New partner further underlines London office growth - Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Tom Evans will be joining the firm’s London office as a partner in the Corporate Department.

Evans joins Latham & Watkins from Clifford Chance where he was part of the private equity group, focussing on domestic and international transactional work for private equity clients.

Evans is the fourth partner hire made by Latham’s London office since May following the arrival of David Walker, former global head of private equity at Clifford Chance; Dean Naumowicz, former head of derivatives at Norton Rose Fulbright; and Simon Bushell, former co-chair of corporate fraud at Herbert Smith Freehills. The office now has 250 lawyers including 60 partners.  

Nick Cline, Latham & Watkins’ London Office Managing Partner, said: “We are delighted that Tom has decided to join us as we continue to grow our London office. He is widely regarded as a rising star and has a broad range of experience that will make him an excellent addition to the firm and particularly our private equity practice. While we have seen improvements in liquidity in European leveraged finance bank lending, accessing the high yield and US bank finance markets is increasingly attractive for European private equity deals. We have a very strong global platform and a leading financing practice that presents exciting opportunities for us to grow our top tier private equity practice.”

“Tom’s arrival will further strengthen our presence in London, a key market for our global private equity and corporate practice,” added Daniel Lennon, Global Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Corporate Department.

Latham’s top-ranked private equity practice represents some of the world’s leading private equity houses, including The Carlyle Group, Advent International, BC Partners, KKR, Charterhouse, Nordic Capital and PAI Partners, among others. Recent deals include The Carlyle Group’s acquisitions of Addison Lee and Chesapeake Packaging, BC Partners’ acquisition of Allflex Holdings and Leonard Green & Partners’ acquisition of Topshop.