Talent tracker report
Additions from Clifford Chance, Mayer Brown, Akin and Freshfields headlined a week that also included an M&A hire for Paul Weiss and Cleary’s hire of a PE-focused debt finance partner
The firm has hired three former Akin partners across US offices to strengthen its hybrid capital practice
Paul Hastings’ latest finance hires from Cahill and Ropes & Gray stood out in a week that also saw Akin and Charles Russell Speechlys add corporate partners
Labelled the ‘largest law firm merger in history’, the new outfit creates a 3,200-lawyer global platform spanning 36 offices and key New York–London finance corridors
Leon Stephenson’s arrival follows the firm’s Charlotte launch and global fund finance build-out, as Paul Hastings continues to expand its London platform
Bulk hires were made at Greenberg Traurig and Ropes & Gray, which opened new offices in Munich and Paris respectively
Paul Hastings, Holland & Knight and Kirkland & Ellis topped the finance and M&A recruitment drive in the US while Simmons & Simmons, Sidley Austin and Paul Weiss dominated in the UK
Data from the first half of 2024 reveals that the US topped the charts in both M&A and financial services hires
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