Sushila Nayak joins to serve as a leader of Dechert’s CLO effort in London alongside three further lawyers | 1w
Banking and finance
Legacy Shearman & Sterling’s London tax head Simon Letherman joins as corporate finance specialist Lerika Le Grange moves over from Taylor Wessing | 4w
Hires comes as Akin plans Chicago office launch, according to sources with knowledge of the matter | 1mo
Weil’s global private funds co-head, Ed Gander, to be joined by Stephen Fox and Peter Boulle in coming weeks | 1mo
Firm doubles down on European expansion strategy with new offices in Warsaw and Krakow staffed with team hired from Polish boutiques | 1mo
Hires include A&O Shearman’s US head of financial services regulatory, a finance partner, two counsel and five associates | 1mo
Round dominated by corporate and global financial markets practices also sees three partners elevated in Singapore | 1mo
Finance and restructuring partner spent more than 20 years at legacy A&O | 1mo
Group joining across New York and Washington DC includes Cadwalader’s finance group co-chair Bonnie Neuman and three more partners | 1mo
US sees most promotions in round again dominated by corporate practice | 1mo
Latest partner cohort is 44% lower than in 2024, when 18 made the cut | 1mo
UK network dominates in latest promotion round – a significantly reduced cohort compared to 2024 | 1mo
Simon Saitowitz, noted for developing liquidity techniques for asset managers, is third partner to join office this year | 2mos
Women make up 54% of the latest cohort, while the UK dominates with 18 promotions | 2mos
Women make up just over 40% of cohort, as overall promotions rose compared to 2024 | 2mos
Jennifer Chu will replace GC Bradford Berenson, who is moving to a senior advisor role | 2mos
Majority-female round follows top City independent posting double-digit revenue and profit growth for FY24 | 2mos
Joiners arrive from Paul Weiss, Simpson Thacher and Pillsbury | 2mos
Jessamy Gallagher and Stuart Rowson return to the Magic Circle having co-headed Linklaters’ infrastructure practice before joining Paul Hastings two years ago | 3mos
Phillip Gillespie, who also spent more than 10 years at State Street, replaces Joe Dansky | 3mos
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