Morgan Lewis snares Norton Rose partner

Norton Rose partner" />Morgan Lewis & Bockius has snared a corporate finance equity partner from Norton Rose.

Iain Wright was with Norton Rose for 16 years and joined the London office of Morgan Lewis last week as part of the firm's focus on corporate finance.

At Norton Rose Wright advised on key transactions such as the £25.1bn acquisitionof Orange by France Telecom in 2000.

Wright hopes to diversify his practice at Morgan Lewis with a focus on business and finance, rather than the telecoms work he had mostly been handling at Norton Rose.