Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP has made a huge splash in the market following some marquee hires during 2023 and 2024 which has propelled it into the upper echelons of the market for borrower-side work. The first of these hires and the one that laid out the firm’s ambitions in the market was the arrival in late 2023 of debt finance market-leader Neel Sachdev from Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Sachdev’s strong ties with multiple private equity heavyweights has already led to a pipeline of work at the firm both on new money M&A deals and bolt-ons, as well as refinancings. Taner Hassan‘s arrival in April 2024 from Clifford Chance LLP was also a major boon for the firm and he now co-heads the team alongside Sachdev.