Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired another corporate partner from Weil in New York, following a stream of partner exits over the last two weeks.
The firm has hired GP stakes and investment management partner Andrew Nichol, who has been at Weil since March of this year.
Prior to this, Nichol was a partner in the investment funds group at Kirkland & Ellis, where he joined in 2022, following a year as counsel at Paul Weiss.
The moves bring the total number of partners Simpson has hired from Weil in the last fortnight to four, following soon after the hires of US private funds co-head Stephanie Epstein-Srulowitz in New York and secondaries partner Simon Saitowitz in London.
At the end of August, Simpson also hired corporate partner Murray Cox from Weil’s London office.
Also at the end of last month, Weil saw New York-based PE co-head Chris Machera depart, leaving for Paul Weiss just 18 months after he was appointed to the firm’s management committee.
Earlier today, Freshfields announced that it had also made a hire from Weil, bringing over white-collar litigator Daniel Stine.
Despite the departures, Weil has also made several recent hires, including banking and finance partner Damian Ridealgh from Freshfields in New York.
Weil has also hired PE partners Michael Hanna, from Kirkland & Ellis, and Jonathan Stott, from Dechert, who joined the firm in San Francisco.
