DLA beefs up corporate team with BLP and Debevoise hires
DLA Piper has secured the hire of former Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) corporate heavyweight Patrick Somers. The firm has also hired Debevoise & Plimpton associate James O'Donnell as a partner in its London funds team.
September 16, 2013 at 09:20 AM
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DLA Piper has secured the hire of former Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) corporate heavyweight Patrick Somers. The firm has also hired Debevoise & Plimpton associate James O'Donnell as a partner in its London funds team.
Somers was the relationship manager for Thames Water at BLP, one of the firm's key clients. He left the UK firm in March following a restructuring of BLP's Managed Legal Services division and is joining DLA Piper's corporate practice.
Before joining BLP in 2005 Somers was a partner at Hammonds, now known as Squire Sanders. He also worked as general counsel at energy company Lattice Group.
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