Revolving Doors: Weil continues London funds rebuild as Dechert hires in-house PE star from GIC

Revolving Doors: Weil continues London funds rebuild as Dechert hires in-house PE star from GIC

Weil is pushing ahead with rebuilding its London funds bench, picking up A&O Shearman partner Phil Baynes, who rejoins the firm three years after he left to join legacy Shearman & Sterling as a partner.

Baynes’ hire comes after Weil brought in private equity secondaries partner Simon Saitowitz from Ropes & Gray in a move reported in April, and less the two months after former private funds head Ed Gander moved to Sidley Austin in May with fellow Weil private funds partners Peter Boulle and Steven Fox.

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