Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has re-hired prominent high yield partner Gil Strauss less than two years after he joined Weil Gotshal & Manges in London,Legal Week can reveal.

Strauss, who is set to make the move on 8 September, was previously an of counsel at Simpson before being brought directly into the equity at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 2010, in what was an unusual move for the magic circle firm.