Wall Street leader Debevoise & Plimpton has boosted its City corporate practice with the hire of Travers Smith private equity partner David Innes.

Innes (pictured), who has been a partner at Travers since 2000, specialises in private equity and M&A, and has worked on several high-profile transactions including Bridgepoint Capital’s £955m sale of Pets at Home, the £6.15bn merger of Saga and AA, as well as 3i’s acquisition of retailer Agent Provocateur.