Cleary Gottlieb adds Linklaters partner in latest UK hire

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Signage is seen outside of the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

(Reuters) - New York-founded law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton said on Friday it has hired Edward Aldred as a partner in its private equity practice in London.

Aldred spent his entire two-decade career at UK firm Linklaters, according to his LinkedIn profile, and was last co-head of its financial sponsor leveraged finance practice.

Cleary managing partner Michael Gerstenzang said Aldred will contribute to the firm’s public and private M&A finance practice.

A Linklaters spokesperson said the firm wishes Aldred well.

Aldred’s hire is at least the third London hire for Cleary in six months. The firm in January added UK firm Travers Smith’s private equity head Ian Shawyer as a partner.

In November Cleary added Nick Rumsby from Linklaters as a corporate finance partner in London.

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Sahal reports on lawyer moves involving U.S. law firms in Europe and West Asia. He previously worked at The Quint and Tehelka magazine where, among other things, he wrote long-form articles on history. He studied journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi and engineering from the College of Engineering, Trivandrum. Contact: sahal.muhammed@thomsonreuters.com.

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