Stroock & Stroock & Lavan is bringing on a four-person restructuring team. Brian Kelly, who was special counsel at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, is joining Stroock as a partner Monday, while Samantha Martin, who was an associate at Morrison & Foerster, has come on board as special counsel.

The new hires also include associates Brian Wells and Marni Isaacson, who were associates at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Haynes and Boone, respectively.

Kelly, who focuses on distressed M&A and related restructuring transactions, has worked on the restructuring of American Apparel and Blockbuster and was the lead M&A attorney in the restructuring of Quicksilver Resources, Genco, Linn Energy, C&J Energy Services and Bosque Power.