James Woolery, a former investment banker, hedge fund executive and M&A partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore who went on to head Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft for a brief time, has joined King & Spalding in New York.
It’s the fourth new job in six years for Woolery, who left Cravath in January 2011 to join JPMorgan Case & Co. as co-head of North American M&A for the financial services giant. Woolery will serve as head of M&A at King & Spalding and a member of the Am Law 100 firm’s corporate governance practice.
