Latest round includes six US promotions, up from one in previous two rounds | 2mos
Capital markets
Seven-strong group includes four partners, led by Xavier Comaills | 2mos
Scott Bennett joins top-10 global firm as head of its technology capital markets group, marking latest senior loss for Cravath in New York | 2mos
Brian Schartz and John Luze take the number of partners joining the practice from Kirkland to five | 3mos
London’s revenue contribution jumps 17% to $110.3m following an 8% decline in 2024 | 3mos
Kalish Mullen will lead the Paris office’s finance offering | 4mos
Singapore-based Ferish Patel is relocating to London as part of the move | 4mos
Sherlyn Lau joins as head of capital markets and corporate finance for the APAC region | 4mos
Paul Foote will head up the firm’s European infrastructure M&A coverage | 5mos
Russell McGranahan replaces acting legal head Jeffrey Finnell, who remains as deputy GC | 5mos
Armando Albarrán will help expand Gibson Dunn’s transactional platform in Europe | 5mos
Switzerland’s Bär & Karrer, Niederer Kraft Frey and Homburger advised with Ropes & Gray providing antitrust counsel | 6mos
Latest intake is down from 39 in 2024 but overall promotions including counsel are 12% higher | 7mos
Former A&O Shearman Riyadh co-lead to spearhead launch of six-lawyer office, the latest in a procession of Saudi openings by international law firms | 7mos
Promotions spread across 20 of firm’s 43 global offices in largest cohort since 2022 | 8mos
Trish O’Donnell will be based in New York, while Nathan Menon joins in London | 9mos
Matthew Abrusci replaces Heidi Mason, who retired at the start of this month | 9mos
New set-up will be part of Eversheds’ International LLP and follows breakdown of affiliated Irish arm’s merger talks with William Fry | 9mos
Dispute is related to the value of Credit Suisse AT1 bonds being written down to zero during UBS’s takeover of the bank | 11mos
Edward Holmes joins Cadwalader’s leveraged finance and private credit practice | 11mos