Nixon Peabody yesterday added a finance partner from Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, its first lateral hire in New York following a series of partner departures last month to DLA Piper and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. Charles Dietzgen will join Nixon after less than two years at Sonnenschein, which he joined following the dissolution of Thacher Proffitt & Wood. Mr. Dietzgen, who advises corporate trustees, said he decided to move to Nixon because it had a broader corporate trust group than he had at Sonnenschein. “I was looking in the market for what I truly feel is a better platform for me to build my particular expertise,” he said. A spokesman for Sonnenschein declined comment.
Robert Coughlin, the head of Nixon’s corporate trust practice, said the firm continued to see developing its New York office as a “strategic priority.” Five partners left Nixon for Pillsbury in mid-June, including Mats Carlston, its head of global finance. Another six in New York have left for DLA Piper, including Michael Murphy, an insurance partner who was on its governing policy committee. Mr. Coughlin said Nixon had already recruited Mr. Dietzgen before those departures, “and we have a variety of others in the works.” – Nate Raymond
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