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Dechert hires Weil s former head of restructuring and insolvency in London
18 February 2021
Adam Plainer joins as co-head of US firm s global financial restructuring group
Peter James Sampson; Shutterstock Dechert has hired restructuring lawyer Adam Plainer from Weil Gotshal & Manges to co-chair its global financial restructuring group. Plainer is set to join the firm’s London office, initially as a consultant pending regulatory clearance for partnership. He arrives from Weil, where he was head of restructuring and insolvency, bringing with him experience advising both debtors and creditors on complex cross-border workouts, restructurings, insolvencies and distressed M&A. The move sees Plainer join a challenger practice in London from a top tier one, according to the Legal 500 directory: Weil Gotshal is ranked in band two while Dechert is in band seven.