Deepa Deb has joined the firm as a Partner in London, where she will be Head of International Real Estate Investment, coordinating activities across our 19 offices. She joins from DWF, where she was Global Head of Development & Investment, having been Head of UK Real Estate at Dentons prior to that.

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