A former counsel at Paul Hastings has become a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he will advise private equity firms and strategic buyers on mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures.

Russell Franklin, based in New York, began his career in the corporate department of Boies Schiller Flexner and made partner in his nearly 10 years there before moving with the bulk of his team to join Paul Hastings in 2017. A junior partner at Boies, he said he took an of-counsel position at Paul Hastings due to the firm’s partnership structure.