Clifford Chance takes HSF partner in bid to boost its capital markets practice in Paris Legal Business4 September 2014Strategic recruitmentCorporateFrance Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has hired longstanding Herbert Smith Freehills’ partner Alex Bafi, one of London’s high-profile US securities lawyers, as it expands its capital markets practice.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryThirty firms win roles in revamped £820m government legal panel – with three new appointments‘Anything that begins with admin is at risk’ – the pressures fuelling firms’ business services cuts‘There’s definitely competition around rates’ – Clifford Chance and Linklaters match Cravath bonuses for US associatesPaul Hastings infra pair head to Freshfields after two yearsGibson Dunn takes heavyweight Sullivan & Cromwell duo in major London playWhite & Case snaps up A&O Shearman IP trio as post-merger exits continueInternational roundup: Reed Smith debuts in Atlanta with 15-partner team while Broadfield enters Hong Kong with Sidley trioDealwatch: Baker McKenzie and Gibson Dunn lead on $5bn data centre investment while US trio orchestrate $27bn energy deal‘There’s a lot of money in Chicago’ – the city’s top lawyers on what’s driving business in the Midwest