Linklaters has relocated its Nordic private equity head Roger Johnson (pictured) to London to work alongside partner Nick Rees following the departures of private equity heads Ian Bagshaw and Richard Youle.

Johnson joined Linklaters in 2012 as a partner from Hannes Snellman and headed up the firm's private equity offering in the region from his base in Stockholm.

Linklaters told partners of the departure of Bagshaw and Youle last week. The pair are set to leave the magic circle firm at the end of December to join the London office of White & Case.

Corporate partner Nick Rees who previously co-managed Linklaters' New York office until 2011, will now head the firm's London group. Johnson will continue to focus on a number of Linklaters' Scandinavian and continental Europe-based PE clients and will share his time with the Stockholm office.

The moves of Bagshaw and Youle follow the transfer of several high profile private equity practice leaders in London in recent months. Clifford Chance global head of private equity David Walker quit for Latham & Watkins earlier this year, while Berwin Leighton Paisner's global head Raymond McKeeve recently made the move to Jones Day.