Source: Legal Business
By Ayesha Ellis
Amid the typical August recruitment slowdown, one of the most notable moves of the past week saw Allen & Overy appoint Kfir Abutbul as the head of its energy private equity team in the US. Abutbul joins the firm from Paul Hastings, where he spent nearly five years as co-chair and vice-chair of its energy and infrastructure team, before which he was also a partner at Kirkland and Willkie Farr.
Chair of A&O’s US corporate practice, Bill Schwitter, said in a statement: ‘The addition of Kfir is an opportunity to continue the expansion of our US private equity and M&A practice.’
Kent Rowey, A&O’s US co-chair and partner of the firm’s projects, energy, natural resources and infrastructure practice, added: ‘Kfir is a key step in continuing our strategic US growth to better serve our global client base.’…
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