Cravath hires Andrew Needham from Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Cravath, Swaine & Moore has hired Andrew Needham from Willkie Farr & Gallagher. What is unusual about this appointment is that he is the first lateral partner hire in more than 60 years.
 
The last lateral at the firm was Roswell Magill who became a Cravath tax partner in 1943. Mr Needham does have an excellent reputation, no doubt bolstered by this revelation !