Boies Schiller & Flexner has named NATASHA HARRISON as managing partner of its newly-launched London office—its first office outside of the U.S. Harrison will assume her position in early November, according to a firm spokeswoman.

Boies Schiller announced the office opening in May. The firm’s co-founder and managing partner Jonathan Schiller says the move was prompted by the large amount of LIBOR work its attorneys were doing for its banking clients since 2012, including Barclays Capital, HSBC Holdings and Goldman Sachs.