King & Spalding hires Mark Wesseldine and Fergus Wheeler from Ropes & Gray

King & Spalding has hired Ropes & Gray finance duo Mark Wesseldine and Fergus Wheeler, who will join King & Spalding’s City office. Prior to joining Ropes & Gray in 2013, Wesseldine worked at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Wheeler previously worked at A&L Goodbody and joined Ropes in 2014. Wesseldine and Wheeler were both partners in Ropes & Gray’s finance practice, and worked with investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Garry Pegg, King & Spalding’s London managing partner, said the duo will boost the firm’s City finance practice, which currently includes three partners.

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