Linklaters has bolstered its personal markets workforce with a sequence of recent hires.
The legislation agency has introduced the election of 27 new companions and 49 counsel throughout the enterprise globally. These hires embrace senior additions to the agency’s funding funds enterprise, in addition to personal fairness and monetary sponsors choices.
Newly-promoted companions embrace Benjamin Jennings, who’s now an funding funds accomplice in London; and Ben Suen, who’s a accomplice in personal fairness and monetary sponsors/company, additionally in London.
Each Olof Echt and Victor Louvet have been promoted to counsel within the funding funds division, in London and Luxembourg respectively.
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“Very impressed by the distinctive and numerous expertise we have now throughout our agency,” stated Aedamar Comiskey, senior accomplice and chair at Linklaters.
“Big congratulations to our newly promoted companions and counsel. They’re all excellent in what they do and the way they do it – terrific workforce gamers who at all times go the additional mile to ship one of the best outcomes for our purchasers and our folks.
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“This can be a key milestone of their careers, and we stay up for seeing them obtain nice issues.”
Linklaters confirmed that it has as soon as once more met its annual 40 per cent goal for feminine companions elections and its 15 per cent goal for under-represented minority ethnic companions in accomplice elections yearly within the UK and US.
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