After over 17 years at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, restructuring partner Samuel Newman has left to join Sidley Austin's Los Angeles office.

Newman moved over to Sidley Monday as a partner in its global restructuring practice, which has about 60 lawyers across the firm's 20 offices.

“Sidley's global restructuring practice is a market leader in all layers of restructuring engagements, but is particularly focused on developing company-side work and debt engagements,” Newman said. “Those engagements, the market for that service, is increasingly concentrating out of few major firms, and Sidley is one of the firms that is investing heavily in being able to execute the largest matters.”