Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo has added former Nixon Peabody fund formation team leader Kari Harris in Boston and former longtime Sidley Austin project finance and infrastructure partner Ayaz Shaikh in Washington, D.C., as the firm continues to bulk up during the pandemic.

Bob Bodian, Mintz’s managing member, said in a statement that hiring Harris is part of a greater strategy to “to build and diversify our investment funds practice and fund formation capabilities.”