Mo Nurmohamed, Ross Anderson, Karan Chopra, and Rob Davidson join Paul Hastings in London

Mo Nurmohamed, Ross Anderson, Karan Chopra, and Rob Davidson join Paul Hastings in London

They have reunited with finance partner Adrian Chiodo who shifted to the firm last year

Paul Hastings has announced a four-partner finance team secured from Latham & Watkins. They are Mo Nurmohamed, Ross Anderson, Karan Chopra, and Rob Davidson – all of whom have joined as partners in the Los Angeles firm's global finance practice.

Among them, Nurmohamed would be taking on a leadership role as co-chair of finance. He served as co-chair of Latham's London finance team with Chopra, while Anderson was a global banking co-chair. Davidson was promoted to a partner in L&W's 44-strong round last year.

Seth Zachary, the Chairman of Paul Hastings described the new arrivals as an "exceptional team defined by superior talent and excellence in providing sophisticated legal advice to guide clients' most complex transactions."

"They are recognized as market-leading individuals trusted by top-tier global financial institutions and direct lenders. The team creates immediate synergies while adding further depth and breadth to our existing market-leading global team," he added.

Anderson remarked, "The firm's momentum and strong growth in London and around the world is remarkable and our team is eager to continue to help drive that upward trajectory."

At Paul Hastings, the team will be reunited with finance partner Adrian Chiodo, who joined the firm last year as a Partner.

They worked on a number of landmark transactions at L&W and helped arrange to finance Bain Capital Private Equity's $2bn acquisition of Rolls Royce's Spanish business ITP Aero last year. The quartet also assisted in arranging to finance Blackstone's acquisition of the Welsh building merchants chain Huws Gray, recently.

Meanwhile, Paul Hastings focuses on funds, finance, M&A/PE and investigations and white collar defence, grew headcount 16 percent to push it past 150 legal staff in 2021 and achieved £152.7m in revenue after breaking through the £1m mark for the first time in 2020.