Legal Business | Revolving Doors: European and London Laterals Head up Hiring Push before Christmas

Alston & Bird continues to deepen its transatlantic corporate and transactional offering with the addition of partner Tamer Bahgat in London. Joining from Ashurst LLP, Bahgat focuses on international capital markets and leveraged finance transactions, with a particular emphasis on complex high-yield debt offerings, refinancings, and leveraged buyouts for corporates, private equity sponsors, and investment banks.

Paul Simcock is noted for joining the firm as a finance partner in the London office, and Tamer Bahgat, Andrew Petersen, James Spencer, James Ashe-Taylor, Phil Taylor, Saloni Joshi, James Fisher, and Paul Morris are mentioned.

Alston & Bird has added a leveraged finance practice to its London office with the arrival of partner Paul Simcock. Bringing more than two decades of experience, Simcock advises sponsors, lenders, and borrowers in complex leveraged financings, including acquisitions, public takeovers, and other national and cross-border corporate debt mandates in both Europe and the U.S.

Tamer Bahgat is noted for joining the firm as a finance partner in the London office, and Andrew Petersen, James Spencer, James Ashe-Taylor, Phil Taylor, and Saloni Joshi are mentioned.

Alston & Bird has deepened its ability to advise U.S. and European clients across a range of financial and corporate restructurings and insolvency mandates with the addition of Anna Nolan as counsel in the firm’s London office. Arriving from Paul Hastings LLP, Nolan advises stakeholders in both contentious and noncontentious matters, with a focus on transactions involving structured finance and real estate.