Brian Paulson, a longtime Latham & Watkins lawyer, has joined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as a partner in its capital markets group in Palo Alto, the firm said Thursday.

Paulson was a summer associate at Latham and spent the last 16-plus years at the firm, including nearly six years as a partner, but he said it was time for a change.