McGuireWoods, which added a partner in Atlanta from Kirkland & Ellis this week, is continuing to plan “slow but steady” growth in the city designed to complement its nationally-operated practices, the firm’s office leader said.

The firm, whose largest office is in Richmond, Virginia, added partner Nicholas Dancey from Kirkland, MGuireWoods said on Thursday, joining its three-lawyer real estate and land use department team in Atlanta.