Lovells has brought in a financial services specialist to boost its London corporate practice with the partner hire of Vivienne de Chermont from Debevoise & Plimpton. Chermont, who joins the financial institutions group (FIG) on 6 October, was previously international counsel at the US law firm but prior to that was a partner with City rival Ashurst.She began her legal career at Lovells and then worked in-house at Woolworths and Abbey Life before joining Ashurst, where she became a partn
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