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...Schwartzman, who joins from Latham & Watkins, will be head of private equity in California. European VC Cherry Ventures has promoted Dinika Mahtani to be its first London-based partner....
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...Latham & Watkins has hired Sidley Austin’s Mateja Maher and Adrian Grocock as partners in its private equity and investment funds practice, based in London....
...The government is hoping City troubleshooter Sir Adrian Montague, who was named the utility’s new chair on Thursday, can shore up liquidity....
...US law firm Kirkland & Ellis hired two of its senior private equity lawyers, David Higgins and Adrian Maguire, in recent years, while Latham & Watkins recruited another senior deals lawyer, Sam Newhouse,...
...Social media has exposed companies to public judgment of their ESG credentials, says Adrian Walker, a partner at Hogan Lovells and head of the law firm’s ESG practice....
...The move came after another top M&A lawyer, Sam Newhouse, left the firm for the London office of US rival Latham & Watkins earlier this year....
...In February, Sam Newhouse, an M&A specialist, left for Latham & Watkins. Former star private equity partners David Higgins and Adrian Maguire are now at Kirkland & Ellis....
...Rob Moulton, a partner in the financial regulatory practice at Latham & Watkins, even thinks the Swiss trade announcement last week represented a change in the UK’s agenda....
...Tom was formerly at Latham & Watkins....
...In 2017 Kirkland broke the $3bn revenue ceiling to overtake US rival Latham & Watkins as the world’s highest-grossing law firm....
...Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy both lost partners to Latham & Watkins, while Linklaters saw departures to Paul Hastings and Kirkland....
...“Vannin has timed this well,” said Adrian Chopin, managing director of litigation funder Bench Walk Advisors....
...David Walker, global co-chair of private equity at Latham & Watkins, said: “The auction process is getting more intense now....
...Gagosian reported sales of several of its Avedon prints; while London’s Lisson Gallery happily exchanged a mixed-media work by British conceptualist John Latham for £150,000....
...BUSINESS (chaired by Adrian Bailey) – Luciana Berger, Jack Dromey, Chi Onwurah, Rachel Reeves....
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