Key facts
- Paul Weiss is advising Apollo Global Management on its proposed £5.7 billion acquisition of easyJet.
- The deal represents one of Paul Weiss's largest public M&A mandates in London.
- Gibson Dunn hired a three-partner mass torts and products liability team from Paul Weiss.
- Kimberly Branscome, formerly of Paul Weiss, will co-chair the mass torts and products liability practice at Gibson Dunn.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has secured a significant M&A mandate in London, advising Apollo Global Management on its proposed £5.7 billion acquisition of easyJet. The deal marks one of the firm's largest public M&A roles in the city. Lead corporate partners Dan Schuster-Woldan and Matthew Hearn are handling the transaction for Paul Weiss.
Separately, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher announced the hiring of a three-partner mass torts and products liability team from Paul Weiss. The team includes partner Kimberly Branscome, who will now co-chair Gibson Dunn's mass torts and products liability practice in Los Angeles. Gibson Dunn stated that Branscome's first-chair trial experience complements their existing work in legal and appellate strategy for major products liability cases.