Shearman’s Restructuring Co-Head Joel Moss Jumps to Cahill (1)

Shearman & Sterling’s co-head of the financial restructuring and insolvency practice is joining Cahill Gordon & Reindel as a partner in New York.

Joel Moss, who joins the firm’s bankruptcy and restructuring practice, sees a “tremendous opportunity” given his creditor-based focus and Cahill’s leveraged finance and high-yield practices, he said in an interview.

“The goal is to make bankruptcy an all cycle practice where you’re doing restructuring work in both good times and bad,” Moss said.

Shearman has been enduring partner defections as it plots an uncertain course. Last week it abandoned merger talks with Hogan Lovells, and on March ...