EY appoints Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co technology co-head
EY's legal services division hires Richard Goold to grow its tech and finance technology practice
February 12, 2016 at 06:01 AM
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Accountant EY's legal services division has hired Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co's technology co-head, Richard Goold.
Corporate partner Goold will join the accountant as a partner in its UK legal services business division in the spring.
His practice focuses on M&A and private equity and venture capital deals in the technology sector.
Philip Goodstone, chair of EY's business legal services team, said: "Our ambition has always been to grow our UK legal services practice around some of the key sectors where EY already has a wealth of experience. Richard's appointment marks a key step towards achieving this strategy."
Goodstone was hired by EY in September 2014 to set up a legal business division. He joined from Addleshaw Goddard where he was the firm's head of corporate.
He has since set about building a team, hiring Addleshaw's former managing partner Paul Devitt and corporate partner Richard Thomas in May 2015.
EY also hired BLP's former finance heard, Matthew Kellett, in 2014 to head the legal arm of its financial services division.
In May EY hired Baker & McKenzie banking partner Steven Francis, Weil Gotshal & Manges London private funds regulation head James Gee and 10 associates to launch a financial regulatory practice.
Wragges is set to combine with Canadian firm Gowlings early this year.
In November 2015 Taylor Wessing hired Wragges contentious trusts partner Emma Jordan as head of its contentious trusts division.
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