Linklaters Announces the Appointment of Tom Cassels as Partner, Specialising in Contentious Competition and Public Law Disputes

Friday, November 6, 2015

Linklaters has appointed Tom Cassels as a partner in the firm’s Dispute Resolution practice.

Tom joins from Baker & McKenzie where he was Chair of the Global Disputes practice. His expertise lies in commercial and regulatory disputes, contentious competition matters and judicial reviews. He advises clients on legal aspects of reputation management such as handling internal investigations as well as public inquiries and select committee hearings. More >>

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Leading Corporate Partner Joins Morrison & Foerster in London

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, today announced that Vladimir Maly has joined its London office as a partner in the corporate practice. Mr. Maly joins Morrison & Foerster from Latham & Watkins. The arrival of Mr. Maly is further evidence of Morrison & Foerster’s intent to continue to build its corporate practice in London following the appointment of Graeme Sloan as London corporate head and global M&A co-chair earlier this year. More >>

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Dentons Appoints New Partner in Competition and Antitrust Team in London

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Dentons has appointed Adrian Magnus as a partner in its Competition and Antitrust team in London. Previously a partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner for 21 years, Magnus has a wealth of experience advising on a wide gamut of competition issues including UK and EU merger control, market investigations, public procurement and competition-related disputes. More >>

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Ashurst Expands CLO and Structured Product Teams With Major Hires

Monday, November 2, 2015

Ashurst announces that partners Scott Pierpont and Lee Ann Anderson have joined the firm’s market leading structured finance team, based in New York and Washington DC, respectively. In a separate move, Eric Bothwell has been appointed partner in New York and Cameron Saylor has been appointed partner in the London office.

Scott joins from Jones Day and has extensive experience in structured finance, with a particular emphasis on CLOs and credit funds. He advises leading banks, asset managers, funds, investors and sponsors on international and domestic financial transactions. Scott is joined by Mitch Naumoff, also from Jones Day, who joins as counsel in Washington DC. Mitch has extensive experience in CLOs, structured finance and derivatives.

Lee Ann joins from Sullivan & Cromwell and has considerable experience in public and private securities offerings and derivatives transactions, with a focus on structured note and structured CD programmes. Lee Ann also has in-depth expertise in structured finance and fixed income products transactions.

Eric was the former head of Goldman Sachs’ CLO team and has been a CLO and funds practitioner for over 20 years in various capacities. As a part of the CLO market almost from its inception, Eric also spent time at a structured products focused hedge fund where he ran a team of portfolio managers and analysts focused on managing leveraged loans in both CLO and hedge fund formats.

Cameron has extensive experience across the securitisation market and has a particular focus on CLOs. He advises arrangers and collateral managers on both European and US transactions.

Head of the US, William Gray, said:

“These partners are a very strong addition to our US and London offices and the global practice. They all have exceptional credentials and will play a critical role in driving forward our ambitions for both Ashurst and our clients.”

Michael Logie, Head of Ashurst’s Securities and Derivatives Group, said:

“This move reflects our commitment to grow our market-leading CLO and structured products practices. In addition, these partners have broad skill sets, which will complement and further enhance our offering across other areas of structured finance and securitisation, as well as US debt capital markets and regulatory matters.”

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