
Allen & Overy (A&O) has continued its US push picking up a three partner finance and securities team from Paul Hastings. The team brings A&O’s US lateral hire count to six since the start of the year.
Former Paul Hastings leveraged finance head Bill Schwitter will join A&O’s New York office and will become the firm’s global co-head of high-yield. He joins alongside high-yield partner Michael Chernick and capital markets partner Jeffrey Pellegrino. The new recruits bring A&O’s New York leveraged finance partner headcount to 12.