International firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has appointed Simon Beddow as corporate deputy departmental managing partner.
Simon joins BCLP from Ashurst, where he had been a partner since 1998 and was managing partner of the London office. He is a vastly experienced M&A and corporate finance lawyer, with previous management positions at Ashurst also including global co-head of corporate and managing partner of the Frankfurt and Munich offices. In his new role at BCLP, Simon will work alongside departmental managing partner Peter Van Cleve in overseeing a corporate team of more than 450 lawyers, including 160 partners, across the firm’s offices in the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
Peter Van Cleve commented: ‘Simon is a critical addition to our global corporate practice. With his wealth of knowledge as a practitioner and his extensive experience of building collaborative teams, I am very confident that BCLP’s reputation for M&A and corporate finance work will only continue to grow.’
Simon added: ‘I am delighted to be joining BCLP at such an exciting time following the recent merger. The opportunity to help build a leading global corporate practice, within the firm’s chosen markets and sectors, was a key driver for me when deciding to make this move.’
