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Dechert hires Weils former head of restructuring and insolvency in London 18 February 2021 Adam Plainer joins as co-head of US firms global financial restructuring group Peter James Sampson; Shutterstock Dechert has hired restructuring lawyer Adam Plainer from Weil Gotshal & Manges to co-chair its global financial restructuring group. Plainer is set to join the firm’s London office, initially as a consultant pending regulatory clearance for partnership. He arrives from Weil, where he was he...

Shutterstock London partners Adam Gallagher and James Watson join as European investment drive continues Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired a pair of experienced insolvency lawyers to help establish a European restructuring practice in London. Adam Gallagher and James Watson join as partners from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Kirkland & Ellis respectively as the firm gears up for a potential rise in companies facing financial distress as a result of recent market disruptions, including...

Simpson Thacher makes double partner hire in European restructuring push 04 February 2021 London partners Adam Gallagher and James Watson join as European investment drive continues The City of London Shutterstock Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired a pair of experienced insolvency lawyers to help establish a European restructuring practice in London. Adam Gallagher and James Watson join as partners from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Kirkland & Ellis respectively as the firm gears up fo...

Simpson Thacher secures fourth London 2020 lateral partner hire 15 December 2020 Simpson Thacher secures fourth London 2020 lateral partner hire Allen & Overys global antitrust co-chair climbs on board in wake of previous hires from Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Gibson Dunn Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has completed its fourth London partner lateral in 2020 with the hire of Allen & Overys co-head of global antitrust, Antonio Bavasso. The move caps an exceptionally busy year for the top New Yo...