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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 specific 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 specific language on X, previously often called Twitter, in line with a report by Law.com.
The fired companion is David Kreisler, who was a companion within the international non-public funds and funding administration observe, in line with a mid-Could hiring announcement by the legislation agency.
A Mayer Brown spokesperson instructed Regulation.com that it discovered concerning the since-deleted social media posts after a Medium submit included alleged display 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 instructed Regulation.com that it engaged “respected third-party screening suppliers” to vet Kreisler.
Accomplice recruiter Jeffrey Lowe of CenterPeak instructed Regulation.com that he thinks that there’s a extensive disparity in due diligence by high corporations when screening lateral hires.
“Some corporations are actively taking a look at social media profiles and the like,” he mentioned, “but in addition I feel many don’t and don’t have as subtle of a vetting course of as others.”
Regulation.com was not capable of attain Kreisler for remark utilizing “numerous listed factors of contact.” The ABA Journal was unable to discover a working telephone quantity for him on-line. An inventory for Kreisler by the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers has his telephone 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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