Mayer Brown has nabbed finance star Scott Zemser, Allen & Overy’s (A&O) global co-head of leveraged finance, a mere 18 months after A&O acquired him from White & Case (W&C). In July 2016, A&O made a competitive…
Proskauer Rose and Bryan Cave have released results for their 2017 promotions, showing an increase in London partner promotions in 2017. Corporate lawyer Andrew Hart of Bryan Cave has been promoted to partner in the…
Pinterest has hired Christine Flores as general counsel from Google, where she served as vice president of legal. Flores has been with Google for more than a decade, and previously worked as an associate at Proskauer…
Investment firm Gordian Knot has hired finance partner Michael Crosby of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, where he was the firm’s head of UK finance. He joins Gordian as general counsel, and replaces Sean Breslin, who…
According to Companies House records, Barclays has initiated a second debenture to secure additional assets from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM). The move comes amid KWM’s difficulties with its European arm, which carries…
Taylor Wessing has picked up a banking team from the Frankfurt office of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM). The team’s five lawyers include German banking and finance head Sabine Schomaker, along with partner Clemens Niedner…
Two Proskauer Rose partners have left the firm this week, just one day after the firm announced a new private equity hire from Dentons. Private equity partner James Howe will be heading to Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, while…
Dentons saw two leaders depart from its City private equity practice, with Igor Krivoshekov heading to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Eleanor Shanks departing for Proskauer Rose. Both Akin Gump and Proskauer are…
Two years after updating its remuneration system, Allen & Overy (A&O) has decided to break its lockstep for US hires in the Magic Circle firm’s Manhattan office. The move was intended to keep laterals’ pay packages…
Allen & Overy (A&O) has hired partners Scott Zemser, Alan Rockwell, and Judah Frogel from the New York office of White & Case, in a move to expand its presence in the US with a leveraged finance practice based in New…