Allen & Overy’s (A&O) has boosted its New York finance team with the hire of a senior duo from Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw.

Leveraged finance specialists Mark Wojciechowski and Andrew Mattei join A&O’s Manhattan outpost as partners. Wojciechowski, who had been a partner at the Mayer Brown since 1988, becomes North American head of leveraged finance at the magic circle firm.