With the appointment of infrastructure-focused M&A partner Brendan Moylan, the New York-based law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges is continuing to grow its London-based transactions practice, said Friday.
Since joining Latham & Watkins as a partner in 2018, Moylan has focused on infrastructure transactions, such as those involving utilities, transportation, renewable energy, technology and communications, and social infrastructure, according to Weil.
According to his biography on Latham’s website, his clients have included the infrastructure divisions of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, Global Infrastructure Partners, 3i Infrastructure Plc, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, OMERS Infrastructure, Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets, Allianz Capital Partners, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and French opulence brand Hermes International.
According to his biography on Latham’s website, his clients have included the infrastructure divisions of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, Global Infrastructure Partners, 3i Infrastructure Plc, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, OMERS Infrastructure, Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets, Allianz Capital Partners, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and French opulence brand Hermes International.
Weil’s London managing partner Michael Francies stated that Brendan “has a track record of advising on some of the most high profile infrastructure acquisitions for the largest and most respected funds in the sector.”
According to his LinkedIn profile, Moylan worked at Clifford Chance for 19 years before joining Latham, 13 of those as a partner.
After two capital markets recruit from UK-based Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and White & Case, as well as Sarah Flaherty from Linklaters in January, Moylan is Weil’s fourth partner addition to its London office this year.
Barry Wolf, an executive partner at Weil, said in a statement that Moylan is “essential” to the growth of the company’s infrastructure practice for private equity.
Patrick Bright, the head of Weil’s European high-yield transaction department, left for the rival US firm Paul Hastings in December. In the same month, Paul Hastings also hired Morgan Bale, a partner in Weil’s banking and finance department in New York.
A Latham & Watkins spokeswoman did not immediately answer requests for comment about Moylan’s departure.
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