Fried Frank hires funds trio from Kirkland but sees three other partners leave
Mark Mifsud, Kate Downey and Alexandra Conroy follow former London senior partner Graham White
May 27, 2015 at 11:35 AM
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A trio of funds partners from Kirkland & Ellis is set to join the London office of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson.
Mark Mifsud, Kate Downey and Alexandra Conroy all handed in their resignations last week.
The three partners are following in the footsteps of former Kirkland London senior partner Graham White, who moved to Fried Frank to lead its City practice in December.
David Greenwald, chairman of Fried Frank, said the trio would be "instrumental in extending our premiere funds practice".
However, Fried Frank's London office is also set to see two structured finance partners depart for Watson Farley & Williams.
Rob McBride and Sian Withey are set to move to UK firm Watson Farley, while corporate partner Richard May is also understood to be leaving the firm, but his destination is unknown.
Rumours of a number of partner exits from Fried Frank's London office have persisted since White joined the firm.
The news comes just one week after Fried Frank hired banking partner Stuart Brinkworth from Hogan Lovells as its first head of finance in London.
Kirkland has recently bolstered its own City office with the addition of corporate partner Matthew Elliott and competition head Paula Riedel, both from Linklaters.
Mifsud joined Kirkland as part of a three partner-team hire from legacy SJ Berwin in 2007. Justin Dolling, one of the other partners making the jump, was sent to Hong Kong to set up an Asian private equity funds practice in 2008. The third partner, Richard Watkins, remains a partner in Kirkland's London private funds team.
Kirkland was unavailable for comment.
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