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Herbert Smith has hired three former Linklaters partners to launch an office for the firm in Madrid. The trio will be joined by one other Spanish partner and by David Wyles, who will relocate from London. In the new office will be Wyles, Álvaro Sáinz, Miguel Riaño, Ignacio Díez-Picazo and Ignacio Paz.
O'Melveny & Myers has hired former Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson partner Sherri Snelson in London. She is a UK and US acquisition finance lawyer with a focus on sponsor-driven leveraged acquisitions.
UK corporate partner Adam Signy is leaving Clifford Chance to join Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Signy is well known for his work in private equity and has been a partner at Clifford Chance for 22 years.
Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle has hired three partners and two associates to...