Former Davis Polk & Wardwell partner Rachel Kleinberg took on a new job as partner in Sidley Austin‘s tax group. Kleinberg represents corporate, private equity and financial institutions in transactional matters such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, spinoffs and reorganizations, cross-border restructurings, capital markets transactions, credit facilities, international tax matters and derivatives transactions. She will be based in the firm’s Palo Alto office.

Holland & Knight brought on business attorney Jay Bettinger as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Bettinger handles domestic and international business transactions, commercial agreements, formations and entity selection, joint ventures, private equity and debt security offerings, M&A, corporate finance, corporate governance, executive employment and compensation agreements, and regulatory compliance. He joins the firm from Brown & Streza.