One of New York’s strongest bankruptcy and restructuring practices saw two partners leave White & Case last week, with Evan Hollander and Gerard Uzzi joining Arnold & Porter and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, respectively.

Uzzi, who was most recently involved in a support role in the controversial bankruptcy of Houston-based energy company Dynegy, said he was drawn to Milbank by the firm’s financial restructuring co-leader Dennis Dunne. The two had met a few months ago to toast the end of the massive Lehman Brothers bankruptcy—Milbank advised an official committee of unsecured creditors, while White & Case represented an ad hoc group of creditors—and Uzzi said Dunne told him the door was always open to a possible lateral move. Like White & Case, much of Milbank’s restructuring practice revolves around representing creditors, as well as debtors. Uzzi said that most of the major matters in which he has been involved—Adelphia, Lehman, ResCap, and Washington Mutual—involved the representation of creditors’ groups.