A former private equity team leader has left Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom for Mayer Brown, looking to practice beyond Skadden’s mandatory retirement age and attracted to the Chicago-founded firm’s talent and expertise.

Jim Schell joined Mayer Brown as a New York partner in its corporate and securities practice group. Schell was previously head of the interdisciplinary private equity funds team in the investment management group at Skadden, where he had practiced since 1986.