Paul Weiss has continued its rapid London build-out by poaching another partner from Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance.
Oliver Marcuse has been at Clifford Chance for nearly 12 years, becoming a partner in May 2022.
Core clients for Marcuse include Cinven, CVC, MiddleGround Capital and Onex.
“We thank Oli for his contribution to the firm and wish him the best for the future,” a spokesperson for Clifford Chance said.
Paul Weiss is continuing to poach the Magic Circle firm’s corporate partners. In December last year, the US firm hired M&A partner Chris Sullivan and leveraged finance partner Taner Hassan.
Last month, it also hired Gareth Hughes from Reed Smith as its first chief of European operations.
Paul Weiss has grown rapidly in London since last summer when it hired finance specialist Neel Sachdev and a team of lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis.
Private equity M&A partner Roger Johnson also joined the firm from Kirkland to co-head its London office, and the duo have since made a string of hires to expand the firm’s UK-based team.
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Recent additions include antitrust partner Annie Herdman from Ropes & Gray, Dan Schuster-Woldan, who joined the firm as European public M&A head and Will Aitken-Davies, who joined as head of European M&A, both from Linklaters.
The firm has also added Kirkland finance partner Stefan Arnold-Soulby and Kirkland technology and intellectual property partner John Patten in recent months.
While competition for legal talent in London remains intense, there is also strong demand from law firms for top business services staff.
Clifford Chance hired a new global chief financial officer from consultancy giant Accenture earlier last month, while last year Linklaters hired a former Allen & Overy executive as its first chief growth officer.
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