Here are the moves of the week… New chair, but still hiring White & Case hired back a former lawyer this week; Mark Moody joined as a partner in London from Winston & Strawn. Moody was an associate at White & Case between 2000 and 2005, splitting his time between London and Singapore. He then […]
Goodwin Procter has snapped up a private equity and investment funds partner from Kirkland & Ellis. Jacqueline Eaves has spent nearly four years as a partner at the US firm, where she focused on advising private investment funds on a range of complex business transactions in the secondary market. Before joining Kirkland, Eaves spent four […]
Paul Hastings has swiped a finance capital markets duo from Weil Gotshal & Manges, despite the recent slowdown in deals activity in the market. Partner Patrick Bright, who heads Weil’s European high yield team, and partner Alexander Horstmann-Caines are leaving the firm to bolster Paul Hastings’ finance practice. This is the second time Paul Hastings […]
A Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan commercial litigation and class actions partner has exited for Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, only one year after joining the US disputes specialist. BCLP has recruited Ravi Nayer, who moves across into the firm’s London business and commercial disputes team. The hire comes just one year since Nayer joined Quinn […]
Almost a third of US firms had fewer associates in 2021 than at the start of 2020
Freshfields is yet to join the magic circle lateral hiring parade in London