The number of new women partners also fell, accounting for 22% of the total compared to 36% last year | 1yr
Capital markets
Former Goodwin counsel Ben Morgan joins SPB, while Sebastien Bonneau joins McDermott from Eversheds | 1yr
Íñigo Berrícano joins in Madrid and Alex Parkhouse joins in London | 1yr
Christopher DeCresce was previously vice chair of Paul Hastings’ securities and capital markets practice | 1yr
Grouping includes capital markets co-head Edward Best and three other partners | 1yr
Hire of IndusLaw’s entire capital markets team marks India’s biggest team hire this year | 2yrs
Hires follow Magic Circle firm downsizing China team last year | 2yrs
Filippo Crosara joins A&O Shearman’s debt finance practice in London | 2yrs
Arrivals include M&A partner Joshua Ayal and capital markets partner Jacqueline Marino | 2yrs
Oliver Seiler and David Rath join US firm in Frankfurt amid reports Latham restructuring partner duo are moving to Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 2yrs
Stephanie Culpepper replaces Jim Henson, who will focus on his role as president of Lument Finance Trust | 2yrs
New partners strengthen firm’s private capital, energy transition and ESG offerings | 2yrs
Vanessa Xu’s exit follows the departure of Marwa Elborai, who left for Kirkland in March | 2yrs
Nelson Mullins also advised on the deal, which propelled the value of Trump’s Truth Social stake to $4.6bn | 2yrs
Chicago giant becomes first law firm to smash turnover milestone as PEP grows 6% | 2yrs
Marwa Elborai jumps to Chicago giant having joined A&O in 2022 from merger partner Shearman | 2yrs
Round follows Los Angeles giant promoting 34 associates to partner in January | 2yrs
Scott Campbell resumes leadership role following Jonathan Fried’s return to full-time practice | 2yrs
DE&I champion Sandie Okoro awarded OBE while UK listings reformer Mark Austin becomes a CBE | 2yrs
Sidley advises South Korea’s Coupang on its acquisition of troubled luxury e-commerce platform, advised by Latham | 2yrs