WFW fills chair gap with finance partner as Dunne continues New York push

Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has elected shipping finance partner Nigel Thomas as the firm’s new chairman, taking over from long-serving partner Frank Dunne.

Dunne, who had acted as chairman between 2004 and 2016, moved to WFW’s US office last year.

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