Foot Anstey, the South West law firm with an office in Bristol, has recruited Patrick Somers as a new partner in its expanding corporate team.
Patrick, pictured, has considerable experience advising on complex corporate finance transactions for a wide range of multi-national businesses, financial institutions and major UK corporates, having previously held the role of corporate partner at global firms DLA Piper and Berwin Leighton Paisner. 
He has also held senior in-house positions as general counsel of Transco and then FTSE Top 30 Lattice Group following the demerger of Transco from BG Group.
Additionally, Patrick has experience as a non-executive director of a captive insurance company, an intellectual property holding company, a LNG storage business and a private engineering group.
Throughout his career he has developed specialist sector experience in infrastructure, energy and utilities as well as extensive experience in private equity and general merger and acquisition (M&A) activity.
Foot Anstey partner and head of corporate Chris Worrell said: “Patrick is a fantastic addition to Foot Anstey’s team, bringing skills and expertise that our clients, both in the UK and further afield demand.
His wealth of experience gained working with complex and international businesses across our core sectors is exciting and valuable. He’s a great asset and we look forward to working closely with him.”
Patrick is the latest addition to the firm’s growing corporate team. International corporate expert Mark Pinder joined in the summer while Emily Settle was promoted to corporate partner.
