Hogan Lovells equity capital markets (ECM) head Richard Brown has resigned from the firm to join Latham & Watkins.

Brown's hire was confirmed through a partner vote at Latham last night (31 January) with his start date yet to be announced.

He joined legacy Lovells as a partner in 2003 from Goldman Sachs, where he was an executive director in the investment bank's transaction management group. Prior to joining Goldman in 2000, Brown worked at Linklaters.