Hints and tips:
...Richard Fairbank and Phil Purcell might be on to something....
...Law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired energy industry dealmaker Cody Carper as a partner in Houston. He joins from Skadden Arps....
...Richard Gillingwater, Janus Henderson chair, said Dibadj would bring his “experience, accomplishments and vision” to the role....
...Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired Sarah Flaherty as an M&A partner, based in London. She’s currently a partner at Linklaters. Goldman Sachs has cut about 50 dealmakers in Europe, per Financial News....
...Richard Gillingwater, chair of Janus Henderson, thanked Weil for his service....
...Installing the pair on the board increases the pressure on Janus Henderson to revive its fortunes and comes as Dick Weil, its longstanding chief executive, prepares to retire next month....
...Corporate governance expert Ira Millstein, 95, is still working as a partner at US law firm Weil....
...Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired Robert Rizzo as a partner in its private equity practice, based in New York. Wilson Sonsini has hired Richard Goold as a corporate partner in its London office....
...Neil Devaney, co-head of restructuring at the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges, said that environmental concerns made buying domestic holiday companies a sensible long-term investment....
...Deutsche Bank has hired Richard Robinson as a managing director and vice-chair of global industrials....
...Weil Gotshal has hired David Levy as a partner in its global tax practice. He joins the firm’s New York office from Skadden Arps....
...Mr Weil says the company would look to offer other financial services such as credit but adds: “We’re not a bank, we don’t view ourselves that way....
...This year, five large French companies have faced activist campaigns, according to Richard Thomas, the Paris-based American who runs the shareholder advisory group at Lazard....
...Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired Daniel Abercromby as a partner in the law firm’s banking and finance practice in Hong Kong. He was previously at Kirkland & Ellis....
...Additional reporting by Peter Smith, Owen Walker and Richard Henderson....
...And somewhere in Medialand DD has to imagine HBO’s former boss Richard Plepler,below, is having a hearty laugh at the situation at AT&T....
...Additional reporting by Robert Armstrong, Shannon Bond, Anna Nicolaou, Laura Noonan, Daniel Thomas and Richard Waters...
...It is widely believed that worker is Richard Woolnough, a star bond manager in the company’s asset management division....
...Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired Anne-Sophie Noury as a partner in the firm’s business finance and restructuring group in Paris. Noury was most recently a partner at BDGS Associés....
...An exodus followed of smaller brands such as Corum, Raymond Weil and Maurice Lacroix....
...Richard East, co-managing partner of the London office of Quinn Emanuel, said: “There is a group of firms who are increasingly capturing the very best global work that attracts the best fees — the big white-collar...
...Weil, Gotshal & Manges, a law firm, has hired Hendrik Röhricht as a corporate partner. He joins from White & Case....
...Richard Frye has rejoined the private equity group at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in Dallas. He was most recently with Winston & Strawn....
...Of the 15 most profitable firms in the Am Law 100, only two make the top 10 in the FT25 list: Kirkland & Ellis, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges....
...richard.milne@ft.com @rmilneNordic...
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