Banking and finance

Former 50 South Capital Advisors director Murielle Dawdy joins as managing director for private equity | 2d

London and Washington-based team advise on range of private equity and fund transactions | 4d

Dominic O’Brien marks third senior hire in as many months into US firm’s London energy and natural resources practice | 4d

Sports lawyer Mohit Pasricha joins from Lawrence Stephens and funds lawyer Karl Behrouz joins from Trowers & Hamlins | 5d

Ramona Nee, who was positioned to be Weil’s next leader, joins alongside five further partners ahead of firm’s winding down | 1w

Practice co-heads among those set to join top 10 US firm in one of legal profession’s largest-ever lateral moves | 1w

Scott Gibson examines how the rise of highly paid private capital rainmakers has eroded partnership cohesion at elite law firms, leaving even the most profitable vulnerable to collapse | 2w

Collaboration will combine firm’s investment funds practice with Harvey’s product team to build AI capabilities for fund arrangements | 2w

Private equity and M&A duo made up alongside tax and banking lawyers as part of 36-strong global cohort | 3w

Partners Christopher Doyle and Marvin Goldstein join with two senior counsels in hire Blank Rome said boosted its offering in energy work | 3w

Derivatives partner Chris Acton joins from Macfarlanes, following Linton Bloomberg’s arrival from Reed Smith last week | 3w

London partners Sarah de Ste Croix and Gabriel Boghossian join with their team, bringing top-ranked secondaries expertise in hire A&O Shearman hailed as ‘transformative’ for its private capital platform | 1mo

Loren Finegold joins as V&E’s new structured finance chief in New York alongside newly minted partner Ed Comber | 1mo

Team of current King & Wood partners led by dispute resolution specialist Harry Liu opens firm’s third new office in less than half a year since split from Australia’s Mallesons | 1mo

Firm adds five partners from firms including Ogier, CMS and White & Case to spearhead office launches | 2mos

Partners Rob Mathews, David Becker and Ben Bierwirth boost US firm's high-yield, term loan B and leveraged finance capabilities in the City | 2mos

Gibson Dunn acts for Intel on first public share sale since 1971 as Davis Polk steers underwriters | 3mos

US firm continues hiring spree with two-partner group that includes a former co-head of legacy Cadwalader's fund finance practice | 3mos

PEP stalls at £3.1m in year top UK independent characterised as ‘transitional’ | 3mos