Former Weil London head and top Kirkland restructuring partner join Sullivan & Cromwell

Former Weil London head and top Kirkland restructuring partner join Sullivan & Cromwell

Sullivan & Cromwell has hired Kirkland restructuring partner Kon Asimacopoulos and former Weil London head Mike Francies (pictured) into its City office as partners, the firm announced today (1 September).

Francies, who headed Weil’s London office for more than two decades from 2000 to 2023, retired from the firm at the end 2024 after a year as co-managing partner alongside public M&A partner David Avery-Gee and PE partner Jonathan Wood.

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