City Moves for 8 October – Who’s switching jobs at Oaknorth, Weil and DMH Stallard
Today’s City Moves includes Oaknorth, Weil and DMH Stallard
Oaknorth
Next-generation credit platform Oaknorth has announced the appointment of Sunil Chandra as its new chief executive officer (CEO). Sunil has spent the last 12 years at Google’s headquarters in San Francisco, where he served as vice president of the company. At Google, Sunil scaled the company’s talent and global footprint from 7,000 employees to over 100,000 today. Prior to that, Sunil was the chief operating officer at Barclays Capital for over two years, following seven years as director of administration at the southeast Asian branch of McKinsey. He joins Oaknorth at a critical stage in its growth journey, as the credit platform continues to expand its global outreach with clients in the US, Europe and Asia. Rishi Khosla, co-founder of Oaknorth, said: “The last decade has seen the growth of tremendous technology companies like Google, and Sunil was instrumental to that growth and indeed the broader industry. He will help shape Oaknorth’s future evolution with partner banks around the world.”
Weil
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has announced that David Avery-Gee will join the firm as a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) partner in its London office. David is currently a corporate partner at Linklaters, where he has advised on transactions with a combined value of more than $300bn. Throughout his career, David has worked on many high profile and complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and initial public offerings across a range of sectors, including natural resources, energy and financial services. Weil managing partner Mike Francies commented on the new hire, saying: “David has a proven track record of advising high profile clients on some of the most significant transactions in the market. I look forward to working with him and our market-leading M&A, and broader corporate teams in the US and Europe, to develop new opportunities.”
DMH Stallard
City law firm DMH Stallard has appointed Samantha Jago as a new partner of the company’s London family team. Samantha joins DMH Stallard with 14 years’ experience in family law. She previously worked at RHW Solicitors, where she served as one of the firm’s managing partners, and helped establish the company’s family law team. Commenting on her new appointment, Richard Pollins, managing partner at DMH Stallard, said: “I’m delighted to welcome Samantha to the firm. She is an exceptional solicitor in her field and someone who will unquestionably enhance our already extensive expertise in this area. Our ambition to recruit the best talent in the legal sector continues undimmed.”
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