In a week that has seen Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer appoint firm lifer Julian Long as London managing partner, Slaughter and May today announced that Andy Ryde has taken over as head of corporate and Andrew McClean as head of finance, both who trained with the Magic Circle firm.
Ryde takes over from Frances Murphy, who has been in the role since 2008, while McClean will replace Paul Stacey, who was appointed in 2011. The replacements were prompted by the decision of the outgoing partners to step down and Chris Saul, senior partner of the 692-lawyer firm, told Legal Business that their decision was based on a desire to return to the ‘coalface’ of legal work.
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