Finance partner’s move signals US firm’s City ambitions but is unlikely to harm Linklaters, says Alex Newman

With a side-line as a screenplay writer and producer, it would have been ambitious but not beyond the realms of possibility that Chris Howard’s next move would have seen him decamping to Hollywood. But the popular Linklaters finance partner – whose latest film Plastic is currently in post-production – has instead opted for a different set of glittering lights from the US – those of Sullivan & Cromwell.