David BrownwoodCravath Swaine & Moore is to transfer one of its top securitisation specialists to London as the Wall Street leader moves to reinforce its UK arm ahead of the retirement of former office head David Brownwood.

Gregory Shaw, one of the leaders in Cravaths’ securitisation practice and regarded as one of New York’s top capital markets lawyers, is to move to Cravaths’ 19-lawyer London arm on 30 June.