In another sign of the increasing competition for top talent in the buyout field, Sidley Austin has recruited two top private equity partners in New York from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.

The departing Akin Gump partners, Adam Weinstein and Tony Feuerstein, have advised on deals totaling tens of billions of dollars in value over the last five years for clients, including significant work for Apollo Global Management.