The co-head of leveraged finance at Linklaters is leaving the Magic Circle law firm to join US rival Gibson Dunn in London.
David Irvine will join Gibson Dunn after more than three years at Linklaters, according to people familiar with the matter.
Mr. Irvine is the latest high-profile partner to leave Mr. Linklater for a major U.S. law firm.
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Corporate partner Dan Schuster-Waldan left Linklaters in January, following private equity M&A partner Will Aitken-Davies and antitrust partner Nicole Kerr, to join Paul Weiss in London. I joined Mr.
Late last year, leveraged finance partner Noel Hughes left to join Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in London.
Faced with a wave of exits, Linklaters is discussing plans to make it harder for partners to leave for rivals, people familiar with the matter said. Under the proposal, the company could force rival firms to forgo year-end bonus payments to departing partners.
Irvine joined Linklaters in London from Kirkland & Ellis in Hong Kong in November 2020, according to his LinkedIn profile.
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He was a partner at Linklaters from 2008 to 2015, according to his profile on the social media site.
Linklaters has been pushing for growth in the U.S. in recent months. In January, the firm hired Shearman & Sterling managing partner George Casey and fellow corporate partner Heiko Sibek in New York.
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