Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft’s City arm has hired two finance partners in the space of a week, bringing in capital markets specialists Christian Parker and Angus Duncan from Norton Rose and Allen & Overy (A&O) respectively.

The hires, first reported on legalweek.com (21 March), signal a push by the Wall Street firm to boost its capital markets offering in London. Cadwalader also promoted Charles Roberts to its London partnership this year.