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Ropes & Gray hires private credit partner in London amid sector gold rush

Law firms are still battling for private credit talent

Ropes wants to be 'London’s preeminent international law firm for private capital clients'
Ropes wants to be 'London’s preeminent international law firm for private capital clients' Photo: Daniel Leal/Getty Images

Ropes & Gray has hired private credit specialist Benoit Lavigne from rival US law firm King & Spalding in London.

Lavigne’s hire is the latest evidence of major law firms looking to bulk up their private credit teams to get a larger piece of the growing asset class.

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