Jones Day has landed its second private equity partner from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) in two months, with the hire of Michael Weir in its London office.

The appointment follows Jones Day's high-profile recruitment of BLP's former global head of private equity Raymond McKeeve in August.

While at BLP, the pair worked together on a number of key mandates, including acting for management on Dunedin's £44m buyout of Red Commerce in 2011, and Darwin Private Equity on its acquisition of Plum Baby in 2010.

Aside from private equity work, Weir – who made partner at BLP in 2012 – advises clients on a number of other corporate matters, including public takeovers, domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations and joint ventures.

"[Michael's] broad range of corporate transactional experience and understanding of the international private equity industry will prove invaluable to clients operating in this market who are grappling with an increasingly complex legal environment," said Giles Elliott, head of Jones Day's UK corporate group.

"With the appointment of Michael we are adding exceptional senior expertise to our EMEA private equity and finance practice," added the firm's UK head of private equity Adam Greaves.

"His impressive industry experience, particularly working with large real estate funds, will significantly add to our firm's existing capabilities and adjacent service lines."

Weir's move marks the latest in a growing list of partner departures from BLP. Last month saw the departures of contentious tax head Liesl Fichardt to Clifford Chance and commercial and technology head Adam Rose to Mishcon de Reya. This week, BLP banking and capital markets partner Richard Todd also exited to re-join Mayer Brown.