Sidley Austin has picked up a pair of private equity partners from Cooley in Los Angeles, with more expected to join them.

Longtime Cooley partner Mehdi Khodadad, along with colleague Joshua DuClos, have joined Sidley Austin in its Century City office.

The two belong to a larger team of partners and associates from Cooley that are poised to join Sidley later this week, said Brian Fahrney, global co-leader of Sidley's M&A and private equity practice. Fahrney declined to give specifics as to the names or number of attorneys making the jump.