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Double whammy for Ashurst as London head quits for BCLP and Macfarlanes hires former corporate head

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Marco Cillario
1 February 2019
Strategic recruitment

Ashurst London managing partner Simon Beddow and former corporate head Robert Ogilvy Watson have quit the firm to join Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) and Macfarlanes respectively.

A partner at the firm for 21 years, Beddow had led the firm’s City base since 2016 and was previously the firm’s corporate co-head. He will become BCLP’s deputy head of corporate.

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