Cooley takes Taylor Wessing, Goodwin and White & Case partners in London rebuild

Cooley has moved to bolster its London ranks following quite a lot of current senior departures with the rent of a trio of companions from Taylor Wessing, Goodwin and White & Case.

The US agency has recruited Angus Miln, Ali Ramadan and Helen Pantelides, all of who will be part of the rising firms and enterprise capital (ECVC) follow in London. The hires come simply weeks after Cooley’s London managing associate Justin Inventory and two different transactional companions left to affix Akin’s London workplace.

Miln, a Authorized 500 Corridor of Famer for enterprise capital, joins Cooley after virtually eight years at Taylor Wessing, the place he led the VC follow. He additionally beforehand labored at Chicken & Chicken, the place he made associate in 2008, in addition to Latham & Watkins and Simmons & Simmons.

Pantelides, who made associate at White & Case final 12 months, beforehand labored alongside Miln at Taylor Wessing earlier than leaving to affix the US agency in 2019.

The duo will likely be joined at Cooley by Authorized 500 main particular person Ramadan, additionally an ex-Chicken & Chicken associate, who has spent the previous 5 years at Goodwin after a quick stint at Orrick. All three give attention to enterprise capital and high-growth firms , dealing with the life-cycle of company and financing issues for tech and life sciences shoppers.

London chief Inventory, one of many founding companions of Cooley’s London workplace, stop the agency this summer time, shifting to US rival Akin with company head Stephen Rosen and fellow tech transactions associate David Bresnick.

Town base is now led by capital markets head Claire Keast-Butler and disputes head James Maton.

In an announcement, Keast-Butler mentioned: “Angus, Ali and Helen are amongst London’s most excellent and well-regarded advisers to rising firms and the enterprise capital business. We’re excited in regards to the big alternative our expanded ECVC follow in London will deliver as we proceed to execute on our formidable progress technique.”

Keast-Butler has been on the agency since becoming a member of from Latham in 2019, whereas Maton is without doubt one of the remaining founding companions of Cooley’s London base, which opened in 2015.

The West Coast chief made a splashy launch within the Metropolis that 12 months, taking companions from Morrison & Foerster and legacy Edwards Wildman Palmer to create a 55-lawyer UK follow.

Of the 20 companions who opened that workplace, simply 5 now stay – Maton, Chris Coulter (tech transactions), Ann Bevitt (employment and privateness), Ryan Naftulin (company) and Laurence Harris (disputes).

In line with its web site, Cooley now has 30 companions in London and round 65 associates and counsel.

The agency not too long ago appointed a brand new CEO to exchange the long-serving Joe Conroy, who had held the place since 2008. Rachel Profitt stepped into the brand new function this January, with Conroy staying on as chairman.