Paul Hastings Adds Leading Finance Partner Patrick Bright in London

Continuing the strategic expansion of its market-leading global finance practice, Paul Hastings LLP announced today that Patrick Bright, a leader in European high-yield transactions, has joined the firm as a partner in London. Bright is consistently ranked by Legal 500, Chambers UK, and IFLR1000 as a top practitioner in the high-yield space and he previously led the European high-yield team at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

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Locke Lord Bolsters Capital Markets Capabilities in London With Addition of Kieran Stone as Partner, Further Strengthening Firm’s Growing London Office

Kieran Stone has joined Locke Lord’s London office as a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Practice Group. Stone’s extensive experience advising clients in the energy and technology sectors on equity capital markets transactions will further enhance the Firm’s capabilities as well as its growing London office. A former partner at Memery Crystal, Stone joins Locke Lord with vast experience in equity capital markets, acting for both UK and international main market and AIM-quoted companies as well as their advisers. Stone has also advised on a range of public takeover and private M&A transactions.

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Addleshaw Goddard Grows Construction Disputes Team With New Partner Hire

Addleshaw Goddard has hired Clarissa Smith as a partner in its fast-growing construction and engineering team. Clarissa, who primarily specialises in cross-sector disputes for clients within the construction industry, previously worked as a partner at Trowers & Hamlins. Her practice has focused on all forms of alternative dispute resolution, adjudication, meditation and the resolution of claims under the pre-action protocol for construction and engineering disputes. Previous clients have included some of the UK’s largest developers, contractors, sub-contractors, consultants and local authorities.

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Clifford Chance Adds Adam Hedley as Partner to its Environment and ESG Teams Further Strengthening Global ESG Credentials

International law firm Clifford Chance announces that Adam Hedley will be joining the firm in December 2022 as an Environmental and ESG partner based in London. Adam joins from Reed Smith’s ESG and Environmental practice where he advised on a spectrum of UK and international, environmental, ESG, product compliance, carbon and climate change law matters.

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