• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has hired real estate attorney Russell Wohl as counsel in the real estate group. He was counsel to Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler.

• Debevoise & Plimpton has hired Lee Schneider as counsel in the corporate department and financial institutions and banking groups. He joins from ConvergEx Group, a technology firm where he served as general counsel and an executive committee member.