• Paul Hastings has hired private equity lawyer Joshua Ratner as global vice chair of private equity. He joins from Goodwin Procter.

Monica Thurmond, partner at Fried Frank. Courtesy Photo

• Monica Thurmond has joined Fried Frank as a partner in its finance practice. She was formerly at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison where she was a member of that firm's capital markets and finance groups and former deputy chair of the corporate department.