Akin Gump is pleased to announce that Michael Gustafson has joined the firm as a finance partner in its London office. Mr. Gustafson joins from Pricoa Private Capital―the private debt investment arm of Prudential Financial Inc.―where he served as deputy chief legal officer, Europe, based in London. More >>

Akin Gump is delighted to announce that two energy-focused transactional corporate and private equity partners, Shaun Lascelles and Simon Rootsey, are to join the firm in its London office from Vinson & Elkins. Mr. Lascelles and Mr. Rootsey are expected to join Akin Gump in October. More >>

Leading international law firm, Clifford Chance today announced that Richard Crosby will be joining the firm’s Global Corporate team and Financial Institutions Group as Partner and will be based in London. Richard joins Clifford Chance from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he is a Corporate Partner specialising in advising banks and other financial institutions. More >>

Allen & Overy has hired financial services regulation specialist, Knox McIlwain, as a partner in London. The New York qualified lawyer joins from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton where he worked closely with regulation expert and partner Bob Penn, who returned to A&O last summer.
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McGuireWoods is expanding its formidable global banking and finance capabilities with the arrival of London partners Lee Cullinane, who will lead the firm’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) finance group, and Marc Naidoo. Cullinane and Naidoo bring significant experience representing leading banks and other clients in cross-border and emerging markets transactions. They join McGuireWoods London from White & Case, where Cullinane formerly led the EMEA bank finance group. More >>

Joining from Freshfields, where he has been a partner in London since 2010, Andrew specialises in digital economy transactions across a broad range of industry sectors and product lines, with a particular focus on technology. With over 21 years of experience, Andrew advises corporates, private equity firms and financial institutions on a wide range of technology transactions including cross-border M&A, carve-outs, business separation, outsourcing and commercial transactions for clients in sectors including TMT, pharma, financial services and large industrials. Andrew began his career at King & Wood Mallesons in Sydney in 1998. More >>

Allen & Overy has hired employment specialist, Vicky Wickremeratne, as a partner in London. She joins from Simmons & Simmons where she became a partner in May 2015. More >>

Ruby joins from Freshfields’ disputes, litigation and arbitration practice. Specialising in white-collar crime, financial regulation, global investigations and risk and compliance, Ruby advises corporate clients across a wide range of matters. She is experienced in multi-jurisdictional investigations and matters with multi-agency involvement, and has defended clients under investigation for global corruption, accounting irregularities, tax fraud, and money laundering. More >>

Tom Epps has joined Cooley as a partner in the London office, marking the latest key addition to the firm’s white collar group. He arrives from Brown Rudnick, where he was a partner for six years. More >>