Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has turned yet again to Ashurst’s London office for a partner hire, this time recruiting finance partner James Perry.
Perry joins former colleagues Charlie Geffen, Mark Sperotto, Jonny Earle and Nigel Stacey, who all left Ashurst for the US firm in 2014.
James Perry has been a partner at Ashurst since 1998, having joined the firm in 1987.
He sits in the financial institutions group in London, working on corporate transactional and regulatory matters for clients such as Skandia, Credit Agricole and Société Générale.
The hire follows Gibson Dunn recruiting Herbert Smith Freehills’ global head of capital markets Steve Thierbach and partner Chris Haynes last autumn.
Gibson Dunn also boosted its finance division at the end of 2014 by bringing on board Kirkland & Ellis debt finance partner Stephen Gillespie, followed by Phillip Crump last summer.
While Ashurst saw corporate partner Anthony Clare depart to Stephenson Harwood last week, it also announced it was hiring King & Wood Mallesons real estate duo Darren Rogers and Patrick Williams.