Jersey-based independent specialist offshore litigation and dispute resolution firm, Baker & Partners has hired Gerard Clarke to its team.

He joins Baker & Partners as senior counsel, and will also be heading up the firm’s new London office in the heart of Farringdon. As well as building a London presence, Mr Clarke will provide counsel to the firm’s international client base and help to further develop and expand the firm’s international disputes resolution profile on a global basis.

Mr Clarke is a lawyer and court-room advocate, experienced in commercial disputes as well as regulatory and public law. He ...