As with any newly-appointed managing partner, CMS Cameron McKenna’s Central & Eastern European (CEE) chief, Duncan Weston, will be keen to get his feet under the desk before he decides which parts of the firm he wants to develop. As soon as he does, corporate will most likely be one of the areas on his agenda.
When Camerons advised on National Grid’s £14.8bn merger with gas giant Lattice back in 2002, it was not viewed as all that unusual. The firm was well-regarded in M&A and had advised the client on a series of big-ticket deals. But skip forward a few years and the firm’s transactional practice would be heralded as punching well above its weight if it secured a similar-sized role.
