Max Baird-Smith—Payne Hicks Beach

Payne Hicks Beach has announced that Max Baird-Smith has joined the firm as a partner in the company & commercial department. He joins from BDGS Associés in Paris.

Max specialises in advising a range of corporate clients on complex acquisitions and disposals, private equity transactions, joint ventures and general commercial matters. He has a wealth of experience, including on cross-border matters, from his time at BDGS and from having previously been at Gide in Paris and in Slaughter and May’s corporate team.

Max says: “I am delighted to be joining the excellent team at Payne Hicks Beach. I look forward to helping to drive the first-class legal services the firm offers to its clients in the United Kingdom and internationally.”

Peter Black, managing partner, comments: “Max is a welcome addition, who will be a great asset to our thriving company & commercial department. The team has an abundance of expertise and commercial acumen with which to advise its corporate clients and Max’s appointment reflects our commitment to meeting the growing needs of those clients in the UK and abroad.”