When she s leaving: End of March
Where she s headed: Sullivan & Cromwell
Karen Seymour, Goldman s general counsel who helped steer the bank through the headwinds of its damaging 1MDB crisis, is leaving the firm at the end of March. Seymour was also a partner and member of the bank s management committee.
She is returning to the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, where she will be a partner, according to a memo sent by CEO David Solomon on Wednesday.
Seymour is a veteran of Sullivan & Cromwell, having been a co-managing partner in the firm s litigation group in the past. She also spent time as a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York. Seymour began her career at Sullivan & Cromwell in 1987, according to her LinkedIn page.
Poaching season: Wall Street giants are being picked apart by unlikely rivals
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To the outside world, Wall Street banks looked like great places to be last year because they printed profits during the pandemic slump. To those inside, they now look like great places to leave, too.
Technology upstarts and investment firms are offering some unusually attractive opportunities to seasoned Wall Street professionals, including shots at multiplying their pay - an allure all the greater after banks showed restraint in doling out rewards for 2020. Exits are now proliferating as bonus season wraps up.
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A quieter bond market was music to the markets’ ears on Monday, and they responded with their best day since last June - NYTimes and WSJ and Bloomberg and MarketWatch
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