Weil Gotshal & Manges has hired a partner apiece from Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson and White & Case in New York, just a few weeks after a trio of practice heads exited for rivals in the city. 

Meredith Mackey has joined Weil’s banking and finance practice as a partner from Fried Frank, while Victoria Rosamond has joined the firm’s executive compensation and benefits team as a partner from White & Case. 

Mackey, also formerly a vice president of the loan negotiations group at Goldman Sachs, advises institutional lenders and underwriters on debt financing transactions, with a focus on leveraged loans and high-yield debt. She represents clients in natural resources, basic industrials, healthcare and technology, among other industries, and also has significant experience advising clients in the direct lending markets, including on second lien, mezzanine and subordinated financings. 

“We have worked extensively with Meredith on deals and know her to be a seasoned and very successful advocate for her clients,” said Michael Aiello, chairman of Weil’s global corporate department. “She brings broad experience advising institutional lenders and private credit providers along with the versatility to guide high-stakes transactions across multiple industries.”

Mackey said in a statement she was excited to join Weil “as the firm continues making significant investments in its global finance platform”, adding that she was looking forward to working with her new colleagues.

Her hire follows Weil restocking its finance bench in London in September with the hire of another former Goldman Sachs lawyer, Nicola Noël, from Canadian pension investor PSP Investments. 

Meantime, Rosamond has joined Weil’s executive comp team after her second stint at White & Case, before which she was a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman. 

Weil executive partner Barry Wolf pointed to Rosamond’s experience advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on their benefits matters, noting it would be “an immediate asset” to the firm’s clients. 

Her experience includes designing compensation and benefit arrangements for US and multinational companies, Weil said, including incentive and deferred compensation, bonuses and stock options. She also drafts and negotiates executive employment, severance and retention agreements, and advises on compensation issues in corporate transactions including M&A and joint ventures. 

Rosamond said in a statement she was excited to work alongside Weil lawyers, “several of whom are friends and former colleagues”.

A White & Case spokesperson confirmed Rosamond’s departure, adding: “We wish her well in her future endeavours.”

The duo’s hire follows Weil’s bankruptcy co-chair, Ray Schrock, defecting to Latham in New York earlier this month, just days after the co-chair of Weil’s global litigation department, Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser, and Anish Desai, co-head of its patent litigation practice, left for Paul Weiss. 

Going the other way, Weil has just promoted 18 lawyers to partner – its largest class since 2021. The firm has also increased its office space in London according to research by real estate company Knight Frank, signing a lease for 20,000 square feet at Stonecutter Court, on top of its existing offices in the Rolls Building.