O’Melveny and Hogan Lovells lead PE hiring wave as Kirkland boosts tech team with Clifford Chance hire

Ashurst international PE co-head exits to O’Melveny as Hogan Lovells hires from Okay&L Gates and Weil and Kirkland picks up a CC tech accomplice.

O’Melveny & Myers expanded its London workplace with the hires of Ashurst’s David Carter and Braeden Donnelly, bringing O’Melveny’s London accomplice headcount to seven.

Carter is a Authorized 500 Corridor of Famer for mid-market non-public fairness transactions. He was international co-head of Ashurst’s PE follow, and brings over 20 years of expertise in leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, and company reconstructions. Donnelly, a accomplice at Ashurst for 5 years, has expertise advising on UK and multijurisdictional PE transactions for purchasers together with Agilitas, CapVest, and Liberty Corridor Capital Companions.

Commenting on their departure, Ashurst’s international CEO Paul Jenkins instructed Authorized Enterprise: ‘We want David and Braeden the easiest. We additionally made some important hires and inner promotions, so for us it’s a matter of continuous to take a position and search for alternatives to proceed to develop that workforce.’

Additionally lively in PE was Hogan Lovells, which employed James Cross as a lateral and Nick Cusack as a vertical. This follows final month’s rent of particular conditions accomplice Sam Norris from Ropes & Grey, signaling continued progress within the agency’s largest workplace.

Becoming a member of from Okay&L Gates the place he served almost six years as a accomplice, Cross’s experience contains advising traders and administration on buyouts, restructurings, and bolt-on acquisitions, with a notable monitor file in complicated cross-border transactions for Chinese language and US traders.

Cusack, a specialist in leveraged finance transactions with a give attention to non-public credit score, joins as accomplice from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, the place he was counsel within the banking and finance group.

World company & finance follow group head James Doyle emphasised the strategic significance of those hires, stating: ‘Their arrival helps us to proceed to service the more and more vital and complicated international non-public capital market throughout the complete funding life cycle.’

Elsewhere, André Duminy has joined Kirkland & Ellis as a accomplice within the agency’s expertise and IP transactions follow, concluding a virtually 25-year tenure at Clifford Likelihood.

Specialising in expertise and enterprise separation points, in addition to multi-vendor and multijurisdictional carveout transactions, Duminy is about to reinforce the agency’s tech and IP transactions providing, alongside its broader M&A follow in Europe.

‘André’s talent set strongly helps out non-public fairness and monetary sponsor purchasers’ investments throughout related asset courses,’ mentioned Kirkland company accomplice and govt committee member Matthew Elliott in an announcement. ‘His rent will assist spearhead the event of the London Expertise & IP Transactions follow as our transactional providing continues to evolve and drive progress alternatives,’ he continued.

Simmons & Simmons has additionally strengthened its London PE providing with its rent of Richard Kyle, who joins from Eversheds after over twenty years.

‘It’s a wonderful time to affix, with the agency prioritising the enlargement of its mid-market non-public fairness providing. With robust EU transactional and financing capabilities, a large worldwide community, and a sector focus aligned with that of my purchasers, Simmons is a implausible match for my follow,’ Kyle mentioned in an announcement.

Covington & Burling has enhanced its EMEA PE follow with the addition of companions Lyndsey Laverack and Jade Williams-Adedeji in London, complementing the February rent of Paul Hastings’ Adrian Chiodo as European leveraged finance follow head.

Laverack, beforehand at Sidley Austin, focuses on PE and cross-border M&A, notably in fairness investments in actual property and social infrastructure property. Williams-Adedeji, additionally becoming a member of from Sidley after over virtually twenty years, advises purchasers on the true property funding cycle, together with debt and fairness investments, in addition to direct asset acquisitions and disposals.

In the meantime, White & Case has expanded its funding funds follow and international non-public fairness business group with its rent of Alexandra Chauvin as a secondaries accomplice in London.

Chauvin, who joins from Ropes & Grey the place she led the European secondaries workforce, brings in depth expertise in US and European secondaries transactions.

Chauvin marks the agency’s third current rent from Ropes: Emily Brown joined as funding funds follow head final November after making accomplice at Ropes in April 2021, adopted by Lavanya Raghavan, who was a counsel at Ropes and joined W&C as a accomplice in March.

‘With deep expertise within the US and Europe, Alexandra will strengthen our funds and secondaries capabilities globally and be well-placed to capitalize on a market that’s rising at velocity’, mentioned Brown in an announcement.

Elsewhere, Jenner & Block expanded its litigation workforce with its rent of Authorized 500 banking litigation main particular person Edward Davis. Davis joins from Stephenson Harwood, the place he co-headed the London litigation follow for 25 years, dealing with complicated banking and fund-related issues, fraud instances, and company disputes.

Additionally lively in disputes was Fladgate, which employed Ashurst counsel Thomas Karalis into its dispute decision group as a accomplice. A Authorized 500 worldwide arbitration rising star, Karalis joins with over 15 years’ expertise, and brings the agency’s London accomplice headcount to only shy of 100.

Shoosmiths has grown its London employment follow with the addition of Adam Lambert, who joins from BCLP, the place he led the UK employment and labour group. Lambert brings almost 30 years of expertise to enrich Shoosmiths’ 50-strong nationwide employment workforce.

Moreover, Rachel Orton has joined Clyde & Co as a accomplice within the agency’s actual property workforce. Previously accomplice and head of senior residing at Addleshaw Goddard, Orton brings expertise in advising on healthcare and residing sector developments, together with hospitals, supported residing, dementia care property, and infrastructure transactions.

Lastly, trying abroad, Freshfields continued its run of aggressive US enlargement with its rent of Skadden tax head Steven Matays into its New York tax follow.

Matays brings over 20 years of expertise in dealing with complicated U.S. and worldwide tax issues, specializing in M&A, spinoffs, debt and fairness choices, company restructurings, and joint ventures.

Matays mentioned in an announcement: ‘Freshfields is the agency to observe within the US. I’ve been impressed by how the agency has grow to be a go-to outdoors counsel for an important assignments of high-profile purchasers particularly in M&A over the previous couple of years. I’m excited to be part of this vibrant workforce and I look ahead to contributing to the following section of progress.’

anna.huntley@legalease.co.uk