Top partners in Hogan Lovells’ sports group are jumping to some of the largest, most profitable US law firms, which have been desperate to join a growing, high-profile corner of the deals market.
Michael Kuh, who joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett on Tuesday, is the latest to leave, departing just two months after Matt Eisler and rising partner Russell Hedman went to Latham & Watkins. Another partner, Steve Argeris, defected to Weil Gotshal & Manges last year.
Craig Umbaugh, a Denver-based partner who has been at Hogan for more than three decades, remains the global head of its sports, ...