Mayer Brown has added a new partner and a new practice co-leader from a key hometown rival, the firm announced Friday.

Adam Paul, who was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, joined Mayer Brown’s Chicago office, where he’ll serve as co-leader of the firm’s global restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency practice.

Paul works with debtor and creditor clients in U.S. and global restructuring matters and advises boards of directors and senior officers in restructuring strategies and fiduciary duties. He has particular experience with bankruptcies involving mass tort and legal liabilities.