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Citing inappropriate social media posts, Mayer Brown fires companion lower than 2 months after hiring announcement
Mayer Brown fired a lateral funds formation companion in early July after a report surfaced of inappropriate social media posts with sexually express language on X, previously often called Twitter. (Picture from Shutterstock)
Mayer Brown fired a lateral funds formation companion in early July after a report surfaced of inappropriate social media posts with sexually express language on X, previously often called Twitter, based on a report by Law.com.
The fired companion is David Kreisler, who was a companion within the world non-public funds and funding administration follow, based on a mid-Could hiring announcement by the legislation agency.
A Mayer Brown spokesperson informed Legislation.com that it realized concerning the since-deleted social media posts after a Medium submit included alleged display screen photographs.
“We promptly terminated him as a companion as soon as we grew to become conscious of the state of affairs, and he’s not affiliated with the agency,” the spokesperson mentioned.
The agency informed Legislation.com that it engaged “respected third-party screening suppliers” to vet Kreisler.
Companion recruiter Jeffrey Lowe of CenterPeak informed Legislation.com that he thinks that there’s a vast disparity in due diligence by high companies when screening lateral hires.
“Some companies are actively social media profiles and the like,” he mentioned, “but additionally I believe many don’t and don’t have as subtle of a vetting course of as others.”
Legislation.com was not in a position to attain Kreisler for remark utilizing “numerous listed factors of contact.” The ABA Journal was unable to discover a working cellphone quantity for him on-line. An inventory for Kreisler by the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers has his cellphone quantity at Mayer Brown in New York, however no different quantity.
Kreisler got here to Mayer Brown from DLA Piper. He had joined DLA round Could 2024 after working at Sidley Austin.
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