Law firms Ex-A&O banking chief Bowden exits for Proskauer as US firm snaps up City finance quartet Alex Ryan · 3 July 2024 · 2 min read Strategic recruitment Strategy and management A&O Shearman Proskauer Rose A&O Shearman banking heavyweight Philip Bowden, the former co-head of legacy A&O’s global banking practice, has left the newly merged firm to join Proskauer as part of a four-partner raid by the US firm.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 categoryWill Brussels merger overhaul create Europe’s next corporate giants?Law firmsKate Peacock15 May 2026A&O Shearman reshuffles executive board with three newly elected partnersLaw firmsKate Peacock13 May 2026‘The centre of gravity for Southeast Asia’ – why PE investment is making Singapore increasingly attractiveLaw firmsKate Peacock8 May 2026Akin hires four-partner Sidley private equity team across NY and LondonLaw firmsWill Lewallen8 May 2026Legal Business Awards 2026: which firms made the shortlist?Law firmsNews Editor7 May 2026Inside the $240bn secondaries boom sparking a new private equity talent warLaw firmsWill Lewallen6 May 2026Freshfields private capital co-head takes UK leadership roleLaw firmsWill Lewallen14 May 2026Quinn Emanuel founder John Quinn steps downLaw firmsEliza Winter11 May 2026Ashurst and Perkins referrals surge as firms see benefits of pre-merger ‘dating’ phaseLaw firmsWill Lewallen15 May 2026