BLP appoints new head of EPI group as Younson leaves firm
Berwin Leighton Paisner has appointed Lisa Mayhew as head of its employment, pensions and incentives (EPI) practice, following the departure of Fraser Younson last week. Younson – a former McDermott Will & Emery and Baker & McKenzie partner - spent seven years at BLP, joining the firm in 2006 as EPI head. His destination is not yet known.
December 17, 2013 at 07:04 AM
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Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has appointed Lisa Mayhew as head of its employment, pensions and incentives (EPI) practice, following the departure of Fraser Younson last week.
Younson – a former McDermott Will & Emery and Baker & McKenzie partner – spent seven years at BLP, joining the firm in 2006 as EPI head. His destination is not yet known.
Mayhew joined BLP in 2010 from Jones Day. Mayhew previously worked at Hogan Lovells as a partner, which she joined in 2002. While there she successfully defended Merrill Lynch in the UK's biggest-ever sex discrimination case – the £7.8m claim brought by former executive Stephanie Villalba, which ended in 2006.
Mayhew has been on BLP's board since 2012. The firm's EPI group now has six partners and is recruiting another lawyer in the new Year. The group currently acts for seven investment banks and other large corporate clients.
Mayhew said: "Our BLP Employment Team has enjoyed an upward journey, progressing from a small team with medium market profile and clients, to becoming one of the largest teams in the City and a Tier 1 ranked practice in the leading legal directories. Our focus will be consolidating our recent success and continuing to provide a market-leading service to our corporate clients. "
Younson is the latest practice group head to leave the firm in recent months, following finance head Matthew Kellet in October and private equity head Raymond McKeeve who announced in August he was leaving to join Jones Day.
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