DLA Piper has continued to build its European finance practice with the hire of two senior partners in London, the firm announced Wednesday.

Baker & McKenzie's former structured capital markets head Vincent Keaveny is set to join DLA Piper alongside Mark Dwyer, who previously led the derivatives practice at Slaughter and May before retiring from the Magic Circle firm in October. Dwyer is the first ex-Slaughter and May partner to join another law firm in more than 12 months, following Graham Iversen's move to Greenberg Traurig Maher last September.

DLA Piper's U.K. finance and financial markets head Martin Bartlam said that the firm has made “substantial advances” in developing its practices in core financial sectors, notably capital markets and complex structured and regulated products. “These recent hires reflect the repositioning of the firm as a key player in global financial markets,” he said.