McGuireWoods pulls a Kirkland debt finance partner in Houston, and firms keep stacking dealmakers

McGuireWoods recruited a debt finance partner from Kirkland & Ellis in Houston. Sullivan & Cromwell added a national security and trade partner in Washington, Proskauer brought back a private funds partner from Gunderson Dettmer in Boston, and Baker McKenzie hired a dealmaker in Washington from Johnson & Johnson. The American Lawyer reports firms are steadily adding dealmakers as private equity capital comes off the sidelines.

On the business side, an investor is moving to disqualify Sidley Austin from the Genesis Healthcare bankruptcy over an alleged conflict, and Washington's top lobbying firms posted record first-half revenue heading into the midterms.