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City Moves for 25 October 2016 | Who’s switching jobs October 25, 2016 Travelodge Hotel chain Travelodge has appointed Hannah Thomson to the position of people director. She will take up her new role from 1 November. Hannah will report directly to the chief executive Peter Gowers and joins the Travelodge operating board. Hannah began her career with the John Lewis Partnership businesses, John Lewis and Waitrose, where she held a range of roles in [...]
City Moves for 2 August 2016 | Who’s switching jobs August 2, 2016 Legal & General Capital Legal & General Capital has appointed Lauren Aitchison as head of strategic land. Reporting to James Lidgate, director of housing, Lauren will lead the management and utilisation of LGC’s extensive land portfolio with potential for residential and commercial uses. Lauren will also be looking to identify new land investment opportunities, to [...]
City Moves for 11 July 2016 | Who’s switching jobs July 11, 2016 K&L Gates The London office of global law firm K&L Gates has added Mayank Gupta as a partner in the firm’s global finance practice. He joins K&L Gates from Mayer Brown in London. With experience spanning leveraged finance, corporate finance, sovereign lending, and emerging markets, Mayank acts for both institutional lenders and multinational borrowers on transactions across a [...]
Hollywood Bowl strikes for £280m London IPO June 15, 2016 Hollywood Bowl Group, the UK's largest 10-pin bowling operator, will float on the London Stock Exchange next month in a deal valuing it at around £280m. The group, which runs 54 bowling centres around the country, has been striving to modernise the popular pastime with Americana-themed diners, licensed bars and interactive scoring systems that "customers didn't even know they wanted". Steve [...]
Marks & Spencer looks to solve legal wrangle with former landlord BNP Paribas December 1, 2015 It’s not just individuals that quibble with their landlords. Marks & Spencer (M&S) is tomorrow hoping to settle a long-running dispute with former landlord BNP Paribas over rent it claims to have overpaid on its old Paddington offices. In July 2011, the high street retailer exercised a break in its leases and served notice on four floors of [...]
City Moves for 20 November 2015 | Who’s switching jobs November 19, 2015 COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL The commercial real estate services firm has appointed Shane O’Reilly as associate director in its investment property management team. He joins after 10 years at King Sturge/JLL, where his mandates included Crown Estate, Urban Regional Portfolio, and Ropemaker Properties. DEUTSCHE ASSET AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT Matthew Lamb has been appointed co-head of alternatives coverage [...]
City Moves for 6 November 2015 | Who’s switching jobs November 5, 2015 JULIUS BAER The private bank has appointed Annabel Bosman, Damien Crommie, Matthew Garnham and Jamie Banks to its relationship management and wealth planning team in London. Bosman (pictured) joins as managing director senior adviser from Deutsche Bank, where she has been a senior banker since 2009. Crommie joins as executive director from Deutsche Bank, where [...]
Mayer Brown appoints the City’s first legal apprentices September 8, 2015 There's a more direct, cheaper route for ambitious youngsters who are eyeing up a career in corporate law. And the trend could be about to take off, with law firm Mayer Brown hiring more than its original quota. Mayer Brown announced today that Rosie Ahmadi, 20 and David Elikwu, 21 will be the first participants in [...]
Mayer Brown becomes London’s first law firm to offer earn-as-you-learn September 7, 2015 Law is typically the career path of the most diligent students – but aspiring solicitors can now skip university and law school thanks to the launch of London's first earn-as-you-learn legal apprenticeship. City law firm Mayer Brown has teamed up with the University of Law to offer the “articled apprenticeship", which is aimed at school leavers who [...]
Don’t be quiet: Why the City needs to shout about its good work in wider society August 16, 2015 Over the past year, I have said frequently that firms in the City are too quiet when there is good news to tell. All too often, the negative stories are the ones that gain the most headlines – normally involving rogue operators or massive fines. This coverage is wholly disproportionate – and wholly depressing. This [...]