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Ex-Ashurst chief Charlie Geffen to join Gibson Dunn with Mark Sperotto

Charlie Geffen, the former senior partner of Ashurst and one of the pre-eminent private equity lawyers in London, is to join Gibson Dunn & Crutcher's London office along with fellow Ashurst corporate partner Mark Sperotto.
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DLA Piper chief Sir Nigel Knowles takes on non-exec role at private equity firm

DLA Piper chief executive Sir Nigel Knowles is to take a non-executive chairman role at private equity boutique Zeus Capital.
2 minute read

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DLA Piper chief Sir Nigel Knowles takes on non-exec role at private equity firm

DLA Piper chief executive Sir Nigel Knowles is to take a non-executive chairman role at private equity boutique Zeus Capital.
19 minute read

International Edition

Withers scores KWM financial markets chief Luciano as Italian push continues

Withers has signed its fourth new Italian practice group head in the space of five months, taking King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin's (KWM) Andrea Luciano on to lead the financial services and investment funds team in its Milan office.
2 minute read

International Edition

Two more pre-merger Bingham exits take Akin Gump partner haul to 28

Akin Gump has added a further two partners from Bingham McCutchen, taking its total haul from the Boston-based firm to 28 partners.
3 minute read

International Edition

Former KWM corporate chief joins ex-merger candidate Proskauer Rose's London team

King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin's former corporate head Steven Davis has quit to join the London office of Proskauer Rose, four years after he was an instrumental figure in merger discussions between the two firms.
3 minute read

International Edition

Addleshaw Goddard loses fourth practice head in 2014 as KWM swoops for corporate crime chief

Addleshaw Goddard's fraud, regulatory and corporate crime team head Ian Hargreaves is set to join King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin (KWMSJB), making him the fourth sector head to depart the firm in the space of seven months.
2 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields' US play - will it work?

As news broke late on Friday that Fried Frank senior partner Valerie Ford Jacob, was heading to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's New York office, any remaining doubts about the magic circle firm's determination to build a meaningful transactions practice in the US should have been erased.
5 minute read

International Edition

Morgan Lewis-Bingham deal edges nearer as four more partners exit for Akin Gump

Akin Gump has hired four more Bingham McCutchen partners ahead of the latter's expected merger with Morgan Lewis & Bockius.
4 minute read

International Edition

Willkie Farr launches City debt finance practice with fourth Kirkland & Ellis hire

Willkie Farr & Gallagher has recruited its fourth partner from Kirkland & Ellis' City office in a year with the hire debt finance lawyer James Crooks.
2 minute read

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