Nixon Peabody on Tuesday 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.
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.
