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Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:

Paul Weiss has hired two new partners for its finance practice. Christopher Sullivan is joining the firm in London as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice in the Corporate Department. Taner Hassan, a senior sponsor-side finance partner, is joining the firm's finance team in London as head of European Leveraged Finance. Both join the firm from Clifford Chance.

"The addition of Taner to our team in London significantly enhances our senior partner bench across multiple sponsors," said Neel Sachdev, global co-chair of Finance and Capital Markets and co-head of the London office. "He is one of the leading sponsor-side financing partners in Europe and has advised private equity sponsors on their most complex cross-border financing transactions in both the European buyout and infrastructure markets for many years. We are thrilled to welcome him to our growing London team."

"Chris is an outstanding addition to our senior bench of private equity partners in London and globally," said Global M&A Co-Chair Roger Johnson, co-head of the London office. "Chris is a leading private equity M&A partner in Europe who holds deep relationships across numerous private equity sponsors. He has acted on some of the largest and most complex transactions in the European market."

Sullivan has handled some of the most significant cross-border private equity deals in recent years. He advised Cinven on the sale of Envirotainer, and CVC and Cinve......................

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