Paul Weiss, Winston & Strawn Bolster M&A Groups Amid Deals Surge

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has hired two M&A partners in New York while Winston & Strawn has added a deal-making partner in Chicago as Big Law’s marquis corporate transactions practice continues to run red hot.

Paul Weiss hired two partners from Akin Gump: Gerald Brant and Jeffrey Kochian, who have advised on major public and private mergers in addition to shareholder activism and other corporate governance matters.

Winston & Strawn plucked corporate partner Matthew Schlosser from Kirkland & Ellis, where he made partner in 2018. Sclosser worked on deals including a bevy of giant private equity giants including ...