Leading the latest moves, Paul Weiss hired Kirkland financial regulatory partner Prem Mohan as head of European financial services regulation in London. Continue reading “Paul Weiss strikes Kirkland again, while Debevoise, Weil and Goodwin bolster London ranks”
Paul Weiss has continued its rapid London expansion with the hire of TDR Capital general counsel David Holdsworth, who is returning to private practice after less than two years at the private equity house
He is set to join as a partner in the US firm’s London private equity group, bringing the firm’s London partner headcount to 27, according to its website.
Continue reading “Paul Weiss continues to add Kirkland alumni in London as TDR GC Holdsworth joins”
Davis Polk has hired an A&O Shearman corporate real estate partner in London, while Milbank and Kirkland pick off talent from Latham.
Transfer window stays open for summer as Paul Weiss picks up Kirkland City funds partner and Goodwin hires from Dechert.
Leading the high-profile moves this week, Paul Weiss hired Akin restructuring partner Liz Osborne in London for its much-anticipated European practice launch.
Leaving Akin after almost a decade at the US firm, Osborne will join Paul Weiss as the head of European restructuring. Continue reading “Revolving Doors: Paul Weiss makes European restructuring bow as Dentons hires in new global CEO”
Sidley Austin has continued to expand its London energy and infrastructure team with its hire of Ben Thompson from Travers Smith. The new hire enhances the firm’s London offering in this practice, which it strengthened in March last year with the hires of James MacArthur and Ed Freeman from Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Continue reading “Sidley continues infrastructure push as firms hire in antitrust, finance and funds”
In the most notable London lateral move of recent weeks, Latham & Watkins bolstered its banking and finance practice with its hire of partners Jonathan Brownson, Joydeep Choudhuri, and Prue Criddle from New York banking heavyweight Cahill Gordon & Reindel’s City office.
Mishcon de Reya’s head of international arbitration Louis Flannery KC has left the firm, and is set to join Littleton Chambers in August as a silk in the set’s international arbitration team.
In another blow for Travers Smith, respected corporate M&A and ECM partner Richard Spedding has left to join Linklaters, on the back of the departure of a private equity duo to Goodwin late last month.
A Legal 500 Hall of Famer for small to mid-cap equity capital markets, Spedding was at Travers or 25 years. Experienced in public M&A and the UK Takeover Code, Spedding recently co-led the firm’s team advising key private equity client Inflexion on its £342m takeover of DWF.
Paul Weiss, Kirkland, and Skadden were all active in London lateral hires this week, with two partner exits from Linklaters amid the moves.
