It is not every day that one of the City’s leading M&A partners steps away from private practice to make the move in-house. John Davidson, a corporate partner at Lovells for more than 20 years, rocked the boat last May when he announced that he was moving in-house to become general counsel at longstanding client SABMiller.
“It is not that it wasn’t a difficult decision to make,” says Davidson, who had spent his entire career with Lovells. “I would not have gone to any other firm, but SABMiller has a reputation as an exciting place to work and I thought this was a good time to make the move.”
