Proskauer Rose has added a three-partner team with real estate and tax expertise to its Boston office from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

Keith Barnett, Sean Boulger and tax partner Robert Burke moved to Proskauer over the weekend, bringing with them decades of experience on major real estate transactions and development projects. Steven Ellis, the firm's chairman, said in a statement that growing the real estate practice, which has about 80 lawyers, is a "strategic priority" for Proskauer.

The moving lawyers have represented investors, developers and operators in joint ventures, acquisitions, developments, leases, sales and financing transactions. Wilmer is larger than Proskauer in terms of overall revenue and it has a larger Boston office than its rival, but Proskauer's profit per equity partner is higher.