Squire Sanders has strengthened its London finance practice with two partner hires, with the firm bringing in project finance partner Philippa Chadwick, who previously worked at Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and asset-based lending partner Paula Laird from Wragge & Co.

Chadwick joined BLP as a partner in 2008 from Bevan Brittan where she headed the regional firm’s banking practice team and had previously been a partner at legacy Denton Wilde Sapte.