Paul Hastings, continuing to build across its finance department, has added asset-backed finance partner Shawn Kodes from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, the firm said Wednesday. Kodes, based in New York, will be the new co-chair of Paul Hastings’ asset-backed finance group.

Joining Kodes is Matthew Nemeth, who worked with Kodes at Weil for a decade, most recently as counsel. He will become partner at Paul Hastings.