White & Case is bulking up its restructuring practice, adding partners Philip Abelson from Proskauer Rose and David Turetsky from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, amid increasing work in cross-border restructuring and junior creditor representation.

The firm has traditionally promoted partners to its restructuring and insolvency practice from within, and Abelson and Turetsky are the first lateral partners to join the practice in more than a decade, said global practice head Thomas Lauria.

Lauria said he anticipates hiring more partners to the group within the next few months. The firm represents bondholders, bank lenders, companies, investors and ad hoc and official committees in restructuring matters.