February 8, 2019
Private equity partner Samantha McGonigle has exited from Weil Gotshal & Manges to co-found a growth fund. She has spent 13 years working Weil’s London office after transferring to the firm from Hogan Lovells in
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January 23, 2019
Signature Litigation, a dispute-focused firm, has launched a new office in Paris. The office will be led by a team of three partners, including Thomas Rouhette, Syvie Gallage-Alwis, and Emmanuèle Lutfalla.
Meanwhile,
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January 22, 2019
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has made up ten new partners in the firm’s latest promotions round. The promotions span the firm’s worldwide offices, with new partners in London, New York, and Washington
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November 28, 2018
The entire Prague team of Weil, Gotshal & Manges is set to depart from the firm with the launch of a new spinoff firm. The team is led by Karel Muzikář, who currently serves as managing partner of the Prague office,
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November 12, 2018
White & Case has boosted its banking capabilities with the hire of Mark Donald. He joins the firm from Weil Gotshal & Manges where he served as head of banking in the firm’s London office.
Prior to joining Weil in
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November 12, 2018
White & Case has boosted its banking capabilities with the hire of Mark Donald. He joins the firm from Weil Gotshal & Manges where he served as head of banking in the firm’s London office.
Prior to joining Weil in
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October 15, 2018
Haiwen & Partners has hired Jieni Gu, who joins the firm as an international partner. Gu comes to the firm from Ropes & Gray and will be based in Shanghai.
Gu specializes in mergers and acquisitions, with a particular
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September 7, 2018
Kira Systems, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform, has received $50m of funding from Insight Venture Partners, a private equity firm based in New York.
The start-up was initially funded by Noah Waisberg and
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September 6, 2018
US firm Kirkland & Ellis has hired Kate Stephenson as a partner in the firm’s London office. She joins Kirkland’s restructuring practice, where she will focus on restructurings and insolvency, in addition to taking
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July 13, 2018
Kirkland & Ellis has announced the launch of an office in Dallas, its second in Texas.
The branch will open with eight partners, six of whom are being recruited from US competitors and joining as partners. Those six
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