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A senior banker in BNP Paribas's UK M&A team left the French lender, amid a broader push to gain market share. Apoorva Shah, who joined BNP Paribas last year as a managing director in its UK M&A team, departed, according to people familiar with the move. He was previously head of Asian M&A at Nomura, and has also held senior roles at Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered.