David Beller, a private equity and M&A lawyer, has left Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison for Latham & Watkins in New York.

Beller, who practiced at Kirkland & Ellis for five years before moving to Paul Weiss in 2017, advises clients on private funds in a vast range of matters, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, co-investments, dispositions, carve-outs, and corporate governance. He has experience in both friendly and unsolicited corporate takeovers. Beller’s clients include public companies in the manufacturing, energy, telecommunications and real estate sectors.