Macfarlanes has hired former Lord Chancellor and politician David Gauke back to the firm as its new head of public policy.

Gauke, who was the Member of Parliament for South West Hertfordshire from 2005 until 2019, initially as a Conservative and then as an independent, has also held roles as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Justice. He left the Commons in November 2019.