Leading global law firm Baker & McKenzie has further enhanced its Corporate Practice with the appointment of James Thompson and Joanna Hewitt as partners in London. James joins the Firm from Linklaters where he is a Managing Associate in the London Corporate practice. Joanna re-joins the Firm from Olswang’s corporate practice where she is a Senior Associate, having started her career as a trainee and then an associate at Baker & McKenzie. Both join the Firm in January 2016.
James has extensive UK and international equities capital markets and M&A experience, having advised on numerous high profile deals for large listed companies. He also has strong private M&A practice, with experience for both corporates and private equity houses across a wide range of jurisdictions, with a particular focus on emerging markets, including Africa.
Joanna has significant experience in corporate reorganisations, private M&A and general private company representation across a number of sectors, including technology and retail. She has particular experience in cross-jurisdictional reorganisations and transactions having worked closely with clients across the United States, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Baker & McKenzie’s London Head of Corporate Mike Webster said: “James and Jo are excellent additions to our team. Individually, they have a broad range of impressive transactional experience and together, they will significantly strengthen our capital markets and corporate reorganisation capabilities. Their appointments are testament to our strong commitment to the continuing growth of our corporate practice in London.”
London Managing Partner Paul Rawlinson added: “We’re delighted to be joined by James and Jo; two extremely high calibre partners. Their appointments will significantly enhance our UK corporate offering, as we look to grow our London Corporate, Corporate Tax and Disputes practices in line with our strategic growth plans.”
Baker & McKenzie’s London Corporate Department provides comprehensive M&A, capital markets, projects, company law, board level compliance and corporate governance advice to a wide range of clients including PLCs, financial institutions and subsidiaries of major multinational corporates.
James and Jo’s appointments follows a series of strategic hires in Baker & McKenzie’s London office. These include: Dyann Heward-Mills who joined the Data Protection Practice from GE Capital in October 2015; Jonathan Peddie who joined the Dispute Resolution practice from Barclays in July 2015; and Kate Alexander who joins the Corporate Tax practice from EY.
Source: www.bakermckenzie.com
