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Latham continues City hiring spree with HSF energy head Balsdon

Latham continues City hiring spree with HSF energy head Balsdon
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13 December 2016
Strategic recruitmentEnergyUS firms

Latham & Watkins announced today (13 December) that it has hired Herbert Smith Freehills’s (HSF) global energy co-head John Balsdon, who will join its finance team in the City.

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