Five partners join King & Spalding in Paris, Frankfurt and London

Five partners join King & Spalding in Paris, Frankfurt and London

King & Spalding has boosted its corporate, finance and investments (CFI) practice by adding five partners in its Paris, Frankfurt and London offices from rivals including Reed Smith, Bredin Pratt and Paul Hastings.

Fernand Arsanios and Alice Money Decroix, who have joined the Paris office, previously worked at Reed Smith and Bredin Prat respectively. Arsanios specializes in acquisition and project financing transactions, while Decroix focuses on French and European employment law matters.

Peter Memminger will lead the Frankfurt team. He joins as a partner alongside a team that includes a senior counsel, two counsel and an associate. Memminger's practice focuses on M&A, corporate and litigation work for private equity funds, family offices and large companies. He also advises on restructuring, insolvency and ESG matters and various German corporate disputes.

Memminger set up his own practice in 2017, which became known as BMP in 2019. He previously spent 12 years at Milbank, where he was a partner. Prior to that he spent two years as a corporate associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

The London departures from Paul Hastings, meanwhile, come a month after it announced the hire of a four-partner finance team from Latham & Watkins including Latham's former global banking co-chair and the former co-chairs of its London finance department.

Two partners are joining the top 30 global firm in Paris, a partner and his four-strong team have been brought on board in Frankfurt, while in London a duo have arrived from Paul Hastings.