In an ongoing move to strengthen its private equity capabilities in London, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has made several new high-profile hires. The firm has added four partners from Kirkland & Ellis and a partner from Linklaters to its roster. These include Kirkland private equity partners Roger Johnson and Andreas Philipson, as well as tax partners Timothy Lowe and Cian O’Conner, all of whom were formerly with Linklaters.Details here.
Linklaters partner Will Aitken-Davies is also set to join the Paul Weiss team, as reported by individuals familiar with the matter. This wave of recruitments maintains the firm’s progressive hiring trend that earlier saw the addition of Neel Sachdev among others to its London office.