Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw has bolstered its Paris and New York arms with separate partner hires from French firm DS Avocats and Chicago rival Kirkland & Ellis.

In France, the top 20 US firm has hired real estate and M&A partner Jean-Pierre Daniel from DS Avocats as its seventh partner in France. His key role at DS Avocats was advising Euro Fund Properties on property and corporate work.