Wake Up Call: Simpson Thacher Poaches Linklaters Head of Tax in London

In today’s column, Davis Polk is advising on two big deals: Morgan Stanley’s $13 billion acquisition of E*Trade, and L Brands’ sale of a controlling stake in Victoria’s Secret to Sycamore Partners; Carlton Fields grabbed a former Baker McKenzie insurance chair to co-lead a fintech and insurance practice; and Hogan Lovells, White & Case, and merger-bound Troutman Sanders joined the parade of big firms reporting revenue and profit gains for 2019.

• Leading off, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett said Linklaters’ London head of tax, Yash Rupal, will join the firm as a partner in its global tax practice. (Businesswire.com ...