Reed Smith is set to take a further three KWM partners in London, including
London equity capital markets head Delphine Currie, following its recent hires of City tax head Gareth Amdor and financial regulatory partner David Calligan.
Not exact matches
This could soon change if the
equity rout continues and investors seek out safe - haven currencies, says Jasper Lawler, a senior
market analyst at FX broker
London Capital Group (LCG).
Mr. Witty has for many years been listed as one of
London's leading
equity capital markets lawyers in all the main legal industry publications, including, for example, in the top tier of rankings by Chambers Global, Chambers UK, Legal 500 and IFLR 1000 Financial and Corporate.
At Shearman he was responsible for the development of the
London M&A and
equity capital markets strategy.
In relation to
capital markets transactions, the firm has a long history of acting for Israeli companies raising
equity, either through a listing on the
London Stock Exchange's main
market or AIM
market or through a dual quotation.
In
London, Ian Bagshaw, Richard Youle and Matthew Griffin joined the Mergers & Acquisitions group, Colin Harley and Martin Forbes - who have a dedicated focus on private
equity sponsors — joined the banking group and
equity capital markets partner Inigo Esteve, who supports the private
equity team's advice on IPOs, joined the
capital markets group.
On the personnel side, the firm brought on at least 11 senior attorneys, including four private
equity partners in
London; a pair of corporate partners in Hong Kong; M&A senior counsel Joseph Giunta from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Los Angeles;
capital markets partner Frank Zarb from Katten Muchin Rosenman in Washington, D.C.; bankruptcy and restructuring partner Geoffrey Raicht from McDermott Will & Emery in New York; and finance partner Andrew Bettwy and senior counsel Glen Lim from Skadden in New York.
John Lane is a partner in the Corporate department of Linklaters in
London and is a leading practitioner in
equity capital markets.
The firm has substantial experience in
London, other European and US
capital markets, including representation of issuers, sponsors and underwriters in IPOs and secondary offerings, in both debt and
equity securities
markets.
In addition to his time in
London, Tim has spent 18 years in New York and Hong Kong assisting real estate clients in accessing the international debt and
equity capital markets.