Law firms Ex-A&O banking chief Bowden exits for Proskauer as US firm snaps up City finance quartet Alex Ryan · 3 July 2024 · 2 min read Strategic recruitment Strategy and management A&O Shearman Proskauer Rose A&O Shearman banking heavyweight Philip Bowden, the former co-head of legacy A&O’s global banking practice, has left the newly merged firm to join Proskauer as part of a four-partner raid by the US firm.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact jasmine.glass@legalbusiness.co.uk Related ContentMore in this categoryA&O Shearman promotes 33 new partners, nine in LondonLaw firmsWill Lewallen15 Apr 2026Revolving Doors: Weil hires Kirkland secondaries partner as Orrick targets Cadwalader againLaw firmsKate Peacock14 Apr 2026Five law firms win appointments on FCA’s ‘skilled person’ investigations panelLaw firmsTheresa Hargreaves13 Apr 2026‘We’ve got the building blocks in place to grow’ – Harbottle closes in on £60mLaw firmsTom Cox17 Apr 2026Top sports boutique Northridge becomes latest firm to score private equity investmentLaw firmsWill Lewallen31 Mar 2026Burford Capital stock price drops nearly 50% after US court overturns $16bn Argentina rulingLaw firmsKate Peacock30 Mar 2026Gibson Dunn passes $4bn in revenue as PEP jumps 24%Law firmsEliza Winter9 Apr 2026Taylor Wessing promotes four to partnership in scaled-back round ahead of mergerLaw firmsEliza Winter20 Apr 2026How CMS M&A partner David Roberts became the restaurant expert on both sides of the tableLaw firmsKate Peacock20 Apr 2026