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Revolving Doors: A&O Shearman builds in Riyadh as Kirkland, Paul Hastings, and more make flurry of City hires

Revolving Doors: A&O Shearman builds in Riyadh as Kirkland, Paul Hastings, and more make flurry of City hires
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Eliza Winter
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8 December 2025
EuropeMiddle EastStrategy and managementUnited Kingdom

Kirkland & Ellis has strengthened its London antitrust and competition practice this week with a double partner hire from Weil.

Nafees Saeed and Chris Thomas join as partners, the former after more 12 years at Weil, making partner in 2024, and the latter after serving six years as counsel at the firm.

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