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 categoryLinklaters and Proskauer lead on £17.5bn financial advisory acquisitionLaw firmsKate Peacock27 Apr 2026Freshfields concludes redundancies in Manchester, with around 20 paralegals axedLaw firmsKate Peacock24 Apr 2026A&O Shearman promotes 33 new partners, nine in LondonLaw firmsWill Lewallen15 Apr 2026The art of the buyout: how clients rank London’s top private equity teamsLaw firmsWill Lewallen24 Apr 2026‘We’ve got the building blocks in place to grow’ – Harbottle closes in on £60mLaw firmsTom Cox17 Apr 2026‘Overwhelming approval’ – DLA Piper partners approve new single leadership structureLaw firmsEliza Winter24 Apr 2026Competition for talent heats up as Wachtell restructuring head lands at KirklandLaw firmsTom Cox21 Apr 2026‘I’ve learned not to take keyboard warriors seriously’ – Garden Court’s Oscar Davies on practising law in the culture warLaw firmsEliza Winter27 Apr 2026LB 100 duo take on Leigh Day in UK’s largest pollution group actionLaw firmsKate Peacock27 Apr 2026