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Linklaters LLP

ONE SILK STREET, LONDON, EC2Y 8HQ, ENGLAND

Tel:: Work 020 7456 2000
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DX:: 10 LONDON CITY EC3

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Brigid Rentoul

Tel:: Work +44 20 7456 3370
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Work Department

Capital markets, corporate.

Position

Corporate law, including international equity offers, domestic equity issues and takeovers. Considerable experience in US law, including US securities laws applied to international equity issues and M&A.

Career

Yale College, visiting lecturer, spring semester 1986; legal associate The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Office of Secretary and Counsel, 1986-88; Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York: Class of 1986 (London office from May 1990 to June 1992 and March to October 1988) 1988-92; assistant solicitor Linklaters, London 1992-97; partner London 1997. US Attorney and counsellor-at-law, New York State.

Education

Clare College, Cambridge (1984 BA Law; MA); Yale University (1985 MA Sociology, Mellon Fellowship); Yale Law School (1986 Mellon Fellowship).

Practice Areas

Corporate finance; M&A; Telecommunications

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