Clifford Chance Hires Technology Expert Zayed Al Jamil as Partner to Join its Market Leading Tech Group

International law firm Clifford Chance announces the hire of Zayed Al Jamil a Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) expert who joins as partner in the firm’s Tech Group, based in London. He joins the firm May 1, 2022. Qualifying as a solicitor in 2009, Al Jamil previously practiced at Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) where he was partner and focused on complex commercial and large-scale outsourcing technology projects, as well as tech-related aspects of corporate transactions. 

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Morrison & Foerster Expands Global Competition/Antitrust and UK National Security Capabilities with Addition of Marie-Claire Strawbridge in London

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Marie-Claire Strawbridge as a partner in the firm’s Antitrust Law/Competition and National Security practices. Strawbridge joins from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP’s leading competition practice and brings extensive experience of UK and EU competition law to Morrison & Foerster, with a primary focus on transactional matters. Her arrival further strengthens the firm’s leading global antitrust/competition and national security capabilities at a time of increasing demand from clients for advice regarding UK competition law and dealing with the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), as well as UK and multi-jurisdictional national security issues.

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Linklaters Bolsters Leveraged Finance Practice With Triple Partner Hire in London

Linklaters has expanded its Leveraged Finance practice with the appointment of three partners, Noel Hughes, Giacomo Reali and Christianne Williams, who join the group in London as market-leading high yield lawyers. This also marks the largest London-based team hire for the firm in recent years. The leading team of high yield attorneys join from Vinson & Elkins and bolster Linklaters’ already strong leveraged finance capability. 

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Dentons Hires Leading Asset Based Lending Partner in London

Dentons has recruited Simon Prendergast as a partner in the firm’s UK Banking and Finance Division. One of the leading asset based lending and receivables financing lawyers in the UK, ranked as a leading individual in both Legal 500 and Chambers, Simon joins the London office from Addleshaw Goddard where he has been a partner since 2013.

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