Cravath Loses Another Dealmaker, This Time to Kirkland & Ellis

May 10, 2022, 9:37 PM UTC

Cravath Swaine & Moore has lost another dealmaker to a rival firm in less than eight months, a rarity for the Wall Street firm that recently changed its pay system to try to retain talent.

Cravath mergers and acquisitions partner Allison Wein is joining Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in its corporate practice group in New York, the firm said Tuesday. Wein has worked on high-profile deals for Disney, Berkshire Hathaway and British American Tobacco, among other clients.

She is the latest M&A partner to leave Cravath, following the September departure of high-profile dealmaker Damian Zoubek to Freshfields Bruckhaus ...

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