Linklaters has bolstered its personal markets crew with a sequence of latest hires.

The regulation 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 associate in London; and Ben Suen, who’s a associate 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 now we have throughout our agency,” stated Aedamar Comiskey, senior associate and chair at Linklaters.

“Large congratulations to our newly promoted companions and counsel. They’re all excellent in what they do and the way they do it – terrific crew gamers who at all times go the additional mile to ship the most effective outcomes for our shoppers and our folks.

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“It is 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 associate elections yearly within the UK and US.

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