Published: June 9, 2011
Lucas moves from Linklaters as Weil’s fourth new partner this year.
Law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired Stephen Lucas as a partner in its European finance practice.
Lucas joins from Linklaters and will work in Weil’s London office. He’s the fourth new partner to join Weil’s London office this – it has also hired Jones Day restructuring head Adam Plainer, former Ashurst banking partner James Hogben and high yield specialist Rob Ferguson to its capital markets team.
Barry Wolf, Weil’s executive partner, said: “Stephen is exactly the right person to help lead the build out of the finance team and to develop a high-quality sophisticated finance practice for the benefit of our private equity and institutional clients in London and across Europe.”