Mallon, who announced his departure earlier this week, will head up Skadden’s
Notable restructurings on which Mallon has worked include Enron, Global Crossing, Loral, MCI/WorldCom, Telewest, Parmalat, Eurotunnel and Gate Gourmet.
His departure follows the recent loss of former Weil Gotshal private equity partner Will Rosen, who handed in his notice in July. His destination is not yet known.
The departure was a blow to Weil Gotshal as Rosen – whose experience includes public M&A as well as private equity – was regarded as one of the office’s rising stars and worked closely with
The move leaves Weil’s
Commenting on the loss of Mallon, Francies said: “As a firm we have a total commitment to building a much stronger restructuring practice in