Management shake-up see Knowles made co-chair of DLA Piper
All change at DLA Piper.
The UK-headquartered law firm has announced that global co-chairman Tony Angel will step aside next year after just one term in the role, to be replaced by co-chief executive and managing partner Sir Nigel Knowles from May next year.
Knowles will be joined at the top by Roger Meltzer, the firm’s dickie-bow sporting co-chair of its Americas practice, and the US-UK link will be replicated in the new CEO set-up, which will see London intellectual property partner Simon Levine team up with California-based Jay Rains as co-CEOs.
According to The Lawyer employees were told about the changes via video blog earlier this afternoon.
Angel joined DLA in late 2011, four years after retiring as managing partner of Magic Circle firm Linklaters. He will retain his role as senior partner at the firm when his term ends next year.
The changes will be put to a partner consultation, with a vote following later this year.