Two Paul Hastings London partners have quit to sign up with King & & Spalding, in the current movement in the local legal sector.
King & & Spalding has hired finance partner duo Richard Kitchen and Amin Doulai, according to an individual with knowledge of the situation.
Kitchen, who was a partner in the firm’s corporate team, had actually been at the firm just shy of 7 years. Prior to that, he was a partner at Latham & & Watkins and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer according to his Linkedin profile. His practice focuses include general banking, alternative credit and global acquisition and has significant experience advising private equity sponsors and corporate debtors. Doulai had been with Paul Hastings for over 4 years, and prior to joining the company had actually experimented Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & & Flom for 5 years, according to his Linkedin profile.
He specialises in corporate and leveraged acquisition financing transactions, general corporate fundings and distressed fundings and restructurings.
A representative from Paul Hastings stated: “We want them well.”
The set’s exit come simply several weeks after the hire of a significant finance group from Latham & & Watkins.
The four-strong senior group, led by the company’s international co-chair of banking, left for U.S.-headquartered rival Paul Hastings in London at the start of July.
Company leader Frank Lopez said that the group “brings crucial financing relationships with virtually every major investment bank and personal credit institution.”
