Rising stars: up-and-coming M&A partners across the UK
A look at the new generation of M&A partners making their mark at UK firms from outside the capital
January 20, 2016 at 07:01 PM
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Qualified: Made partner: Key deal: What are the main challenges of being an M&A lawyer outside London? What advice do you have for more junior lawyers wanting to make partner? 
Nicole Livesey, Pinsent Masons Qualified: Made partner: Key deals: Career-defining moment: Do firms need rainmakers? Bristol Matt Lewis, Osborne Clarke 
Qualified: Made partner: Key deal: Career-defining moment: What are the main challenges of being an M&A lawyer in your region? Advice for more junior lawyers wanting to work outside London? Mark Wesker, Osborne Clarke 
Qualified: Made partner: Key deal: Career-defining moment: What are the main challenges of being an M&A lawyer in your region? Cambridge Stephen Hamilton, Mills & Reeve
Qualified: Made partner: Key deal: Career-defining moment: Advice for more junior lawyers wanting to work outside London? 
Cardiff Iwan Walters, Eversheds Qualified: Made partner: Key deal: Career-defining moment: Do firms need rainmakers? Leeds Alistair Scott-Somers, Bond Dickinson
Qualified: Made partner: Key deal: Career-defining moment: What are the main challenges of being an M&A lawyer in your region? Do firms need rainmakers? Mark Hallam, Addleshaw Goddard 
Qualified: Made partner: Key deal: What advice would you give more junior lawyers hoping to build a career in the UK regions? Challenges of making partner post-Lehman? Liverpool Matt Noon Hill Dickinson Qualified: Made partner: Key deal: Qualified: Made partner: Key deal: What are the main challenges of being an M&A lawyer outside London? What advice do you have for more junior lawyers wanting to make partner? Nicole Livesey, Qualified: Made partner: Key deal: Career-defining moment: What are the main challenges of being an M&A lawyer in your region? Advice for more junior lawyers wanting to work outside London? Mark Wesker, Osborne Clarke Qualified: Made partner: Key deal: Career-defining moment: What are the main challenges of being an M&A lawyer in your region? Cambridge Stephen Hamilton, Mills & Reeve Qualified: Made partner: Key deal: Career-defining moment: Advice for more junior lawyers wanting to work outside London? Cardiff Iwan Walters, Qualified: Made partner: Key deal: Career-defining moment: What are the main challenges of being an M&A lawyer in your region? Do firms need rainmakers? Mark Hallam, Qualified: Made partner: Key deal: What advice would you give more junior lawyers hoping to build a career in the UK regions? Challenges of making partner post-Lehman? Liverpool Matt Noon Hill Dickinson Qualified: Made partner: Key deal:This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
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