“A month and a half ago, Barry Wolf sat down for dinner at Babbo in London’s upscale Mayfair district with two of his partners at the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

“Joining them was Andrew Wilkinson, one of Goldman Sachs‘s top restructuring experts in Europe. And as the four men tucked into upscale Italian food, they quickly came to the realization that Wilkinson would make an ideal addition to their team.

“On Monday, Weil plans to announce that it has hired Mr. Wilkinson as the newest high-profile member of the firm’s vaunted corporate restructuring and bankruptcy practice, serving as a partner in the London office.

“The poaching signals Weil’s latest effort to maintain its status as one of the biggest bankruptcy legal advisers in the world, one that already counts among its members prominent veterans like Harvey R. Miller and Marcia L. Goldstein.”

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