For private equity watchers, Glover brings a serious pedigree to the proceedings, having acted for a string of clients including Permira, Duke Street, EQT and Charterhouse. But an even greater attraction will be Glover's track record in building up CC's funds team to the point where it can be regarded alongside SJ Berwin as a leading player in Europe's private equity funds market. It is also known that Glover had wearied of what he saw as excessive bureaucracy at CC. Simpson's head of private funds Tom Bell says that it required protracted discussions to secure the services of Glover, who previously turned the firm down, citing concerns over whether it would have a strong enough platform i
July 30, 2010 at 04:10 AM
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Bad news for UK rivals as Simpson finally looks to take the City a bit more seriously
Luckily for City firms, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett tends to take things slowly. By the New York firm’s own admission, the idea of setting up a UK funds practice is something that has been kicked around for “near on a decade now”, but it took until last week for the firm to finally make its move.
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