Paul Weiss has hired its first head of European operations and continues to rapidly expand its operations in London.
US law firm hires Gareth Hughes from Reed Smith for new role, Paul Weiss confirms financial news.
Hughes has spent more than nine years at Reed Smith, where he is the firm’s head of global strategy and execution. He previously worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Vodafone and EDF Energy.
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Paul Weiss chief operating officer Eric Sekler said Hughes would help drive the company’s “strategic vision” across Europe.
“Gareth will play a leading role in building the infrastructure to support our outstanding team of lawyers and enhance our service to our clients,” Sekler said in a statement on February 28. Ta.
Paul Weiss has grown rapidly in London since hiring financial expert Neil Sachdev and a team of lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis last summer.
Private equity M&A partner Roger Johnson also joined the firm from Kirkland as co-head of the firm’s London office, and the two have since made a flurry of hires to expand the firm’s UK-based team.
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Recent additions include Annie Herdman, antitrust partner at Ropes & Gray; Dan Schuster-Woldan, who joined the firm from Linklaters as head of European public M&A; and Chris Sullivan, private equity M&A partner. and leveraged finance partner Taner Hassan, who joined from Clifford Chance. Will Aitken-Davies joins from Linklaters as head of European M&A.
In recent months, the firm has added Kirkland financial partner Stefan Arnold Soulby and Kirkland technology and intellectual property partner John Patten.
Competition for legal talent remains fierce in London, but there is also strong demand from law firms for top business services talent.
Clifford Chance hired a new global chief financial officer from consulting giant Accenture earlier this month, while Linklaters last year hired a former Allen & Overy executive as its first chief growth officer. did.
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