A&O Shearman and Paul Hastings lead on Macquarie’s £1.5bn airport sale
A&O Shearman and Paul Hastings have scored roles on Macquarie’s sale of AGS airports operating in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton. The asset manager instructed A&O Shearman to lead on the seller side of the transaction. On the other side, Paul Hastings is leading for longstanding client PSP Investments and AviAlliance as the buyers. A&O’s team is led by London energy and infrastructure lead and partner Richard Evans and associate Cathy Gilmartin. Paul Hastings’s team is lead by global co-chair of […]
Spotlight: Behind Paul Hastings’ 12-strong Paris move
Last summer, The Lawyer reported that Paul Hastings was on the hunt for growth in its Paris office and this year, the firm made its move in one of the French capital’s hottest markets. With white collar boutique Antonin Lévy & Associés joining Paul Hastings last month, we look at how the team sets itself apart. The market: Crucially, the French white collar space has gotten more internationalised in recent years, driving growth in non-French firms like Paul Hastings. This […]
Paul Hastings innovation pro joins Kennedys in inaugural role
Kennedys has appointed its first chief knowledge officer, who has moved across to the UK insurance firm from US powerhouse Paul Hastings. Having previously developed Paul Hastings knowledge management strategy at a global level, Catherine Goodman will now be in charge of heading Kennedys knowledge strategy. Goodman was director of innovation and knowledge management at Paul Hastings for a year before taking the new role. She brings a total of five years of experience from Paul Hastings, alongside that from […]
Davis Polk loses City partner to Paul Hastings
Paul Hastings is expanding once more in London, hiring a partner from Davis Polk & Wardwell’s capital markets team. Dan Hirschovits joins Paul Hastings after 12 years at Davis Polk, where he was promoted to its partnership in 2017. Prior to that, he was an associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Hirschovits works on equity capital markets transactions, including IPOs, secondary offers, private placements, and other securities offerings. The move follows that of White & Case’s Colin Diamond in New York, who […]
Weil restocks finance team with in-house hire
Weil Gotshal & Manges has recruited an in-houser from pension investor PSP Investment, in a move that aims to strengthen its London finance group. Nicola Noël joins the US firm as a partner, having been a senior legal director at PSP. She works on leveraged finance matters, advising private credit funds, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, banks, and private equity sponsors. In her previous role at PSP Investments, Noël helped to establish its European credit legal team. During her tenure, […]