Trading Places: Cleary hires A&O Shearman capital markets duo as Freshfields tech M&A pair move to Covington Will Lewallen In New York, Cleary Gottlieb has hired equity capital markets co-head Ilir Mujalovic and capital markets partner Harald Halbhuber from…
Paul Hastings hires London M&A partner from Slaughter and May Will Lewallen Paul Hastings has added a second corporate partner within a week as the firm seeks to build out its London…
Latham returns to Wachtell for two-partner finance and M&A hire Will Lewallen Latham & Watkins has hired a pair of partners into its New York office from Wachtell, bringing its total number…
Revolving Doors: Hogan Lovells continues Milan expansion and McDermott hires from K&E in Paris Will Lewallen Hogan Lovells has hired Legal 500 Hall of Famer for administrative and public law Luca Perfetti as the firm continues…
Paul Hastings in London M&A push with hire of Cooley Singapore founding partner Will Lewallen Paul Hastings is building up its London private equity and M&A capabilities with the hire of Ferish Patel from Cooley.…
Sullivan & Cromwell makes double partner hire from Paul Hastings in London Will Lewallen Sullivan & Cromwell has hired two practice heads from Paul Hastings, as the New York firm pushes ahead with the…
Slaughters and Clifford Chance lead as Schroders agrees to £9.9bn takeover Will Lewallen Magic circle duo Slaughter and May and Clifford Chance have claimed the lead roles on a surprise deal which has…
Inside Ropes & Gray’s calculated European PE expansion Will Lewallen Every Monday, at 11am, the four co-heads of Ropes & Gray’s European private equity practice meet in London. The US…
Addleshaws accounts shed light on multimillion-pound office scale-up Will Lewallen Addleshaw Goddard spent more than £8m on building improvements, office equipment and refurbishments last year, as the firm continues to…
Trading places: latest US laterals for Simpson Thacher, Dechert and A&O Shearman Will Lewallen Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has made an eye-catching hire from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, recruiting M&A partner Alison Preiss…
Paul Hastings becomes latest to launch in Charlotte with fund finance team from Cadwalader and Haynes Boone Will Lewallen Paul Hastings has launched in Charlotte, North Carolina, with more than 15 lawyers from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and Haynes…
Freshfields and Slaughters among international line-up on €5bn Deutsche Börse deal Will Lewallen Freshfields and Slaughter and May are among a raft of firms advising on Deutsche Börse’s planned €5.3bn acquisition of Allfunds,…
Kirkland, Simpson Thacher and Latham top LSEG PE rankings as partners look ahead to 2026 Will Lewallen Kirkland & Ellis was the top performing firm for PE-backed M&A globally in 2025, advising on 293 deals worth a…
‘A poisoned chalice’ – SFO director’s early exit reignites speculation over organisation’s future Will Lewallen ‘It is a difficult job to recruit for,’ says Sara George, a white-collar defence and investigations partner at Sidley Austin,…
Ashurst, Linklaters and Clifford Chance ramp up capital contributions as LLPs highlight CC’s CEE spin-off Will Lewallen Ashurst, Clifford Chance and Linklaters all significantly ramped up capital contributions from partners during the 2024-25 financial year, according to…
Addleshaws leader on corporate ambitions, key clients and why a US merger isn’t part of the £1bn 2030 strategy Will Lewallen Speculation about who’s merging with who has never been higher, but one firm that legal market watchers can cross off…
Freshfields rebuilds German PE with Kirkland hire after four-partner exit to Latham Will Lewallen Freshfields has added four new partners to its private equity and M&A partnership in Germany and Austria as the firm…
Exclusive: HSF Kramer hires former Mayer Brown Europe finance head in London lev fin play Will Lewallen Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has brought Mayer Brown’s former head of European finance into its London office, building its leveraged…
Revolving Doors: Quinn poaches Milbank partner as S&C adds to City structured finance team Will Lewallen Litigation giant Quinn Emanuel has hired financial disputes and investigations specialist William Charles from Milbank, where he spent 11 years,…
Latham taps A&O Shearman for three-partner London finance hire Will Lewallen Latham & Watkins has hired three partners from A&O Shearman, including two real estate finance partners and one structured finance…
