Global law firm Paul Hastings has appointed private equity and M&A specialist Tom Cartwright as a partner based in London.
Cartwright joins from Morgan Lewis and adds firepower to the firm’s fast-growing London office, which has increased revenue by 41% over the last year on the back of strong demand in its Private Equity, Finance, Structured Credit and Securities & Capital Markets practices.
Cartwright’s areas of focus include advising private equity sponsors, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices on private equity investments and M&A transactions. He advises several leading US private pension plans, and represents a number of private equity-backed companies and other corporations in the UK and internationally.
Paul Hastings’ growing global Private Equity and M&A practices represent PE funds including Francisco Partners, Symphony Technology Group, HIG Capital, Abry Partners, Oakley Capital, Insight Partners, Providence Equity Partners, and Astorg in London, Paris, Frankfurt, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Hong Kong.
