Reed Smith has made a further lateral hire to bolster its City offering, as Prajakt Samant becomes the second energy partner in just over a year to join from McDermott Will & Emery, joining as a partner in the top 30 Global 100 firm’s energy and natural resources group in London.
Samant’s practice focuses primarily on commodity and energy related transactions and regulatory matters, and his arrival ties in with the 1,555-lawyer firm’s stated aim of growing its client base in the energy sector. He joins Reed Smith tomorrow (15 July) after six years as a partner at McDermott, following in the footsteps of energy and natural resources partner Rashpaul Bahia, who joined Reed Smith from McDermott last April.
