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