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Dechert hires Kramer Levin duo in New York
Continuing the recent expansion of its global restructuring group, Dechert has added two partners from Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel in New York and vowed to continue recruiting in the US.
04 August 2022
Akin Gump partner joins Gibson Dunn in Dallas
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has hired a Dallas-based finance partner from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld who worked on the restructurings of satellite giant Intelsat and multinational logistics group CEVA.
03 August 2022
Pallas Partners transatlantic expansion an “opportunity to reunite” says ex-Boies Schiller founder
Pallas Partners, the London litigation and disputes boutique founded by the former deputy chair of Boies Schiller Flexner Natasha Harrison in February, has announced it is expanding internationally to New York with the hire of an old colleague.
29 July 2022
Goodwin expands Munich office with hire from Shearman & Sterling
Goodwin is adding a private equity partner with restructuring experience to its newly-opened Munich office from Shearman & Sterling, where he has spent almost two decades.
28 July 2022
Kirkland hires partner from Paul Weiss in New York
Kirkland & Ellis has hired a former Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison partner to strengthen its debt finance team in New York.
26 July 2022
Shearman hires from White & Case in Germany
Shearman & Sterling has hired a finance partner to work across Munich and Frankfurt who has credits as creditors’ counsel in the recent English scheme restructuring of gaming group Lowen Play, and in a refinancing for German wind turbine maker Senvion.
25 July 2022
New hire boosts Mayer Brown’s restructuring group in Hong Kong
Mayer Brown has welcomed a new counsel from offshore firm Campbells in Hong Kong, who brings with him experience working on commodities trader Noble Group’s second restructuring.
21 July 2022
KPMG expands UK special situations and turnaround team
KPMG UK has hired from AlixPartners, Kroll and Alvarez & Marsal to strengthen its special situations and turnaround team.
21 July 2022
Stroock hires restructuring team from New York boutique
A team of six bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers from boutique firm Luskin Stern & Eisler have joined Stroock & Stroock & Lavan in New York, as it seeks to rebuild its practice after losing 43 lawyers to Paul Hastings in March.
20 July 2022
KPMG restructuring head joins FTI Consulting in Singapore
The head of KPMG’s restructuring practice in Singapore has joined FTI Consulting as a senior managing director, telling GRR his new firm’s platform will allow him to extend his reach beyond the Singapore market and avoid conflicts of interest.
13 July 2022