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In their first interview since leaving Latham & Watkins, Jayanthi Sadanandan and Sam Hamilton discuss their new roles as global co-heads of Sidley Austin's leveraged finance practice 'Sidley wants to provide a best-in-class financial sponsor legal service - Sam and I have built out a practice before and we know how to do this,' says Sadanandan as she and Hamilton sit down to talk to LB on their first day at Sidley. ‘This is an exciting opportunity for us - we have a remit to build and Sidley has been very clear in its commitment to this area.’ Legal 500 Hall

Leading the latest moves, Paul Weiss hired Kirkland financial regulatory partner Prem Mohan as head of European financial services regulation in London. Recognised as a Legal 500 leading partner in regulatory/non-contentious financial services, Mohan advises on regulatory issues in structuring private funds and handling M&A and private equity deals. His hire follows the addition of restructuring and special situations partner Kai Zeng who joined in August. Debevoise has bolstered its London office with the addition of private equity M&A partner James Grimwood, who joins from Goodwin after four and a half years. Grimwood brings a diverse client base, relying on his

More than 20 of Latham & Watkins’ equity partners have made it into the elite firm’s ‘super points’ band, which is intended to better reward star performers by allowing them to earn nearly double the profit share of those at the top of the firm’s core lockstep.

Sidley Austin has bolstered its London office by hiring high-yield partners Scott Colwell and Patrick Kwak from Latham & Watkins.

In a year of standout performances, Paul Weiss has made more headlines than most with a new international strategy that has shaken up the market, as LB reports

Baker McKenzie won Finance Team of the Year at the Legal Business Awards for representing project manager Oceans Finance Company in structuring and implementing the government of Ecuador’s $1.6bn debt-for-nature swap and providing $300m for the Galápagos Islands – the largest marine conservation debt conversion to date.

McDermott has announced today (28 October) that Jason Zemmel ( pictured ) has joined the firm’s transactions group as a partner.

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McDermott Will & Emery has followed Davis Polk's lead, raising its London trainee pay to match the highest market rates. Effective from 1 January, the Chicago-headquartered firm will offer a salary of £65,000 in year one, rising to £70,000 in year two. The rates previously sat at £53,000 and £58,300 respectively. Just last month, Davis Polk announced its updated pay scale for trainees, with recruiters at the time forecasting that other US firms would follow suit, establishing a new benchmark for entry-level salaries. London managing partner Aymen Mahmoud (pictured) told LB: 'It's no secret that our focus has been on growth but

It’s been an active start to the week for restructuring lateral moves in the City, as Sidley co-heads Mark Knight and Jifree Cader have joined Davis Polk, and Adam Plainer, co-chair of Dechert’s global restructuring group, has moved to DLA Piper.