Clifford Chance has hired Ian MacDonald, head of legal at CGNU, as part of the law firm's drive to provide a transatlantic insurance mergers and acquisitions team.
Macdonald's arrival brings the total number of Clifford Chance partners globally who focus on insurance and related regulatory work to 14. Six are based in London and three in New York. MacDonald will report to Katherine Coates, head of the firm's financial institutions group totaling 100 lawyers.