Offshore firm Appleby has boosted its firm-wide partnership with the appointment of five new partners, three of whom previously worked for its competitor – Walkers.
Two partners – Richard Addlestone and Julian Black – join the firm’s Cayman Islands office and previously worked for Walkers. Also ex-Walkers is corporate lawyer James Gaudin, who will be stationed in Jersey.
In Hong Kong, banking and asset finance lawyer Matthew Stocker will join from Maples and Calder as the office’s fourth partner. Meanwhile in Zurich, the firm has gained funds and investment lawyer Matthew Feargrieve from Mourant du Feu & Jeune, the Channel Islands-based offshore firm which recently merged with Ozannes.
With the new additions, the number of partners at Appleby will rise to 76, cementing its lead as the largest offshore firm by partner headcount. The appointments also follow a year of aggressive growth which has seen it go from eight offices in late 2008 to eleven offices today, as well as its October 2009 merger with Isle of Man’s Dickinson Cruickshank.
Appleby’s new partners
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Partner
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Leaving
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Practice
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Appleby office
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Richard Addlestone
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Walkers
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Funds and investment
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Cayman Islands
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Julian Black
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Walkers
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Banking and asset finance
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Cayman Islands
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James Gaudin
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Walkers
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Corporate
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Jersey
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Matthew Stocker
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Maples and Calder
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Banking and asset finance
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Hong Kong
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Matthew Feargrieve
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Mourant
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Funds and investment
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Zurich
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