High profile moves within the Legal sector haven’t been slowing down recently. Organisations have been investing in talent at the top level in spite of the economic uncertainty. The following appointments have all taken place across the wider Legal marketplace over the past few months
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Petrofac has appointed Tarek Massoud to the newly-created role of Chief Compliance Officer. Tarek joins this month from Schlumberger where he has been a senior member of the Legal & Compliance team for more than 10 years.
Shoosmiths has appointed the former head of legal UK & Sweden at Opel Vauxhall Finance, as partner to its national financial services team. Gemma Napper.
HM Revenue and Customs has appointed Alan Evans, formerly legal director at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, as its most senior lawyer. Evans, who previously worked at HMRC before moving to Defra, will return to the tax agency as general counsel and solicitor in January.
WHITE & CASE Global law firm White & Casehas expanded its global banking practice with the addition of Julia Smithers Excell as a new partner in London. Smithers Excell joins White & Case from JPMorgan Chase, where she served as executive director and assistant general counsel in the corporate and investment bank in London.
Christie's has hired the BBC's group general counsel and secretary Nicholas Eldred as its new legal chief.
Kennedys has boosted its London insurance practice by hiring Katherine Proctor as a partner from sector heavyweight Clyde & Co. As well as insurance, Proctor also specialises in construction, energy and negligence matters.
NRF has brought in ex-Carbon Holdings general counsel (GC) Poupak Anjomshoaa as a partner.
Aon has hired former RPC partner Edward Smerdon as head of legal and technical in London.