Dechert LLP is expanding its global private equity practice group with the forthcoming addition of Sam Whittaker as a partner in its London office. Whittaker comes to the firm from Kirkland & Ellis in London.
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AG Boosts Leveraged Finance Team With Hire Ewen Scott
Addleshaw Goddard has strengthened its leveraged finance team with the appointment of partner Ewen Scott from Jones Day. Ewen, is well-known in the leveraged finance market having worked at both DLA Piper and Ashurst before joining Jones Day. He specialises in acting for lenders (including debt funds and alternative lenders), sponsors and portfolio companies, both in the UK and internationally.
Tags: Addleshaw Goddard LLP | London Dechert Expands its Private Equity Practice With New London Partner
Dechert LLP continues to grow its global private equity practice group with the addition of Mark Thompson as a partner in its London office. Thompson comes to the firm from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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Leading Professional Services Litigator Will Glassey to Join Herbert Smith Freehills in London
Herbert Smith Freehills has further strengthened its Disputes Practice in London, after hiring Will Glassey to join its partnership. This will enable the firm to further bolster its successful solicitors’ professional indemnity and regulatory practice, as well as its professional negligence offering more broadly. Will joins Herbert Smith Freehills from Mayer Brown, where he was Head of Insurance Disputes in London and Global co-Head of Insurance. Before moving to Mayer Brown in 2000, he was an associate in legacy Herbert Smith’s Disputes team in London.
Jones Day Welcomes Abradat Kamalpour to Financial Markets Practice
The global law firm Jones Day announced that Abradat Kamalpour will join the Firm’s Financial Markets Practice as a partner. Mr. Kamalpour will initially be based in Jones Day’s London Office and will thereafter be relocating to the Firm’s San Francisco Office. Mr. Kamalapour comes to the firm from Ashurst in London.
Squire Patton Boggs Strengthens Corporate, Real Estate and Energy Capabilities in Russia
Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Vladimir Zenin has been appointed as a partner in the firm’s Global Corporate Practice, based in the Moscow office. Mr. Zenin joins from CMS where he led the M&A practice in Russia for the past six years, prior to which he had been with the corporate and energy practices of Allen & Overy in Moscow and London for almost nine years. Joining alongside Mr. Zenin is a team of three associates, Elizaveta Rakova, Natalia Gegechkory and Viktoria Shcherba, all from CMS.
Global Law Firm Rimon PC Opens New Office in Seoul With Addition of Tech-Focused Corporate Partner Jungwoo Chang
Rimon is pleased to announce it has opened an office in Seoul, South Korea with, Jungwoo Chang joining the firm as corporate partner. Rimon’s Seoul office is its 42nd location, following the opening of new offices in international hubs London, Paris and Montréal earlier this year, as well as several new offices in the United States. Mr. Chang joins Rimon from Accelsior Partners, where he was co-founder and Managing Partner.
Allen & Overy Further Bolsters its Private Equity Practice in Germany
Allen & Overy has boosted its German private equity practice with the appointment of highly regarded private equity specialist Dr Hendrik Röhricht, who is joining the firm’s Munich office as a partner with effect from 1 July 2021. He joins from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he was a partner since 2019.
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Latham & Watkins Adds Senior Tax Partner With Formidable Transactional Experience in London
Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Helen Lethaby will join the firm’s London office as a partner in the Tax Department. Highly regarded in her field, Lethaby has more than 25 years’ experience advising clients on a variety of complex corporate tax matters, including the tax aspects of capital markets and private equity transactions, public and private M&A, joint ventures, demergers, and restructurings. Lethaby joins Latham & Watkins from Freshfields.
Squire Patton Boggs to Launch New Funds Practice in London
Squire Patton Boggs continues to expand its Financial Services Practice Group with the appointment of Steven Ward as partner in the firm’s London office. Mr. Ward, who joins from Paul Hastings, will spearhead the development of a new Funds Practice.
