Linklaters is rebuilding its corporate offering in London following a slew of exits, with the addition of an M&A partner from Travers Smith.

Richard Spedding joins the firm after a 25-year-long career at Travers Smith, where he made partner in 2003, according to his LinkedIn page. His practice focuses on equity capital markets deals as well as providing Takeover Code advice to companies, hedge funds and PE houses.