Addleshaw Booth & Co appts

Addleshaw Booth & Co continues to expand its London corporate finance practice with the arrival of partners Stephen Houston from Manchester and Simon Pilling from Leeds. The partners join a team of 14 to accelerate the growth of the practice, generate new work and develop opportunities for existing clients.

Houston has been with the firm for over three years and specialises in advising public and private companies on stock exchange and regulatory issues, takeovers, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures.

Pilling joined the firm in 1999 and specialises in particular on private equity work for both management teams and venture capitalists and stock exchange work. He is also experienced in advising both corporate clients and financial institutions on acquisitions, disposals and other corporate transactions.