Talent tracker report
A PE-heavy week of lateral hiring saw firms target senior talent across private funds, M&A and buyouts, with White & Case and Simpson Thacher among the headline movers
Steven Lozner joins Orrick’s New York office, adding to a structured finance bench that has more than doubled in 10 months
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
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